Sunday Song Lyrics

Deeper Well :
(Dave Ohey/Daniel Lanois/Emmylou Harris)

The sun burned hot, it burned my eyes
Burned so hot I thought I'd died
Thought I'd died and gone to hell
Lookin' for the water from a deeper well
I went to the river but the river was dry
I fell to my knees an I looked to the sky
I looked to the sky and the spring rain fell
I saw the water from a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

I was ready for love I was ready for the money
Ready for the blood and ready for the honey
Ready for the winnin', ready for the bell
Lookin' for the water from a deeper well
I found some love and I found some money
Found that blood would drip from the honey
Found I had a thirst that I could not quell
Lookin' for the water from a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

Well I did it for kicks and I did it for faith
I did it for lust and I did it for hate
I did it for need and I did it for love
Addiction stayed on tight like a glove
So I ran with the moon and I ran with the night
And the three of us were a terrible sight
Nipple to the bottle to the gun to the cell
To the bottom of a hole of a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

I rocked with the cradle and I rolled with the rage
I shook those walls and I rattled that gage
I took my trouble down a deadend trail
Reachin' out a hand for a holier grail
Hey there mama did you carry that load
Did you tell your baby 'bout the bend in the road
'Bout the rebel yell 'bout the one that fell
Lookin' for the water from a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

Family

"The family is all about grace. Because grace is so much more than the forgiveness of our sins. God was being gracious way before anyone sinned. The family is all about grace. It'll be where children will  learn that they are loved, prized, valued, and they have belonging before they have ever done a single thing to earn it. And adults will learn that you know when you give the most, you really do receive the most. Because it'll be in the family where young and old will learn what God's kingdom is really all about."

"Family is a divinely ordained idea created by God to be a reflection of His character and His kingdom. That's why nothing is deeper to us than the idea of home, of family."

 Mark Pickerill, Christian Assembly, Sunday, September 12, 2010

TvLand

Friday put the TV remote back in my hand. Sometimes your own life gets too entertaining and to get a break you have to turn to something less involved.

Things I Like About Today

1)  My new blog background :)

2) Trader Joe's individual bags of Kettle Corn. Only 110 calories for a whole bag of popcorn!

3) My "The Weepies" Pandora station.

4) My baby playing on the floor next to my chair while I work. She cuddles with her turtle, she plays hide and seek, she coos along to the music, she plays with her hair and she smiles with her huge pink cheeks whenever I look down at her.

 

5) How my chest hurts when I look at her because there's just not enough room for all the love.

 It's a good day.

The No-Daytime-TV Project: day #2

Today, the absence of TV was not as much on my mind. I still didn't get much more done, but what I did get done I got done sooner and there is a much more peaceful feeling in the house. So that is contributing to my number one goal. My number two goal is that this will eventually translate into a better kept house, but as Hubby said last night, I'm not bored enough for that yet.

The No-Daytime-TV Project: day #1

I have decided that I will not be watching TV before 5:30 pm. I feel like it just sucks away my time. Hopefully, I can get more done and find some more peace for my nerves. Also, Abby is already watching too much for my liking. I will be documenting the process and hopefully, this will be an opportunity to improve my state of mind.

So, it's the morning of day 1 and I'm feeling a little crazy. I have this urge to go turn on the TV even though I know there is nothing on. I've done an hour of work, listened to lots of Pandora, posted some pictures, and surfed some forums, and now I'm stumped. There are other things I can do, I am just drawn to the TV and the couch. I know this will change and soon the habit of reaching for the remote will be replaced with something else. It's just so quiet in here...

Memories

That Harvest is ready to be gathered. The fields are thick with wild growth. The branches are weighed down with fruit grown without a single day of work from my hands. But I don’t dare venture out and reap that bounty for the same reason that I have allowed the land to lie fallow for so many years.

I didn’t always shy away from that portion of my property. As I child would play on those hills. I could lay my head down under the branches and sleep in perfect peace. That land was given to me by my Father and it was to be my job to tend to it, fight for it, and then pass it on to my children. When the lion began to roam around the boundaries of the land, I didn’t do much to fend him off. After all, he wasn’t a very big lion and surely he must be more scared of me than I was of him. How wrong I was, and I have the disfiguring scars to prove it. Now that lion has claimed that field as its territory.

However, after so many years, I have outgrown the small patch of land I retreated onto. This acreage has provided me what I needed and more and I will not abandon it. I have built my house on this land. It is my home. But now that I have a child of my own, this land will not provide enough and the stone wall that I built to keep the lion away from me is now keeping me from that which I need.

I am still not prepared to harvest from that land but I am working towards it. I have built a fence around it. I am reclaiming it as that which is rightfully mine. The lion might be trapped by that fence and that will make him more dangerous, but soon I will be ready to fight him, to kill him, and again walk on to that land, to play with my daughter on those hills, and sleep under those branches after eating my fill. And when my Father comes back, He will be proud of the work that I have done.

You’ll watch over me

Grace For Me
Words and Music by Michael Gungor and Michael Rossback

This jar of clay and all its weakness;
Somehow inside dwells Your fullness.
Even though I’m not yet flawless,
You are forming me.

Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here
Your grace for me
Is all I need
All I need is here

Everything that I desire really may not meet my needs.
Help me to seek first Your kingdom.
You’ll provide for me.

Your grace for me
Is all I need
All I need is here
Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here

Valleys come and tears aren’t dry yet and there are things I don’t yet see.
But I’ll rejoice despite of hardship; You’ll watch over me.

Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here
Your grace for me is all I need
All I need is here


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