Echo

Call me and I will comfort you

Ask me and I will teach you

Need me and I will hold you

But would that be enough?

I know the answer to this question already

I have read this book over and over again

each chapter tells me the truth

the one where I fall short

the one where I let you down

the one where I move away

the one where I lie

the one where I was wrong

the one where I lead you astray

Every time I knock myself down

it is because I try so desperately hard to show you how amazing you are

What I need to show you is that I'm not perfect

but Jesus is

I am a work in progress

But He never changes

please remember that

Cry out to me and I will love you

I will get down on my knees

and we can cry out together

Tag

10/1/09

i used to be a sun chaser

if you grew up in a place with constant rain you would understand

a sun chaser is one who gets in her car

and drives past the clouds toward the sun

she moves when it moves

she stays when it stays

i did this often during springtime in Eugene

on those rare days of fleeting sun in march, april, or may

i wanted to feel that warmth that brings happiness

i wanted light because I was sick of darkness

i convinced myself it was worth chasing

and at the end of the day, I had to drive home in darkness

back to the place I started.

now I live in Hawaii where abundant sun is all around me

i have to take a cold shower just to not be warm

as much as I tried to convince myself, sun was not what I lacked in Oregon.

sun was just an excuse to leave, to chase something that could take me far away,

or at least make me feel like I was for those few short months it hung around.

sunny days were my temporary escape from darkness, but it was just an excuse.

i was tired of chasing

but I don't have to anymore

now I don't chase

it's all around me

now I sit and wait for whatever it is I have been chasing for so long,

now I'll stay long enough to figure out what exactly I've been running away from.

i stay because staying is what I know I want to do now.

Talitha Koum!

She was only 12 years old

her father begged, pleaded, and was told

"Don't be afraid; just believe"

2 words were spoken over her

With all the Power of a Savior He said

"Talitha Koum!"

With all the Love of a Father He said

"Little girl, I say to you, get up!"

She didn't just get up

she got up immediately and walked around

and the people were completely astonished

Heal and Move

Heal and Move

Heal and Move

He heals us so we can move again

And when we move, people will be astonished with our God

He doesn't want us to heal and sit on Satan's bench

He didn't heal us so we can sit out another inning

He took us off the injured list

He took us off the list of the hopeless

He took us off the list of the dead

So we would live again

So people would be astonished with Him

and His ability

to Heal and Move

Are you going to sit this one out again?

Or are you ready to Move

Talitha Koum!

for you were once dead, and now you LIVE!

Mark 5:41