indiscriminate act of kindness

a song and video i pulled from one of my professors blog pages.  great song.  great artist.

come

there’s a chorus that i’ve been thinking about, singing, playing, and praying a lot lately.

“holy spirit come”

why’s this in my head lately, you may ask?

1) it’s my humble acceptance of god’s desire to be in right relationship with me
2) being filled with the holy spirit is the only way i know i can be in right relationship with other people
3) being filled with the holy spirit is also the only way i know god can work through me

if i read those 3 statements above on someone elses blog i’d think that they were in a good place. i write them from a humble humble humble place. i write them out of desperation and need, not out of any “wisdom” or enlightened state of being. i write them from imperfection and mistakes, hoping god will grant me grace.

thy kingdom come
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven

holy spirit, come so that your will, the kingdoms work, can be done through me for your glory

hide and seek

i was listening to this song quite a bit today.  it’s very unique.  it’s called hide and seek by imogen heap.  thought i’d share the lyrics.  quite a few people have heard this song.  but i’m unsure how many people have sat down to sit and look at the lyrics.  here they are:

where are we? what the hell is going on?
the dust has only just began to fall
crop circles in the carpet, sinking, feeling
spin me around again and rub my eyes
this can’t be happening
when busy streets a mess with people would stop to hold their heads heavy

hide and seek
trains and sewing machines?
all those years they were here first

oily marks appear on walls
where pleasue moments hung before
the takeover, the sweeping insensitivity of this
still alive

hide and seek
trains and sewing machines? oh, you won’t catch me around here
blood and tears they were here first

mm what you say
oh that you only meant well, well of course you did
mm what you say
mm that it’s all for the best, of course it is
mm what you say
that IT’S JUST what we need, you decided this
mm what you say
what did she say?

ransom notes keep falling at your mouth
mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs
speak no feeling no i don’t believe you
you don’t care a bit you don’t care a bit

you don’t care a bit
you don’t care a bit
you don’t care a bit
you don’t care a bit
you don’t care a bit

shine part II

i can’t stop listening to this song.  especially these lines:

i’m right here before you
asking on my knees
that my life would be something
and not just what i dreamed

isn’t that what we all thirst and hunger for?  my significance comes from god (heard that in a sermon a few weeks ago).  i want my life to be of something significant to god, not something that i think will make it significant.  god make me something, anything that is pleasing to you.

shine

some lyrics by a friend of a friend called paul stephens.  i’ve been thinking about them a lot lately.   he comes out with an album april 13th.  (click his name to check out some of his music.)

i’m right here before you
asking on my knees
that my life would be something
and not just what i dreamed
that i might find favor
in mercy and grace
in the eyes of my savior
in the light of your face

lord as i offer everything
i pray that my life would make you pleased
that i might move mountains and wake the sea
oh, that your light would shine through me