Future of Forestry – Slow Your Breath Down

This chest is full of memories
Of gold and silver tears
I’ll give you more to own than
All of this
And I’ll give you more than years
For you were once a child of innocence
And I see you just the same
Your burdens couldn’t win or
Lose a thing
Oh, I’d tell you once again
But you’re always on the run

Slow your breath down
Just take it slow
Find your heart now, oh
You can trust and love again
Slow your breath down, just take it slow
Find your smile now, oh
You can trust and love again

If you leave I’ll still be close to you
When all your fears rain down
I’ll take you back a thousand times again
I’ll take you as my own
I would sing you songs of innocence
‘Til the light of morning comes
‘Til the rays of gold and honey cover you
In the sweetness of the dawn
But you’re always on the run

You’re not alone
You’re now a part of me
You feel the cure
I’ll feel the toil it brought you

Gungor – Prodigal/How He Loves

I’ve tasted Your glory and I left it there.
Your poured out Your Spirit and I didn’t care.
Still you loved me

I’ve lived for myself with nobody to blame.
I took what You gave me and squandered Your grace.
Still You loved me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.

I could live for the broken and share in their pain.
I could die like a martyr or live like a saint just to love You.
I could sing like the angels and gather Your praise:
Be blessed beyond measure and give it away just to love You.
Still nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.

My heart has been broken; I’ve laid out my shame.
Because of Your mercy,
All I can say is I love You.
So I’ll tell of Your story
I’ll carry Your name
I’ll live for Your glory Lord,
I’ll share in Your pain just to love You.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.
Nothing compares to what You’ve done for me.

Nothing can separate us
Nothing can separate us
Not death or life
Or depth or height
Or unseen power
Now or ever!

You broke the night like the sun…

So so so so good. Overwhelming actually.

Repeated views and meditation therein are strongly encouraged…

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [1 John 5:11]

You broke the night like the sun
And healed my heart with Your great love
Any trouble I couldn’t bear
You lifted me upon Your shoulders

A love that’s stronger
A love that covers sin
And takes the weight of the world

I love You
All of my hope is in You
Jesus Christ, take my life
Take all of me

You stand on mountaintops with me
With You I walk through the valleys
You gave Your only son for me
Your grace is all I rely on

I love You so
And I give up my heart to say
I need You so
My everything

I won’t let you choke…

My only regret is that I can post this but once.

The second this is over, I want it to begin all over again…

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.

[Revelation 2:17]

Thrice – Lost Continent

Incredibly timely & wildly appropriate

Was there a time that we knew peace;
when all the children had a place to sleep;
when rhetoric was not enough?

Was there a time we weren’t at war;
when we knew what our hearts and hands were for?
I don’t believe there ever was.

It’s always been a lie,
a soothing lullaby;
we’ll soon be swallowed by the sea.

Was there a time we looked around,
and do we really even want to know what’s going down?
Well I think no one really does.

We’d rather close our eyes;
sing soothing lullabies.

It’s always been a lie,
a soothing lullaby;
we’ll soon be swallowed by the sea.

The water’s rising now;
and we will surely drown,
if we don’t turn around.