All of the Above

I’ve heard this song before and have passed over it a lot while listening to “Cannons”, but it hit me last night as I was watching Phil’s live concert.

It’s kind of quiet but the lyrics are underneath the video.  Beautiful by Phil Wickham. 

I see Your face in every sunrise
The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes
The world awakens in the light of the day
I look up to the sky and say
You’re beautiful

I see Your power in the moonlit night
Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright
We are amazed in the light of the stars
It’s all proclaiming who You are
You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful

I see you there hanging on a tree
You bled and then you died and then you rose again for me
Now you are sitting on Your heavenly throne
Soon we will be coming home
You’re beautiful, you’re beautiful

When we arrive at eternity’s shore
Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
We’ll enter in as the wedding bells ring
Your bride will come together and we’ll sing
You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful

I see Your face, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful

This song is by a fairly new band .. “Addison Road”, so there was no video anywhere to accompany it. This song is definitely worth a lookup on their website. I pray none who read this would be engulfed by this shallow,empty dream.

He sees his life just pass by
Just another number in a suit and tie
No purpose here nothing to give
Is this what it means to really live?
His feet never touch the ground
His days fly by, he can’t slow down

(CHORUS)
Casualties of the American dream
Have we lost our vision
Drifting off and living
Half asleep with a faint heartbeat
Just dying to be revived
I want to be revived

She’s screaming out,”I’ve lost control”
Caught in another undertow
She’s only barely hanging on
Been holding her breath for so long
Her feet never touch the ground
She’s not sure which way is up or down

(CHORUS)
Casualties of the American dream
Have we lost our vision
Drifting off and living
Half asleep with a faint heartbeat
Just dying to be revived

I want to be revived
I want to feel alive
And in a world so numb
Don’t let me become another
Casualty living in a dream

(CHORUS)
Casualties of the American dream
Have we lost our vision
Drifting off and living
Half asleep with a faint heartbeat
Just dying to be revived
I want to be revived

I want to be revived

This is just going to be awesome.  A sweet, sweet time of adoration of Jesus.   I can’t wait!

Keep checking Phil’s blog for more details and mark May 9th on your calendars!!!

What happens/ comes to mind as you watch this?

Radiohead, one of the world’s top bands, has joined the MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) campaign, a partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and MTV to raise awareness about human trafficking. The collaboration takes the Asia MTV EXIT campaign to a global audience, reaching as many as 560 million households worldwide.

“Radiohead is taking MTV EXIT to a new level and expanding the Asia campaign, which is on air, online and on the ground,” said Olivier Carduner, USAID’s Regional Mission Director for Asia.

As part of this effort, Radiohead is releasing a music video on MTV tomorrow (May 1) to the track All I Need, from its album In Rainbows. Filmed by Oscar-winning cinematographer John Seale (”The English Patient”) and award-winning director Steve Rogers, the video depicts a day in the life of both an affluent youngster and a child making shoes in a sweatshop, sending a message that everyone plays a role in trafficking and exploitation.

For more information on USAID and its programs to combat human trafficking around the world, visit http://www.usaid.gov.

So, there’s this book that comes out Thursday,  May 1.  A very kind person sent me the book about a month ago, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading it.  Crazy Love deals with the amazing love that flows from the Creator of the universe and the typical human response to that love.  It was both convicting and awakening.  You can go to crazylovebook.com to find out more or to watch two perspective changing videos (”The Awe Factor of God” and “Just Stop and Think”).   Oh ya … it’s written by my future pastor/ founder of my college

As you all know, I love Phil Wickham. 

As some of you know I quite like the song “Hallelujah”, a song mostly known from Jeff Buckley.

So, naturally, when I saw this I had to post it. 

  (HT: Brody and Phil)

You may be wondering why the change?  To be honest I felt like this new title sums up my life, my aims, and my goals better than my old title did.  Right now it is my desire to have “my eyes on all of the above” as the song ”My Future Decided” by Hillsong United goes.  Though I do still want the world to know, I feel as though I’m not there yet. My priorities are often out of wack and unfortunately I often fail to make the cross my only subject of boasting.  It feels like I’m stepping into a new stage of life though,and I’m incredibly excited about that.  This song by Hillsong United is really just my prayer right now …  
And now the weak say I have strength
By the spirit of power that raised Christ from the dead
And now the poor stand and confess
That my portion is Him and I’m more blessed

Let now our hearts burn with a flame
A fire consuming all for your Son’s holy name
And with the heavens we declare
You are our king

We love you Lord, we worship you
You are our God, you alone are good

You asked your Son to carry this
The heavy cross our weight of sin

I love you Lord, I worship you
Hope which was lost, now stands renewed
I give my life to honor this
The love of Christ, the Saviour King

Let now your church shine as the bride
That you soar in your heart as you offered up your life
Let now the lost be welcomed home
By the saved and redeemed those adopted as your own

I give my life to honor this
The love of Christ, the Saviour King

This is the band Future of Forestry (the name comes from a C.S. Lewis poem .. how cool is that).

“Open Wide”

You have walked so deep a canyon
Deep a canyon now
In the end you know that you’ve been found
You’re found
Heaven sure fell hard upon you
Hard upon you now
In the end you know that you’ve been found
You’re found

Oh, you belong now
Oh, you are free

So open wide the arms you’re given
You’re too alive to just stand still
Open wide your heart as you breathe in
You’re too alive to just stay here

You wondered how your searching heart
Your searching heart would roam
Coming to the place that you’d call home
You’re home

You’re shaken up
Awaken
You gotta live, you gotta love

I’ve caught the nasty flu bug.  I felt sick all of Easter Sunday.  That night was when the symptoms came.  Stupid flu.  I can’t seem to drink enough .. I’m always thirsty, but I’m hesitant to eat because I don’t like getting sick. I think I’m on the uphill now.  Time to go get some more liquids.

This is the song I’ve been playing all day

     “True Love” by Phil Wickham

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