life?

life is crazy. i'm not sure if that's how God planned it to be...but it's how my life happens.

i got to go to Virginia last week with Generation Joshua to work on the Jeff Frederick state senate race. the team was pretty tiny (under 20 kids) and to be honest, i was kind of worried about how that would work out--i'm not a big fan of drama, but God is good and it was amazing. long story short, we fought hard, made lots of good memories, lost the race, but had fun. this was an awesome campaign to be part of.

i came straight back to the ELM staff training. somehow i find myself in the midst of helping open a crisis pregnancy center locally and all that entails, such as applications, clearance forms and background checks. (who knew that you could mess up an one page release form 7 times?? somehow, at training on wednesday night, someone mentioned to me that a good friend of mine had died that morning. blah, kind of not cool. around 20 hours of crisis pregnancy center staff training, 5 days, one funeral and lots of craziness later, here i am. ready to attack school and life? maybe not. but this i do know. 

You stood before creation
Eternity within Your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure
Carried the Cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll walk upon salvation
Your Spirit alive in me
This life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all

So I'll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours

random writing

there are times that something just gets into me. and i write. and write. and write. pages will fill up, seemingly on their own...

like a tree

dry, dusty, dormant

in the wind

waving, bending, breaking

alive

inside, deep down, surrounded by cold

dipping in the breeze, breaking in the gale, yet never snapping.

sunshine

rises, warms, brings life

aliveness slowly rises to flow, touching branches awakening buds, welcoming flowers

birds alight, bees swarm, sun light brings life.

rain falls

nourishing, cooling, refreshing

cleaning, inviting life, bringing joy, reflecting.

leaves blossom

covering, hiding, protecting, 

pulling life into deepest roots, storing energy, building strength.

it grows.

it lives on.

slowly.

always.

strong.