"I'm Sensitive" -Jewel

"I'm Sensitive"

I was thinking that I might fly today
Just to disprove all the things you say
It doesn't take a talent to be mean
Your words can crush things that are unseen
So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
And I'd like to stay that way.
You always tell me that is impossible
To be respected and be a girl
Why's it gotta be so complicated?
Why you gotta tell me if I'm hated?
So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
And I'd like to stay that way.
I was thinking that it might do some good
If we robbed the cynics and took all their food
That way what they believe will have taken place
And we'll give it to anybody who has some faith
So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
And I'd like to stay that way.
I have this theory that if we're told we're bad
Then that's the only idea we'll ever have
But maybe if we are surrounded in beauty
Someday we will become what we see
'Cause anyone can start a conflict
It's harder yet to disregard it
I'd rather see the world from another angle
We are everyday angels
Be careful with me 'cause I'd like to stay that way

Wish You Well

For anyone who has lost...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtjd-Qtrz-E

Mindy Smith: songs about her mom dying of cancer

One Moment More

Hold me
Even though I know you're leaving
And show me
All the reasons you would stay
It's just enough to feel your breath on mine
To warm my soul and ease my mind
You've got to hold me and show me now

Give me
Just one part of you to cling to
And keep me
Everywhere you are
It's just enough to steal my heart and run
And fade out with the falling sun

Oh, please don't go
Let me have you just one moment more
Oh, all I need
All I want is just one moment more
You've got to hold me and keep me

Tell me that someday you'll be returning
And maybe
Maybe I'll believe
It's just enough to see a shooting star
To know you're never really far
It's just enough to see a shooting star
To know you're never really gone

Oh, please don't go
Let me have you just one moment more
Oh, all I need
All I want is just one moment more

Oh, please don't go
Let me have you just one moment more
Oh, all I need
All I want is just one moment more
You've got to hold me and maybe I'll believe

So hold me
Even though I know you're leaving

Long Island Shores

Oh my soul craves to go home
to long island shores again
take me back to old north Walk?
to breathe in the harbor wind.

I'll be leaving Tennessee on the first plane
Sunday gone to my family reunion
There my father preached at the church
on the corner of Old Nickels Road
He raised four children in a green house
we are all well and now we are all grown

There my mother Sharron lies deep in the earth of the long island shores
I will visit her grave and plant yellow roses at her stone

I'll be leaving Tennessee on the first plane
Sunday gone to my family reunion
I'll be leaving
gone to my family reunion
Oh my soul craves to go home.

Faith

"Because I'm learning to trust that it's not You that hurt me

I'm learning to believe that it's not You that deserted me

I'm believing that You still love me

Brokenness and all

I'm believing that You've got a plan for me

I'm believing that You will restore me

I believe that You will awaken my soul 

And let, let faith arise again, I believe"

Quick update

As much as the last couple of months have dramatically changed one of my closest relationships, it has allowed me to strengthen my others.

Sometimes, you have to let go when someone is affecting your life in a harmful way. I have this motherly nature of wanting to protect those I love. There is no point in trying to "fix" a relationship that will always be broken. People change, circumstances change, life changes and the only constant is time. With that, I repeat: "this too shall pass".

I appreciate my friends more than words can describe. They are my family. I have been blessed with some authentic friendships that remind me of the way Christ wants us to love.

I had the honor of visiting Honduras on a Soles4Souls shoe distribution. We saw a country in chaos, orphans in need, and people who seemed hopeless. The one thing that gave me peace was the overwhelming feeling of love. I was surrounded by a team of people that wanted to give a week of their life away to those who are less fortunate, whether that be financially, relationally, etc, they came to assist strangers in need.

That is the hope I needed. There are people in this broken world that still care about others. There are still people who are inspired by Christ. I needed to be taken away from the superficial-ness of my surroundings to catch just a blink of time that was holy.

The Beatitudes

"Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they who mourn,

for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek,

for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

for they shall be satisfied.

Blessed are the merciful,

for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure of heart,

for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they shall be called children of God.

Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

“You can shed tears that she is gone,

or you can smile because she has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,

or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.

Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,

or you can be full of the love you shared.

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,

or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember her only that she is gone,

or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind,

be empty and turn your back.

Or you can do what she'd want:

smile, open your eyes, love and go on.”