Dress down your pretty faith.
Give me something real.
Leave out the thee and thou and speak to me now.
Speak to my pain and confusion.
Speak through my fears and my pride.
Speak to the part of me that knows
I'm something deep down inside.
I know that I am not perfect,
but compare me to most,
In a world of hurt and a world of anger
I think I'm holding my own.
And I know that you said there is more to life.
And I know I am not satisfied.
But there are mornings I wake up and I'm just thankful to be alive.
I've known now, for quite a while, that I am not whole.
I've remembered the body and the mind, But disected my soul.
Now something inside is awakening,
Like a dream I once had and forgot.
And it's something I'm scared of
And something I don't want to stop.
And I woke up this morning and realized that Jesus is not a portait.
Where stained glass windows or hymns or the tradition that surrounds us.
And I thought it would be hard to believe in
But it's not hard at all.
To believe I've sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God.
And He's not asking me to change in my joy for martyrdom
He's asking to take my place.
To stand in the gap that I have formed
With His real, and His sweet, and His real amazing grace.
And it's not just a sign or a sacrament.
It's not just a metaphor for love.
The blood is real and it's not just a sybol of your faith.
So leave out the thee and thou and speak now.
Fathers
I wanted to talk about some cool dad's I know...
God: It's always been interesting for me to think about God being my Father. It's really cool... and he really is a great Father. There are a million reasons... the two I can think of now: His amazing grace... and the blessings I have received by having the below dad's as a part of my life:
My dad: For about 23 years of my life, he was the coolest guy I knew. No really, my dad and I have always been close, and yes, I am a self-professed Daddy's girl. I admire and love my dad so much, and enjoy being his daughter so much, that I *really* wanted to have a girl... so that she could have fun being a daddy's girl too! I wanted her to have what I did....
My husband: I could have never had the above thought if I didn't have such a wonderful husband! I knew he would be an awesome dad... the kind of dad every girl wants! And he has definently lived up to that... and beyond. He is such a great dad! He takes wonderful care of our daughter and spends lots of time with her. We definently do team parenting!
My brother: It's been really neat to see my brother with his two boys. He's a great dad and it's really cool to see him in that role... because you know, as a sister, knowing his younger years... it makes one wonder if your siblings will grow up. :) But he's turned out great and I have been blessed to see how God has worked in his life. We are both so blessed to have been raised in a Christian home and receive that solid foundation that has brought us to where we are now.
There are lots of other dad's I know who are great, and it would take too long to name them. The short list has to include my father-in-law, who is a phenomenal grandfather to my child and raised two fantastic sons. The other on the short list would be my brother-in-law, who has two of -the- most well behaved and great kids I've ever known!
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!
God: It's always been interesting for me to think about God being my Father. It's really cool... and he really is a great Father. There are a million reasons... the two I can think of now: His amazing grace... and the blessings I have received by having the below dad's as a part of my life:
My dad: For about 23 years of my life, he was the coolest guy I knew. No really, my dad and I have always been close, and yes, I am a self-professed Daddy's girl. I admire and love my dad so much, and enjoy being his daughter so much, that I *really* wanted to have a girl... so that she could have fun being a daddy's girl too! I wanted her to have what I did....
My husband: I could have never had the above thought if I didn't have such a wonderful husband! I knew he would be an awesome dad... the kind of dad every girl wants! And he has definently lived up to that... and beyond. He is such a great dad! He takes wonderful care of our daughter and spends lots of time with her. We definently do team parenting!
My brother: It's been really neat to see my brother with his two boys. He's a great dad and it's really cool to see him in that role... because you know, as a sister, knowing his younger years... it makes one wonder if your siblings will grow up. :) But he's turned out great and I have been blessed to see how God has worked in his life. We are both so blessed to have been raised in a Christian home and receive that solid foundation that has brought us to where we are now.
