"flows "

My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am. ~~Brennan Manning~~

" adventure "

 Adventure is a path. Real adventure- self-determined, self-motivated, often risky-forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind-and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.
~~Mark Jenkins~~

Coming Over

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling thru this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil or danger
in that bright world to which I go

I'm going there to see my father
I'm going there no more to roam
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

I know dark clouds will gather around me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep

I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

Disturbed "The Sound Of Silence" 03/28/16

'' that's the beauty of it ''

There is no mystery — that's the beauty of it. We are entirely explicable to each other, and yet we stay. What a miracle that is."
―Kamila Shamsie, Broken Verses

Life Cost So Much ~

Life Cost So Much

Death is easy--you don't know you're a ghost
The fee is taken out nice and slow
While you're walking around with your cardboard crown
We think we are kings
We think we are kings

Wisdom warned us but our flesh is strong
We'll find our own way, we'll get along
Who knows what we need?
We want everything,
We're living like kings
Living like kings

But
Life cost so much
Life cost so much
Someone paid for the damage
The damage we've done
How else do you explain all these open graves we've got?
Someone must have paid
'Cause life cost...

A law of justice was long before
And all the people here in this world
We hid our souls in shame
How will we be saved?
Send us a king
Send us our king, 'cause...

Chorus

How else do you explain all these open graves we've got
How else do you explain all these open graves we've got

Amazed ~

Listen to the hummingbird

Whose wings you cannot see

Listen to the hummingbird

Don’t listen to me.

Listen to the butterfly

Whose days but number three

Listen to the butterfly

Don’t listen to me.

Listen to the mind of God

Which doesn’t need to be

Listen to the mind of God

Don’t listen to me.

There Lies Hope ~

There Lies Hope

By Jessica Hollander

With one great swipe of his unmerciful hand,
He led us destruction.
With one great tear streaming from my eye,
I send myself back in time to those painful years.
A time when the world was ablaze with a burning hatred.
A hatred so threatening and vicious,
Against a humble people so full of innocence.
Why?
I question myself, gazing above into the clear blue sky.
Expecting an answer, but no answer comes.
With each fresh tear, I struggle with my burden
Until one night in my dream
The answer is revealed.
A dream bursting with hope.
It was hope that took my people by the hand
An led us into a new world of promise.
We are fragile no more.
Within my people there is a strength.
A strength born out of hope
Wretchedness and despair abound no more.
We are here, for deep within us there lies hope.