The Beauty of Seeing Things Through

I posted song lyrics in January, so it's about time for more!
Sara Groves' is one of my favorite songwriters.

Loving a person just the way they are, it's no small thing
It takes some time to see things through
Sometimes things change, sometimes we're waiting
We need grace either way

Hold on to me
I'll hold on to you
Let's find out the beauty of seeing things through

There's a lot
of pain in reaching out and trying
It's a vulnerable place to be
Love and pride can't occupy the same spaces baby
Only one makes you free

....

If we go looking for offense
We're going to find it
If we go looking for real love
We're going to find it

"You Rise and Meet the Day"

Love songs!...Whatever my stage in life, as sappy or ambiguous as they can be sometimes, they're the kind of song that doesn't leave my head for a while. I started listening to this artist a couple months ago, and particularly liked her lyrics on this song and a few others. I'm writing some of it down, just because it's what happens to be stuck in my head today, and if I ramble about song lyrics on a blog, no one has to listen to me if they don't want to. : )

[...]

I'm watching you go, it's like spying on hope
Ever onward with more to burn
Giving your hands and your heart
To the weave of the world, though it fights each turn

But you do not give up so easily
That's how I know you won't surrender me
You rise and meet the day
It's all I need to know.

[...]

And they will know the true and humble power
Of love that made it through the darkest hour
You rise and meet the day
It's all I need to know

---Dar Williams

From Protest to Praise

When I can't feel you I have learned to reach out just the same
When I can't hear you, I know you still hear every word I pray
And I want you more than I want to live another day
And as I wait for you maybe I'm made more faithful (Brooke Fraser)



And when you feel alone like I know you will,
And when the cold wind blows like I know it will,
Don't let your love grow cold. (Sara Groves)

Whatever you're doing inside of me.
It feels like chaos but somehow there's peace
It's hard to surrender to what I can't see
But I'm giving in to something heavenly. (Sanctus Real)

I will cry out until I go
from protest to praise.
You're always amazing me.
You're changing me slow, but surely
and you're gonna see me to the end. (Downhere)

Something so amazing in a heart so dark and dim
When a wall falls down and the light comes in
And I cannot make it
And I cannot fake it
And I can't afford it
But it's mine (Sara Groves)

If You Haven't Seen This...

...here's your chance! : )

Some months ago, Steven Curtis Chapman's family experienced the heartbreaking death of one of his daughters. (He's a Christian singer.) They had the opportunity to be interviewed on Larry King Live earlier this week. Throughout the interview, they expressed honest grief, but also attested to the sovereignty, mercy and Father-love of God for them in their need. I got to watch it on television, and it was awesome to hear God's character so strongly confirmed even through their tears as well as an honest and Biblical effort to explain the problems of pain and evil.

And I'm so very glad they have found comfort and have been sustained through their relationships with God. How else would you get through something like that?

If 45 minutes is too long, here is just part three:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDQdvYyBu4Q&feature=related

And there are links to the other parts on the same page as the above video.

Romans 8:31-32

When you could just be silent
and leave us here to die,
Still you sent your Son for us
You are on our side.

(---Bethany Dillon)