so i got an email this afternoon re: a meeting for the presbytery (for whom i work) that i have to be at on wednesday. it's from 8-noon and it's at a place called "the surf shack." here's what the rest of the email said, and i quote:
"Bring Bible, swim suit, towels, surf toys (don't need them but your choice.) coffee and snacks provided."
really?!?!?! is this seriously my job?!?! i almost feel guilty for hangin' out with a bunch of cool pastors on a wednesday morning at the beach... okay maybe not. but tis pretty darned SWEET!!!!
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.music monday - selah.
today's amazingness is by none other than lauryn hill (sometimes i miss the fugees)
Nothing can be done against the truth
No matter how we remain in denial, yeah
Wasting time
Replacing time
With each empty excuse
But that'll only work a little while
Coping with despair
Knowing you're not there
Ashamed to just admit
I've been a fool
So I blame it on the Sun
Run away from everyone
Hoping to escape this ridicule
Trapped in misery
Wrapped so miserably
In this deception that im wearing like a skin
Dying to mantain
Oh I keep trying to explain
A heart that never loved me to begin
Oh I'm such a mess
I have no choice but to confess
That I've been desperately trying to belong
Lying to myself
And everybody else
Refusing to admit my right was wrong
And then He came
Selah
And it means
Praise and meditation
And then He came
Selah
And it means
Did you think about that?
And then He came
Selah
Oh and it means
Praise and meditation
And then He came
Selah
Oh and it means
That it is seen
How beautiful is fruit still in denial of its roots?
My guilty heart behaved so foolishly
This treason from within
That reasons with my sin
Won't be happy til it sees the death of me
Selfishly addicted
To a life that I depicted
Conflicted cuz it's not reality
Oh what's left of me
I beg you desperately
Cause me to agree with what I know is best for me
Please save me from myself
I need You to save me from myself
Please save me from myself so I can heal
The choices that Ive made
Oh have been nothing but mistakes
What a wasted use of space
Should I die before I wake?
In all of my religion
I've fortified this prison
Obligated to obey
The demands of bad decisions
Please save me from myself
I need You to save me from myself
Please save me from myself so I can heal
And then He came
Selah
And it means
Praise and meditation
And then He came
Selah
And it means
Did you think about that?
And He came
Selah
Oh and it means
Meditation
And then He came
Selah
Oh and it means
That it is seen
And then He came
And then He came
Then He came, then He came, then He came
And then He came
i know. it's a long song, but it's well worth the download. it's beautiful. and this week it grabbed me by the back of the neck and sat me down and made me think. one of my most faithful friends is in the middle of a bunch of really hard stuff and this song spoke to that situation, but more than that - it offered hope. "And then He came" and "That it is seen" reminded me of how good our God is. it reminded me that HE SHOWS UP and that HE SEES. i've wondered a time or two this week if he's showing up in my friends life or if he even sees what's going on or cares, but this was a gentle reminder that HE IS and that is enough.
selah.
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