Listening to some great Paul Simon music the other day and I ran into a song I wasn't that familiar with "Something So Right". I stopped and took the time to listen to the lyrics carefully. God whispers sometimes to me to just stop and enjoy. Well the lyrics were pretty profound. I wish I could include all of them, but I copied in the last part of the song (the break) and the final chorus. They meant the most to me, because I think we all struggle with this from time to time.
For some of us it is our deepest longing.
"Some people never say the words I love you
It's not their style
To be so bold
Some people never say the words I love you
But like a child they're longing to be told, mm
When something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it
I'm the first to admit it
And the last one to know
When something goes right
Well it's likely to lose me, mm
It's apt to confuse me
Because its such an unusual sight
I swear, I cant, I cant get used to something so right
Something so right"
- "Something So Right", Paul Simon
Be bold, tell someone you love them today!
Do it even if they never return the favor.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
i wish i may....
I wish I had more time to sit down and write. I wish I had more time for everything. I wish my hair wasn't falling out so quickly. I wish my old bones could keep up with my youthful spirit! I wish I iTunes was all free, so I could just get what I want when I want it.
I think I just nailed it. I want what I want, when I want it!
And Now!
Wouldn't life be just a little easier, more enjoyable, and certainly tolerable if we all just got what we wanted. I think the bigger question really is, do we really know what we want? I was watching television the other night and I saw a new reality program that basically was a makeover show that fulfilled your greatest fantasy, well kind of. I think. Anyway, I think there was a girl that got to become a cheerleader, and another who was a model. I never got the name of the show, but the point is that we can all associate with that show in one way or another.
We want something we don't have - or- we want to be someone other than ourselves.
Guilty!
That was then this is now.
I wish now for transformation, redemption, healing, and a truly intimate relationship with God. That is all I need. I find it because He finds me.
I think I just nailed it. I want what I want, when I want it!
And Now!
Wouldn't life be just a little easier, more enjoyable, and certainly tolerable if we all just got what we wanted. I think the bigger question really is, do we really know what we want? I was watching television the other night and I saw a new reality program that basically was a makeover show that fulfilled your greatest fantasy, well kind of. I think. Anyway, I think there was a girl that got to become a cheerleader, and another who was a model. I never got the name of the show, but the point is that we can all associate with that show in one way or another.
We want something we don't have - or- we want to be someone other than ourselves.
Guilty!
That was then this is now.
I wish now for transformation, redemption, healing, and a truly intimate relationship with God. That is all I need. I find it because He finds me.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
feeling sad and tearing my clothes
I guess I have to admit I am feeling very sad this week.
How do I know I am sad? Well I have been to the mall twice this weekend, baked two batches of cookies, nachos and a plethora of other comforting foods. I know where I go to numb the pain. Shopping and food! These things comfort sometimes, but really only mask the pain.
I was reading in the Old Testament last week and I noticed the term "tore their clothes" more than a few times. Very interesting thing to do, if you think about it. Tearing, or destroying something that is designed to protect you! Each time I encountered the term it was a symbol of great mourning, or sadness. I would argue that when we are truly sad in today's culture we want more protection, not less, more culpability, less grieving. Would anyone really tear their $85 Brooks Brothers shirt?
The symbol of them tearing their clothes is actually a very beautiful thing. I picture David (2 Samuel 1:11) standing before God with his outer (physical) protection torn, damaged and ragged, weeping and fasting in sadness.
Not blaming anyone, just sad.
It reminds me of wrestling with my kids. We wrestle (or tickle), and when they know they are beaten or they just can't take anymore they say "Daddy I Got Nothin". They know that physically they can't do anymore, so they surrender. As soon as they surrender we just hug.
They know that they have my heart. And I love them.
I like the idea of tearing my clothes because sometimes the process of grieving is just standing naked before God with no protection, with no one to blame and just weeping. We live in a fallen world and God weeps because of it.
So today, I am tearing my clothes (figuratively) and crying out, Daddy I Got Nothin!
Then me and God just hug!
How do I know I am sad? Well I have been to the mall twice this weekend, baked two batches of cookies, nachos and a plethora of other comforting foods. I know where I go to numb the pain. Shopping and food! These things comfort sometimes, but really only mask the pain.
I was reading in the Old Testament last week and I noticed the term "tore their clothes" more than a few times. Very interesting thing to do, if you think about it. Tearing, or destroying something that is designed to protect you! Each time I encountered the term it was a symbol of great mourning, or sadness. I would argue that when we are truly sad in today's culture we want more protection, not less, more culpability, less grieving. Would anyone really tear their $85 Brooks Brothers shirt?
The symbol of them tearing their clothes is actually a very beautiful thing. I picture David (2 Samuel 1:11) standing before God with his outer (physical) protection torn, damaged and ragged, weeping and fasting in sadness.
Not blaming anyone, just sad.
It reminds me of wrestling with my kids. We wrestle (or tickle), and when they know they are beaten or they just can't take anymore they say "Daddy I Got Nothin". They know that physically they can't do anymore, so they surrender. As soon as they surrender we just hug.
They know that they have my heart. And I love them.
I like the idea of tearing my clothes because sometimes the process of grieving is just standing naked before God with no protection, with no one to blame and just weeping. We live in a fallen world and God weeps because of it.
So today, I am tearing my clothes (figuratively) and crying out, Daddy I Got Nothin!
Then me and God just hug!
Monday, March 10, 2008
back in the saddle
Well, after two plus years of a hiatus from blogging I guess I am back. I really enjoyed writing but it became too time consuming. Do I have any more time now? No. Really, no!
I was having lunch with my friend Dave this afternoon and he encouraged me to start this up again. On the way home I realized that I haven't been in the "creating" mode lately. I used to do woodworking, and I created cabinetry and furniture. I used to play my drums and created my own sound (trust me it was my own, because no one else would have called it music). We are all created in God' image and I believe part of His image in me is that of creator. When I create I find myself shutting the world out.
I find myself just being. Not comparing. Not competing.
Just being exactly what God created me for. I start to find out WHO I am when I create. I look forward to finding out a little more about me and a lot more about God in this whole process. I don't want this to be about me in any way. I want it to be about finding God in everything.
How He shows Himself to us.
How He blesses us with beauty all around.
How He whispers to us in our thoughts, in our music, in our books, and in our relationships.
Happy to be back and looking forward to a wonderful journey.
I was having lunch with my friend Dave this afternoon and he encouraged me to start this up again. On the way home I realized that I haven't been in the "creating" mode lately. I used to do woodworking, and I created cabinetry and furniture. I used to play my drums and created my own sound (trust me it was my own, because no one else would have called it music). We are all created in God' image and I believe part of His image in me is that of creator. When I create I find myself shutting the world out.
I find myself just being. Not comparing. Not competing.
Just being exactly what God created me for. I start to find out WHO I am when I create. I look forward to finding out a little more about me and a lot more about God in this whole process. I don't want this to be about me in any way. I want it to be about finding God in everything.
How He shows Himself to us.
How He blesses us with beauty all around.
How He whispers to us in our thoughts, in our music, in our books, and in our relationships.
Happy to be back and looking forward to a wonderful journey.
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