If love is but a space in time, suspended in the heavens between two stars, let me find that place again. I tried going back to where I had left it, but it had gone. I tried to follow it, wait for it to come back, but it did not. So I set it free.
My only wish was that my love would not sacrifice true love, and that he be suspended in time between two stars. If one was not me, then let it be bright, sound and beautiful enough to last a lifetime.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
A flower in the desert
A while back I decided to read the bible, book by book. I started in the old testament. Got a ways, and then decided to start in the New Testament... ; ) I got to Corinthians. When I started reading it, I remember thinking, "aw man, this is going to be a boring chapter". By the end I was blown away with some of the things I learned. And I thought, of course... that is perfect par for second guessing the Lord. Just when you least expect it, He will blow you away.
It made me think about my life. Sometimes there's a chapter that is not something I really want to go through. We are bored, lonely, uncomfortable, not where we want to be. It's then that I should remember, God always has something right around the corner... A new chapter, new information, deeper understanding, maybe even something b e a u t i f u l.
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
When we get to that spot we don't really want to be in, sometimes all we can do is just keep walking... ("show up, suit up and do the next right thing" as David Foster would say.) When you trust in God's plan, you will always be in the right place. And you will see that flower, rising up from the cracks, in the desert floor.
It made me think about my life. Sometimes there's a chapter that is not something I really want to go through. We are bored, lonely, uncomfortable, not where we want to be. It's then that I should remember, God always has something right around the corner... A new chapter, new information, deeper understanding, maybe even something b e a u t i f u l.
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
When we get to that spot we don't really want to be in, sometimes all we can do is just keep walking... ("show up, suit up and do the next right thing" as David Foster would say.) When you trust in God's plan, you will always be in the right place. And you will see that flower, rising up from the cracks, in the desert floor.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Who Am I? What do I do?
As an artist, sometimes it is hard to define "success" or feel successful. What is success? Will I be successful when I am making a lot of money? When I get a number 1 song? When I write a song that touches 1 person?
As artists, are we ever satisfied?
Am I what my job says I am? Am I who my peers think I am? Am I the sum of my mistakes?
I'm learning that a job is only secondary, not the source. EVERYTHING, is secondary. God is the source. You can get fired from a job, but not from your life's work. Ultimately, I work for God. It doesn't matter what people here on earth may think of my value, God see's me work... He knows me.
I just pray that He speak loud enough and light the path so brightly that my feet will know which way to go.
And that I always remember, I am who God says I am.
As artists, are we ever satisfied?
Am I what my job says I am? Am I who my peers think I am? Am I the sum of my mistakes?
I'm learning that a job is only secondary, not the source. EVERYTHING, is secondary. God is the source. You can get fired from a job, but not from your life's work. Ultimately, I work for God. It doesn't matter what people here on earth may think of my value, God see's me work... He knows me.
I just pray that He speak loud enough and light the path so brightly that my feet will know which way to go.
And that I always remember, I am who God says I am.
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