"do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. sell your possessions and give to the poor. provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moths destroy. for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
"our sinful nature has shrunk our capacity for happiness ... we are far too easily pleased"
we run after all kinds of things: comfortable middle class lives, sex, etc. because sin has made it so that we can't conceive of any greater happiness. we can't even wrap our minds around the happiness God offers. it's hard to trust yourself to a God who's promises you understand but barely make sense of. kurt's words felt like a gentle reminder from God that just because i find it hard to imagine, hard to believe, doesn't mean it isn't real or exactly what God says it is.
"through forgotten convictions, misplaced affections
i'm losing the sound of Your voice
i've been chasing after emptiness
trying to tidy up this mess
i swear i've been down this road before
...
like a child i'll take You at Your word
as these mountains of doubt, they fade away
i'm longing to trust and love You more
so for me this beautiful
a brand new thought and a brand new world
can i stay here forever, here with You?
surrounded by Your mercy
clothed in Your truth"
- starfield, "can i stay here forever?"
"here we are now with the falling sky and the rain
we're awakening
here we are now with our desperate youth and the pain
we're awakening
maybe it's called ambition
you've been talking in your sleep
about a dream
we're awakening
...
i want to wake up kicking and screaming
i want to wake up kicking and screaming
i want to live like i know what i'm leaving
i want to know that my heart's still beating
it's beating
it's beating
it's beating
i'm bleeding"
- switchfoot, "awakening"
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amazing.
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