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I looked down and saw a heart of stone,
Lying there alone and abandoned in the sand...
And realized it was my own...
That's why I stood there on that day
And despaired so bitterly under the dull gray sky
Until a voice called out over the crashing waves
And it said:
"Rethink your life!
Heaven is breaking in to earth now,
Like day breaks into the night
The kingdom of God is at hand
See, a rule of love is coming to smash all your kingdoms of hate.
And a new spirit is on the wind
And if only you had eyes to see...
The new world is growing right before your eyes"
I turned and saw that the voice was that of Jesus.
And he said:
"I am the true king
Follow me
My people don't die for me
But I die for my people
So trust me and abide in me
Place your loyalty in my rule
Heaven is coming to earth now.
I'll lead you along the difficult yet beautiful path
To a new way of living
Life to the full
And though coming close to you brings me so much sorrow
I gladly open my heart
And share in your pain
Because the joy of being with you here
Makes it always worth it
I love you"
And so I picked up my heart of stone from the sand, and put it back in my chest.
Then I saw the colors bleeding back into the sky again, and into your eyes
I had never really seen you before
Now I see you and try to love you
And you could be anyone
You could be anyone I meet in my everyday existence
Yeah, I'm learning how to live now...
I'm learning how to hope
If you meet me, pray for me
And maybe we can talk
Cause we're in this thing together
We're in this thing together
Right?
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Finding the poor May 2
And finding them to be more human than we were, we shrunk back and were aftraid. We were afraid then that the things we had lived for, sweated for, sacrificed to for all these years had been nothing more than broken idols in the street. We had looked to stones to rescu...
Recent Songs (VirbTunes) - see all
- Keiko Matsui - Blue Butterfly
- Keiko Matsui - Walking Through It
- Keiko Matsui - Akendora's Clock
- Keiko Matsui - Canvas
- Keiko Matsui - Mountain Shakedown
Videos
My Music
Movies
The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, Hero, The Incredibles, Star Wars, Chocolat, Monsters Inc, Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, A Beautiful Mind, Pride and Prejudice, Elf, Chronicles of Narnia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Kingdom of Heaven, Dark City, Blade Runner, Surf's Up, Cowboy Bebop, Jin-Roh, Nooma
Music
Switchfoot, U2, the Procussions, tobyMac, Thrice, mewithoutYou, Leland, Todd Agnew, Skillet, POD, Red, Matisyahu, Nickel Creek, Jason Morant, Group 1 Crew, Barlow Girl, Keiko Matsui, and all kinds of movie scores, notably: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Kingdom of Heaven
Books
Ok, this is where I go crazy. =) Novels: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Sabriel, Mistborn, a Song of Ice and Fire, Artemis Fowl, The Thief, The Blue Sword, Ender's Game, Earthsea, Madalene Le'engle books, Holes, the Samurai's Tale, Redwall, Tamora Pierce books, Chrestomanci, the Bartimaeus Trilogy, Midnighters, Grapes of Wrath, the Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Snow Falling on Cedars, and a lot more, The Bible, Velvet Elvis, Static, Renovation of the Heart, The Divine Conspiracy, The Irresistible Revolution, Emergent Manifesto of Hope, The Secret Message of Jesus, God on Mute, Sex God, The Forgotten Ways, Wisdom of the Sadhu, A New Kind of Christian, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, Mere Christianity, The Soul of Rumi, The Challenge of Jesus, Colossians Remixed, Markings
Activities
Hacky sack, reading, video games, tennis, writing, conversations, eating, mafia.
Interests
Seeing the art all around me: golden late afternoon landscapes, trees silhouetted against the sunset, clouds making abstract paintings in the sky, the glow of streetlights on sad city streets, the waves of the sea in so many shades of blue stretching away towards lands you might never even go to, and the expressions on animals' faces. And what you see when you look in people's eyes.
Top Artists (VirbTunes) - see all
- Mychael Danna - 17
- Keiko Matsui - 10
- U2 - 8
Top Songs (VirbTunes) - see all
- My Body Is a Cage - Arcade Fire - 2
- Blue Butterfly - Keiko Matsui - 2
- Walking Through It - Keiko Matsui - 2
Top Albums (VirbTunes) - see all
- Mychael Danna - The Nativity Story - 17
- Keiko Matsui - Walls Of Akendora - 10
- U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 8
Comments - see all 13
My favorite album of Switchfoot? The Beautiful Let Down, New Way to Be Human, Learning to Breathe, maybe Legend of Chin. I got The Beautiful Let Down separately before I got the collection of the other three that I mentioned. That one album with the song "Stars" I have the guitar book for it but not the album. I only know the intro to "Stars". Yeah, they're a cool band. My bro met a friend that Chad Butler grew up with who is also the guy who taught Chad how to play the drums. Pretty cool.
posted Sep 9
Hey, I heard of it through RockHarbor (the church I attend). The team I went w/ was from all over the states though-pretty rad. You should check out their website.
posted Aug 23
Yeah! I've seen that video! It's on the myspace page for our Atlanta campaign (www.myspace.com/innocenceatlanta). While I suppose it would be a bit more difficult to help directly with girls in recovery, men could use help too. Most of these men hold themselves completely free of responsibility. They do whatever they want and rarely suffer the consequences. I would suggest working with kids (particularly boys) in areas where it seems prevalent or with boys that have been abused. Most cases of exploitation are rooted in a long history of abuse, so...yeah. Hope that helps!
posted Aug 14
Do you think you would be friends with Boo Radley if you ever met him?
posted Jul 9
Thanks for the book suggestions! I already love Rob Bell's Nooma series, so I'll be sure to keep an eye out for his books. :D
posted Jun 28
Replied to your 3 questions... Hope you have time to read it. ^^; Thanks for reading the last one.
posted Jun 9
hey bro, YOU DID IT! you graduated! im so proud of you! i hope u had an awesome weekend. im going to miss u after you go to college, but im really really excited for u. CHANGE is good. i luv it. ^_^ and whitworth sounds like a really neat place. ill have to come visit sometime. anyhoo, i luv u, my incredibly awesome super-bro. Jill
posted May 27
On June 3rd. TWLOHR is coming to Long Beach for a litle conference. You and your pals should make it out here!
posted May 19
thanks for your prayers. please let me know if i can ever return the favor.
posted May 15
The video is from Linken Park's new album. Rick Ruben produced this album, so I'm pretty excited to pick it up. Thanks for checking out my site!
posted May 10
dude send me the pics from the banquit or at lest the ones im in hah. i need pics a lil bit.
posted May 6
dude finally i got one. but i cant make my music work, oh well. are we meeting tonight?
posted May 6
nut-Meg says:
hey! long time no speaky! hows washington? murdered any townsfolk lately? we all know your secret identity : )
posted Nov 24