what about taking this, empty cup...

..and filling it up, with a little bit more of innocence...

Wake up everyone

How can you sleep at a time like this, unless the dreamer is you.

Sometimes, listening to a little Jason Mraz makes me feel better about everything. Something about his voice, I dunno, we go way back. Ask Kate, she'll tell you the endless days in summers, dating all the way back to 2003 where we would download every Jason Mraz song and sing at the top of our lungs through the phone.

If you haven't read "The Irresistible Revolution" by Shane Claiborne, I suggest you get on that, because it will make you think about things in a whole different light and make you want to make some real changes in your life.

I would go on some 4 page rant right now, but it's getting late, and I still have a good part of the book left to read....

Download:

Starfield - Hosanna
Jason Mraz - Make it Mine, Lucky, Live High (it's different than what you would expect from him), For the Love of Child, Details in the Fabric, Who Needs Shelter
Seabird - Rescue
Bethany Dillon - Exodus

When did it get to be 1:30 am?? I hope I don't oversleep for church tomorrow....

I'll take the truth at any cost.

I am outside
And I've been waiting for the sun
With my wide eyes
I've seen worlds that don't belong
My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize
Tell me why we live like this

Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me

Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And all the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole

Lock the doors
Cause I'd like to capture this voice
That came to me tonight
So everyone will have a choice
And under red lights
I'll show myself it wasn't forged
We're at war
We live like this

Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me

Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And all the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole

Tower over me
Tower over me

And I'll take the truth at any cost

Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And all the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole

At any cost? Are you sure?

You tell me...

21Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

22At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Mark 10:21

So, the past day or two, I've been reading this book by Shane Claiborne called "The Irresistible Revolution" and some of the things that he has said in that book have really made me go....uhhhh greeaaattt. What I mean by that is I feel like the past couple weeks God has preparing me for a challenge. You know, the kind where he drops a hint here, and then whispers something over there and before you know it, you've got this huge step of faith to do. Well in the past two weeks, the verse shown above has popped up in 8 different situations...(did I count? uhhh, you bet). My first reaction is when I hear this verse is to think, "Okay God, I'll give everything away but can I keep _______" And then, my second reaction is to think of how this would look like. What exactly does selling all of my possessions and just do whatever God tells me. Then, I remember, that it doesn't matter what it looks like. If it's really what God is telling me, who cares what it looks like, I should be doing it anyway.
Well, I'm not really sure what will be going on in the next few weeks, but I'm going to be trying my best to make a lot of changes. I want to eat out less, spend less money, be more compassionate, and at the end of the day, just demonstrate a person of God, the person that God put me on this earth to be.

"I remember hearing about an old comic back in the days of St. Ed's. Two guys are talking to each other, and one of them says he has a question for God. He wants to ask why God allows all of this poverty and way and suffering to exist in the world. And his friend says, "Well, why don't you ask?" The fellow shakes his head and says he is scared. When his friend asks why, he mutters, "I'm scared God will ask me the same question." Over and over, when I ask God why all of these injustices are allowed in the world, I can feel the Spirit whisper to me, "You tell me why we allow this to happen. You are my body, my hands, my feet." The Irresistible Revolution

Uhhhh....greeeaattt.

how nice of you to drop in.

Oh, hey blogging world. So lately, I've been journaling in my paper journal. I've spent hours and hours and dollars and more dollars on my iced white mochas which slowly turned into 5 shot-iced double shots. After a few sips of either of those drinks, I was ready and willing to write any and everything that came to mind...so, my goal is to kind of virtualize my journal onto here, and my ultimate goal (work with me on this one) is to keep up with this blog as well as my written stuff...but...we shall see. I'm also going to date stuff back to the day i actualy wrote it, so that way, more for my self, I'll have a record of it. I love nothing more than to look back on what happened months ago and see the growth I have done, and sometimes seen how I've declined a little as well.
Let's see how this works out...

hmm..

Ha, so needless to say, that idea of plugging everything into here, didn't work. Guess I just better try not to lose that book....

So lately, I've had this feeling that I'm on the brink of something. I can't say exactly what is it, and when I get there, I'll let you know.

I see the generation
rising up to take their place
with selfless faith
selfless faith

I see a new revival
stirring as we pray and sing
we're on our knees
on our knees

heal my heart and make it clean
open up my eyes to the things unseen
show me how to love like you
have loved me
break my heart for what is yours
everything I am for your kingdom's cause
as I walk from earth into eternity

I listen to this song at least 10 times everyday, and these are the lines that catch me every-time. I always turn it up and soak in all of the words. I've talked to some of my friends and we've all come up with the same conclusion (individually), that we're ready for a revolution. We're ready to change the world. It's not gonna happen with a president that just simply has the word "change" in his slogan. It's going to happen through us. This generation. We're ready for it. We're finding all the flaws in the American Dream and it's time we did something about it. I'm not sure where God wants me putting on this energy. But I'm ready. Send me.