Friday, October 26, 2007

just some amazing lyrics...

i love song lyrics. i spend a lot of time at work looking them up online and reading them haha.
this is a song i've known for a while, but i just recently really listened to the lyrics and let them sink in.
what an encouraging song for when life gets tough! Praise HIM, for we are NEVER alone!


"Close Your Eyes" by Dave Barnes

When the future gets real tough
And silence speaks too much.
I'll reach my hands to you.
And if you feel all alone.
and hope is dead and gone.
I'll be right there for you.

I'll be all you need,
close your eyes
and just believe.

Love, it can break your heart,
But that's where real love starts.
Trust me, i'll show you.
Life, it can beat you down,
But i'll still be around.
There's nothing I can't do.

I'll be all you need,
close your eyes
and just believe.

Life is shorter than you think,
It can get lost inside a blink.
Don't let it pass you by.
And me, I've loved you from the start,
You're the blood that beats my heart.
Search and you will find me.

I'll be all you need,
close your eyes
and just believe.



Don't know about you, but I'm thankful for the promise this song reminds me of!!
Have a great weekend......
C

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

mmm good quotes

so my facebook page was getting too full of quotes...but i love em! so here are some more that i've found/loved recently! (Some more profound/meaningful/deep than others haha!)

"The Glory of God is man fully alive" -Saint Irenaeus

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -Jim Eliot

"We must believe that nothing is more beautiful, profound, sympathetic, reasonable, manly, and more perfect than Christ..Even more, if someone proved to me that Christ is outside the truth, then I would prefer to remain with Christ, rather than with the truth." -Dostoevsky

"I ask, Lord, as you counsel through your admirable counselor, May I receive what you promise through your truth so that my joy may be complete. God of truth, I ask that I may receive so that my joy may be complete. Until then, let my mind meditate on it, let my tongue speak of it, let my heart love it, let my mouth preach it. Let my soul hunger for it, my whole being desire it, until I enter into the joy of the Lord, who is God, Three in one, Blessed forever." -Anselm

"That's why we live with such good cheer. You won't see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet! Cramped conditions here don't get us down. They only remind us of the spacious living conditions ahead. It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we'll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming." The Message - 2 Corinthians 5:6-8 (I especially love "Ready to exchange exile for homecoming"!)

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. FORGIVE THEM ANYWAY.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. BE KIND ANYWAY.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. BE HONEST ANYWAY.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. BE HAPPY ANYWAY.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. DO GOOD ANYWAY.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. GIVE YOUR BEST ANYWAY.
For you see, in the end, it never was between you and them anyway." -Mother Teresa.


I bought Carrie Underwood's new album yesterday...and these are my two favorite lyrics (plus the WHOLE song "So Small" - if you haven't heard it yet, you NEED to!):

"There's once in a lifetime,
and there's once in a while.
And the difference between the two
is about a million miles."

and

"God put us here on this carnival ride.
We close our eyes, never knowing where it'll take us next."

"I'd surely like to rest, but the energy gets the best of me.
It's been a wild ride, I wouldn't change a minute.
I can't slow down inside, I guess that's why I live it."
-311

"At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world. Six billion souls. And sometimes, all you need is one." -OTH

i'll probably/most definitely add to this list...