There are lots of other dad's I know who are great, and it would take too long to name them. The short list has to include my father-in-law, who is a phenomenal grandfather to my child and raised two fantastic sons. The other on the short list would be my brother-in-law, who has two of -the- most well behaved and great kids I've ever known!
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!
"Me" stuff
So, the other day, Katie asks me: "When are you going to write about yourself?" (ie. non-Bible studies)... so here ya go girl. :)
I found out a little while back that our tv can act as a computer monitor. We have a rather large tv that my husband bought during his bachelor days. Being the techno-mom that I am, I couldn't resist... after days of thinking about unplugging my computer in the office and pulling it out here, I finally did it yesterday. My dear-almost-2-yr-old daughter looked at me like... "What in the world are you doing, mom?" It's pretty cool to have a 42=inch monitor, but working the keyboard and mouse from the couch is a little difficult. But still cool. I don't think I'll keep it here, but it's fun for a while. :)
One of the reasons I'm enjoying having the computer out here is because my office is a MESS right now and I don't have to look at it! Tomorrow night Keith is going to help me get it cleaned up. The biggest problem is finding a place ot put everything. We seem to have a ton of papers. I like to keep them filed, but I have a tendency not to do it right away, and they amass into huge piles pretty quickly. I feel like I need a better filing/organization system, so tomorrow Keith is going to help me out with that.
Speaking of organization, I did a whirlwind clean-up of Victoria's room tonight. Moved some furniture, got rid of a garbage bag of clothes and 3 garbage bags of toys that we didn't need anymore. We're getting ready to transition her room to Dora (ah... gotta love commercialism) so I got rid of a bunch of the Pooh stuff we have in there. She seemed to like it... especially the little corner where I put a bunch of blankets down with a pillow and her Cabbage Patch Kid... sort of a reading nook for her. However, after about 30 minutes she realized she was missing one key item. The big motivation for the clean-up was that we were taking out this really cool Princess castle that grandma and grandpa got for her for Christmas. It's great, but it takes up a lot of room in there, so we are going to move it to the back porch later. So... after about an hour, she started saying "castle?" We told her castle went "bye bye." Sometimes, figuring out how to explain things to a 2 year old is not easy.
I found out a little while back that our tv can act as a computer monitor. We have a rather large tv that my husband bought during his bachelor days. Being the techno-mom that I am, I couldn't resist... after days of thinking about unplugging my computer in the office and pulling it out here, I finally did it yesterday. My dear-almost-2-yr-old daughter looked at me like... "What in the world are you doing, mom?" It's pretty cool to have a 42=inch monitor, but working the keyboard and mouse from the couch is a little difficult. But still cool. I don't think I'll keep it here, but it's fun for a while. :)
One of the reasons I'm enjoying having the computer out here is because my office is a MESS right now and I don't have to look at it! Tomorrow night Keith is going to help me get it cleaned up. The biggest problem is finding a place ot put everything. We seem to have a ton of papers. I like to keep them filed, but I have a tendency not to do it right away, and they amass into huge piles pretty quickly. I feel like I need a better filing/organization system, so tomorrow Keith is going to help me out with that.
Speaking of organization, I did a whirlwind clean-up of Victoria's room tonight. Moved some furniture, got rid of a garbage bag of clothes and 3 garbage bags of toys that we didn't need anymore. We're getting ready to transition her room to Dora (ah... gotta love commercialism) so I got rid of a bunch of the Pooh stuff we have in there. She seemed to like it... especially the little corner where I put a bunch of blankets down with a pillow and her Cabbage Patch Kid... sort of a reading nook for her. However, after about 30 minutes she realized she was missing one key item. The big motivation for the clean-up was that we were taking out this really cool Princess castle that grandma and grandpa got for her for Christmas. It's great, but it takes up a lot of room in there, so we are going to move it to the back porch later. So... after about an hour, she started saying "castle?" We told her castle went "bye bye." Sometimes, figuring out how to explain things to a 2 year old is not easy.
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