You're my strength, my stronghold
When everything else around me changes
When nothing goes as I was told
You haven't changed since times of old
Even though mankind has turned the pages
Not once have You broken the perfect mold
In and out of sinful ages

Do You Ever Wonder?

Chorus:

Do you ever wonder

What's it all for?

Do you ever wonder

That there's gotta be more?

Do you ever wonder

If this is all you've got in store?

Do you ever wonder

What's behind another door?

Verse 1:

Oh, He's set eternity on the hearts of man!

Causing them to call out for something bigger

We were made for more than where we've been

Is it ever enough, what this world's got to offer?

Bridge:

Oh, I'm living for something worth dying for!

Caught up in a life of epic proportions

'Cause He died so that I could live!

Yeah . . . .

Verse 2:

He's calling out to you, knocking on your heart

Says come and join the adventure

How do we know our part? Where to start?

Die to self, exchange your small ambitions for the bigger picture

(written 3 years ago i think)

don't Give Up on Love

love. why is it the thing so many people mess up even though it's the most important thing in life? i think it's because they give up on love. innately, they know what a grandiose thing it is. but, maybe because they've seen it fail or fall short so many times, they give up that its grandeur can be reached. now, love has failed because of sin - not because of its nature. "Love never fails." I Cor. 13:8. in other words, the error lies in humans and not in love. yet, people give up on love. they think, whether consciously or not, that it is not attainable. and why try for something that is impossible to reach? so they decide, basically, that they'll take what they can get - at least try for a lesser love because it's the only love that can be had, and a lesser love is still love and better than no love at all. now, whether this thought process is thoroughly thought through depends upon the individual. nontheless, person after person shows it over and over in action. my question, then, is - well, why did God create us with such capacity for love if it was not meant to be attained? even more, He put such a deep-rooted longing and desire for not just second-rate love, but the whole, real thing. my answer is - yes, He did. we are made for it aren't we? He put such desires in us not so we could see ourselves fall short of it over and over again, but for the very purpose of desires - to point, then lead us into something that is bigger than ourselves which we would not have seen otherwise. desires, in their purest form, weren't meant to create a hole of lacking in us; they are meant to lead us to being whole.

(written April, 2008)

the Mystery of Love

Love.

How can we know truly what it is? What is love? It is defined, but surpasses definition. It is feeling, but supersedes experience. It is taught, but can it ever be learned to it's farthest corners? They say love is round, like a ring- it never ends, never begins. But to some it's like the mountains- recesses to discover, mystery to seek, beauty to admire; the peaks most challenging to climb are the most worth it every rock of the way. Can the mountains ever be fully known? But yet they can be defined; they can be felt. To encounter some is not to encounter all; it is to understand their heart; it is to know why.

Psalm 5

He invites us into His house. Though, we cannot come if there be any arrogance in us. We must come, bowing low in reverence to the King.

"The arrogant cannot stand in [His] presence." But the humbled can bow in His house. It is better to bow than to stand because bowing means that at least I am at the doorstep of God's house, rather than in the desert standing apart from the King.


vs. 8 - It may not seem that there is any good way out. But the way out is a hidden path to many; it is through the tunnel of righteousness.

(a beautiful time of worship when the Sam Houston team came)

WANTED: Sun. Missing for a week. Please report any sightings. Big reward for details leading to whereabouts.


(actual picture i took here in Chile)

went for a run today. saw a single, faint ray of light prying its way out through the clouds over the ocean as if to say, "the Sun is still here. just because you can't see the Sun doesn't mean it isn't here. the Sun has been here all along, and it will be revealed again soon enough."

Thoughts on Satisfaction (& Peace)

When you're reaching for temporal things to satisfy...

The things that really satisfy don't seem satisfying, and the things that really don't satisfy seem satisfying.

"As a rule, man's a fool.

When it's hot, he wants it cool;

When it's cool, he wants it hot,

Always wanting what is not."