Drowning?

February 22, 2009 in Faith, Reflecting | 4 comments

I had lunch with a new friend this week. As I was driving him back to his car he pointed out that we had something in common.

We both have made a similar choice in our lives that forces us into complete dependence on our creator. I believe my friend made his choice knowing what that he would be relying on God. After five years of living in my choice, I am still finding ways that I have been relying on God.

At work I tend to put my iPod on shuffle and just let it play in one ear throughout the day. One song has begun to standout. It is by Lifehouse.

I don’t know much about them and only have a cd of theirs because I fell in love with this video: Everything (the first minute seemed a little weird but I HIGHLY recommend that you push through it).

So after watching that video a million times, I bought a Lifehouse CD and listened to it once – almost two years ago.

Suddenly in the past few weeks a song catches my attention on my iPod, so I spent some time in the car with it playing loudly and just soaking in the lyrics.

Verse 1 begins:

“How long have I been in this storm
so overwhelmed by the ocean’s shapeless form
water’s getting harder to tread
with these waves crashing over my head”

Then the music comes in on the chorus:

“If I could just see you
everything will be alright
if I’d see you
the storminess will turn to light
and I will walk on water
and you will catch me if I fall
and I will get lost into your eyes
and everything will be alright
and everything will be alright”

Verse 2 begins with the line that moves me:

“I know you didn’t bring me out here to drown
so why am I 10 feet under and upside down
barely surviving has become my purpose
cause I’m so used to living underneath the surface”

God doesn’t bring us into shapeless forms of life to let us drown, but to learn to rely on Him.

We need to ask ourselves:   Are we drowning or just learning to walk on water?

May God continue to help me see Him, bless my friend as he leans on Him, and bless you when you feel ten feet under and upside-down.

14 Observations for the New Year

January 1, 2009 in Faith, Kingdom, Personal, Random, Reflecting | 1 comment


  1. Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland
  2. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey
  3. Ring out the old, ring in the new,
    Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
    The year is going, let him go;
    Ring out the false, ring in the true.
    ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850
  4. Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. ~Mark Twain
  5. People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. ~Author Unknown
  6. Glory to God in highest heaven,
    Who unto man His Son hath given;
    While angels sing with tender mirth,
    A glad new year to all the earth.
    ~Martin Luther
  7. We meet today
    To thank Thee for the era done,
    And Thee for the opening one.
    ~John Greenleaf Whittier
  8. One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things. ~John Burroughs
  9. A happy New Year! Grant that I
    May bring no tear to any eye
    When this New Year in time shall end
    Let it be said I’ve played the friend,
    Have lived and loved and labored here,
    And made of it a happy year.
    ~Edgar Guest
  10. We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential. ~Ellen Goodman
  11. May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions. ~Joey Adams
  12. I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s. ~Henry Moore
  13. Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~Benjamin Franklin

This year I am trying something different. Leonard Sweet tweeted the idea, I am just borrowing it. 

“Less resolutions and more resolve”

 

 

 More resolve to seek His kingdom first…

More resolve to listen to only His voice…

More resolve to give my all to God…

More resolve to be kinder to myself…

 

 

 

What about you? What best describes your approach to the new year?

Happy 2009!!

Look what Santa left!

December 30, 2008 in Christmas, Family, Personal, Random | Leave a comment




The Stage

Originally uploaded by Divine Dirt Clod

My son had an interesting request for Santa this year. You can read about that here.

This is the stage that Santa left in our basement since we were out of town.

When we got home Lil A said, “YES, I love my new stage!”

I wish I had his enthusiasm about things!

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A few decades back I discovered a song title, Curious Intentions. I have always thought of those words as a metaphor for my personality – I am insanely curious and try hard to be intentional in everything. This blog is a place to explore the thoughts, trials and experiences of being a Divine Dirt Clod.

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