This is How I Feel

*Sometimes* By David Crowder Band


Sometimes every one of us feels
Like we’ll never be healed
Sometimes
Sometimes every one of us aches
Like we’ll never be saved
Sometimes

When we’ve given up
Let your healing come
When theres nothing left
Let your healing come
Til were risin up
Let your healin come
Where You go we will follow
Where You go we will follow

It’s Your love that we adore
It’s like a sea without a shore
We’re lost in You, Were lost in You
It’s Your love that we adore
It’s like a sea without a shore
We’re lost in You, Were lost in You
Sometimes

Sometimes it’s like we never atone
For all the love we know
Sometimes like in a smile of a song
When you feel it come
Then that feelings gone
It flies

When we’ve given up
Let your healing come
When theres nothing left
Let your healing come
Til were risin up
Let your healin come
Where You go we will follow
Where You go we will follow

It’s your love that we adore
It’s like a sea without a shore
We’re lost in You, Were lost in You
(3x)

Its your love we adore
Its like a sea without a shore
Don’t be afraid, Don’t be afraid

Just set your sail and risk the ocean
There’s only grace
Let’s risk the ocean
There’s only grace
Let’s risk the ocean
There’s only grace
Let’s risk the ocean
There’s only grace

Where you go we will follow
I’m on my knees
Where you go we will follow
Oh God send me
Where you go we will follow
I’m on my knees
Where you go we will follow
Oh God send me

It’s your love that we adore
It’s like a sea without a shore
We’re lost in You, Were lost in You
It’s your love that we adore
It’s like a sea without a shore
We’re lost in You, Were lost in You

Where you go we will follow

Where you go we will follow
I’m on my knees
Where you go we will follow
Oh God send me

A Time for Rest

This is the year folks. It's been decided. The next 11 months of 2012 are being devoted to simplifying our lives, healing our souls, pouring into our marriage and above all finding REST. Rest from information overload, rest from constant busyness, rest from the need "to be" and "to do". The soundtrack of our year is David Crowder Band's newest (and final) CD appropriately titled "Give Us Rest". We have realized that we desperately need to slow down and really focus on ourselves. This sounds selfish at first, but we truly believe that by taking the time to work through our own baggage, emotions, fears, etc. we will come out better equipped for ministry. We don't expect to attain personal perfection by any means, but we know we will come out better at the end of the year than when we started. I have no idea where this year will lead us or what we will discover, but I know it will be a great adventure.

New Year's Resolutions-Part 1

Alright here they are, my Top 5 New Year's Resolutions:

1. Get to the gym and get in shape.- So far I have signed up for the membership, recruited a workout buddy and managed to work out for about 1/2 an hour. This is pretty good for me. I'm hoping to go to the gym 3 days next week for 1 hour at a time.

2. Make healthier food choices.- Aaron and I were doing better in the healthy meals department, but our snacks need a little work. I am trying to replace junky snacks with healthier ones. (Or at least snacks with less artificial junk)

3. Keep a birthday calender and remember to acknowledge friends and family members birthdays.- I don't always do so good with this and feel like I am always behind. I am headed to the store today to buy some boxes of birthday cards so I can be prepared. And I have my birthday calender filled in through April.

4. Floss once a week.- This sounds gross I know. My dentist always gets on me to floss and I am really bad about keeping up with it. I know once a week isn't really enough, but I have to be realistic about it.

5. Write a Missions Statement for our family.- Aaron and I have been given some great advice/ resources for how to do this. Now we just have to pick a day to work on it.

So far we are off to a good start for 2012. I have been off work this week, so Aaron and I have been working slowly, but surely to get the house in order. We also had fun on Wednesday talking about some future projects for our house.
Hopefully I will be able to post our Missions Statement and other goals/ plans before the end of the month.

Photos from Christmas