HT: BoingBoing

You who live in heaven
Hear the prayers of those of us who live on earth
Who are afraid of being left by those we love
And who get hardened by the hurt

Do you remember when You lived down here where we all scrape
To find the faith to ask for daily bread
Did You forget about us after You had flown away
Well I memorized every word You said

Still I’m so scared, I’m holding my breath
While You’re up there just playing hard to get

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You who live in radiance
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin
We have a love that’s not as patient as Yours was
Still we do love now and then

Did You ever know loneliness?
Did You ever know need?
Do You remember just how long a night can get
When You were barely holding on
And Your friends fall asleep
And don’t see the blood that’s running in Your sweat?

Will those who mourn be left uncomforted
While You’re up there just playing hard to get?

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And I know you bore our sorrows
And I know you feel our pain
And I know it would not hurt any less
Even if it could be explained

And I know that I am only lashing out
At the One who loves me most
And after I figured this, somehow
All I really need to know

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Is if You who live in eternity
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time
We can’t see what’s ahead
And we can not get free of what we’ve left behind
I’m reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ears
All the words of shame and doubt, blame and regret

I can’t see how You’re leading me unless You’ve led me here
Where I’m lost enough to let myself be led
And so You’ve been here all along I guess
It’s just Your ways and You are just plain hard to get

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-Rich Mullins

-It’s Friday. Let’s face it, that just makes everything better, doesn’t it?

-The weather down here in Houston has been nothing short of stunning today. It’s been hot all week (and not just hot for October) but today turned things around. Even though I was busy driving around, I’m glad I got to be outside for a lot of this Friday.

-Due to the lack of a CD player, aux. input or tape deck in the ol’ work vehicle, I’m forced to listen to the radio. Top 40 is usually the way I go but with those stations tied up with commercials I naturally tuned in to my 93Q Country. And in the span of about an hour I managed to hear some clever, some corny, and some classic country songs.

Oh, and I also scored two tickets to Taylor Swift’s show in May 2010.

That’s that Friday glory, folks.

I’m slow with video work, hence this video being here a month and a half after the fact. Yep. Oh well.

Enjoy. And much love to Tanner and Anne. Happiness.

That is not a cold front. That is June.

But you don’t always want to make an emergency trip to the store to satisfy that needed hit. You’re tired! You’ve earned a break! Well, here’s a little tip I picked along the way (to the doctor, apparently).

Invest in a candy stash. Easy enough, right? It truly is. On your next grocery run, pick out some of your favorite candy selections and do your best not to eat it on the drive home. Next, and this is important, you’ll want to hide this candy. If you’re anything like me, any candy in sight will be promptly inhaled. Hidden candy, however, has a much higher chance of survival, hopefully to be saved for those moments where you truly need that sugar fix.

Here’s my setup. This looks like an ordinary bookshelf, does it not? Kinda dull…

ordinary shelf

But that’s before we learn that behind these books lies a veritable treasure trove of awesomeness.

surprise! happiness!

Sweet .

I like to dabble in different forms of media expressions; I’m most definitely not proficient in any but I enjoy it anyway. I can often see a finished product in my head by my lack of technical knowledge and basic know-how definitely slow me down from arriving at my destination. I know there are tips and tricks out there (and thank you to the Interwebs for constantly supplying me with so much) but sometimes I don’t absorb them quickly enough.

However, I can’t make the excuse of not even trying or not going any distance because I don’t know the shortcuts. Better to take the long way than to get nowhere at all.

It’s 4:12 AM and I’m now going to bed. A little project that I was working on (that someone else could’ve finished in minutes) took me forever but I’m sorta happy I’ve (eventually) arrived at a semi-decent finished product. Go Team.