sign #1 - deja blog

so, cheniese quoted jars of clay while listening to johnny cash . . . it was too crazy a coincidence not to mention. been thinking about "worlds apart" while listening to "hurt" and "bridge over troubled water" . . . which prolly makes me sound depressed. but i'm not depressed. i'm pensive. anyway, here are some lyrics to make you ponder and . . . pense?

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from "worlds apart" by jars of clay:

it takes all i am to believe
in the mercy that covers me
...
more and more i need You now
i owe You more each passing hour
...
take my world apart, take my world apart
i pray, i pray, i pray
take my world apart


there was a time in my life, not so long ago, when this song was all that i could pray . . . and so few people around me knew it. there was a battle inside that, looking back, could have ended very differently were it not for grace. were it not for my conviction that God was better than anything i could conjure up on my own.

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from "hurt" - johnny cash's cover of nine inch nails:

what have i become,
my sweetest friend?
everyone i know,
goes away in the end,

and you could have it all:
my empire of dirt,
i will let you down,
i will make you hurt.

i don't cut. i don't do drugs. but, then again, self-destructive behaviour doesn't have to be physical to devastate.

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from "bridge over troubled water", which has been covered by so many people that i don't know who wrote it:

when you're weary, feeling small,
when tears are in your eyes, i will dry them all;
i'm on your side,
when times get rough
and friends just can't be found,
like a bridge over troubled water
i will lay me down.
like a bridge over troubled water
i will lay me down.

the rest of the song is great, too . . . but two friends of mine, and Jesus, both lived this for me last week. i love them so. all three of them.