My Hope Is In You - Aaron Shust
I meet with You and my soul sings out
as Your word throws doubt far away
I sing to You and my hearth cries holy
Hallelujah, Father You're near
My hope is in you, Lord
all the day long
I won't be shaken by drought or storm
The peace that passes
understanding is my song and I sing
My hope is in You alone
I wait for You and my soul finds rest
In my selfishness You show me grace
I worship You and my heart cries glory
Halleluyah, Father You're here
My hope is in you, Lord
all the day long
I won't be shaken by drought or storm
The peace that passes
understanding is my song and I sing
My hope is in You alone
I Will with on You
You Are My refuge
I Will with on You
You Are My refuge
I Will with on You
You Are My refuge
my hope is in you lord
all the day long
I won't be shaken by drought or storm
my hope is in you lord
all the day long
I won't be shaken by drought or storm
T peace that passes
understanding is my song and I sing
My hope is in You alone
My hope is in You alone
My hope is in You alone
My hope is in you, Lord
All the day long
I won’t be shaken by
Trial or storm
The peace that passes understanding is my song
And I’ll sing
My hope is in you, Lord
- Aaron Shust
UPC: hope (NOT wish!)
Chapel: HOPE
The most important thing you can do is keep encouraged
Discouragement leads to destruction
Outside pressure reflects our inner state – if we are not full we will get crushed (pop cans)
Don't let your past keep you from moving forward
A bicycle moving slowly will fall over
God has created us to be future-thinking, not focused on the past.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Everything I could become is overdue
Overdue - Tree63
Struck by lightning once You conceived a flame
Now every waking second I'm waiting for the blaze
But is it ever going to come?
What am I supposed to do
When everything I could become is overdue?
Out of frustration comes a patient man
I'm on the verge of something,
the end of what you began
But is it ever going to come?
What am I supposed to do
When everything I could become is overdue?
Just the smallest spark, it set my world on fire
I see you in my dreams...
Struck by lightning once You conceived a flame
Now every waking second I'm waiting for the blaze
But is it ever going to come?
What am I supposed to do
When everything I could become is overdue?
Out of frustration comes a patient man
I'm on the verge of something,
the end of what you began
But is it ever going to come?
What am I supposed to do
When everything I could become is overdue?
Just the smallest spark, it set my world on fire
I see you in my dreams...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
From the radio:
"My mom made me a baby quilt ten years ago. It is beautiful, purple and blue with fishes on it. The only problem is… I didn’t have a baby, and it seemed like I never would. It has hung on my wall for the last decade. At first it seemed like a reproach that I hadn’t somehow done my life right. In the last five years, though, I have grown to like it there. Without a baby, this quilt is a patched together piece of art that demonstrates God’s goodness when your story doesn’t go the way you think it should. I recently found God has answered Carlos’ and my prayers for a baby. I’m pregnant!!!! One of the things I am looking forward to most is taking that quilt off the wall, washing it and putting it on our baby’s bed. God is awesome. Sometimes the things we look at as shame at first are actually promises of God’s faithfulness."
"My mom made me a baby quilt ten years ago. It is beautiful, purple and blue with fishes on it. The only problem is… I didn’t have a baby, and it seemed like I never would. It has hung on my wall for the last decade. At first it seemed like a reproach that I hadn’t somehow done my life right. In the last five years, though, I have grown to like it there. Without a baby, this quilt is a patched together piece of art that demonstrates God’s goodness when your story doesn’t go the way you think it should. I recently found God has answered Carlos’ and my prayers for a baby. I’m pregnant!!!! One of the things I am looking forward to most is taking that quilt off the wall, washing it and putting it on our baby’s bed. God is awesome. Sometimes the things we look at as shame at first are actually promises of God’s faithfulness."
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
How do you let go of a dream? Particularly one that you have not allowed yourself to dream?
To be able to let go of something, you have to acknowledge that it exists. But if you acknowledge that it exists and let go of it anyway, that inherently causes pain. I am tired of pain. I have, unfortunately, developed a talent for crying unnoticeably. I have stopped allowing myself to hope for the things I really want. If you don't hope for something, there is no disappointment when it doesn't happen. I have numbed myself because at least that is one thing I do have control over. No valleys, but no mountain tops, either. Just dull monotony. I know you say you will not let me experience more than I can bear. But I wonder if there will ever be a time that I don't feel this constant sadness and loneliness just under the surface... I know you say that you won't forget about me. So why does it feel like you have forgotten about me?
I wish I could say that "half of me's all about apathy and the other half just doesn't care." But in reality I do care. This is not who I wanted to be or where I wanted to be. Truth be told I don't like who I am or where I am. And I feel powerless to change things. God, how do I continue to go on like this? To wake up and drag myself to work every morning at a job that my heart just isn't in? I feel guilty and greedy wishing for something better. It could definitely be worse. But I can't shake the feeling that this can't be it. Is this it, God? It just doesn't feel right to me. It doesn't fit. I don't feel like I belong here. I used to be optimistic about life and excited about the possibilities for my career. Why can't I feel that way anymore? Something feels wrong but I don't know how to fix it. Please help me God.
"I feel like I would like to be somewhere else doing something that matters..." - Relient K (More Than Useless)
To be able to let go of something, you have to acknowledge that it exists. But if you acknowledge that it exists and let go of it anyway, that inherently causes pain. I am tired of pain. I have, unfortunately, developed a talent for crying unnoticeably. I have stopped allowing myself to hope for the things I really want. If you don't hope for something, there is no disappointment when it doesn't happen. I have numbed myself because at least that is one thing I do have control over. No valleys, but no mountain tops, either. Just dull monotony. I know you say you will not let me experience more than I can bear. But I wonder if there will ever be a time that I don't feel this constant sadness and loneliness just under the surface... I know you say that you won't forget about me. So why does it feel like you have forgotten about me?
I wish I could say that "half of me's all about apathy and the other half just doesn't care." But in reality I do care. This is not who I wanted to be or where I wanted to be. Truth be told I don't like who I am or where I am. And I feel powerless to change things. God, how do I continue to go on like this? To wake up and drag myself to work every morning at a job that my heart just isn't in? I feel guilty and greedy wishing for something better. It could definitely be worse. But I can't shake the feeling that this can't be it. Is this it, God? It just doesn't feel right to me. It doesn't fit. I don't feel like I belong here. I used to be optimistic about life and excited about the possibilities for my career. Why can't I feel that way anymore? Something feels wrong but I don't know how to fix it. Please help me God.
"I feel like I would like to be somewhere else doing something that matters..." - Relient K (More Than Useless)
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