I Don't Want to Fight by Derek Webb

I don’t want to be right anymore
I don’t want to be good
I don’t want to change your mind
to feel it like I do

I don’t wanna sell graves
peddle them door to door
a little something to ease your mind
and prepare you for what’s in store

[Chorus]
I don’t want to fight
brother I’m not joking about peace
we can have it here tonight
it all comes down to you and me

you never asked me to save anyone
not in whole or in part
like I was some kind of Holy Ghost
come to change their hearts

[Chorus]

you know the tree by the fruit
but just between me and you
I never do what I want
I do what I’m taught
and I’ve been learning a lot
about the violence I’m capable of

so I’m walking away from this
before I hurt someone
’cause I’m facing enemies
on both sides of the gun

Lay It Down by Matt Maher

Everything I am
Everything I long to be
I lay it down at Your feet

Everything I am
Everything I long to be
I lay it down at Your feet

I lay it down
I lay it down
I lay it down
At Your feet

Oh pearl of greatest price
No act of sacrifice
Can match the gift of life I find within Your gaze
Oh, what a sweet exchange
I die to rise again
Lifted up from the grave into Your hands of grace

Movie Makers

I've been following a story on The Rebelution. The event is the fifth annual San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival and the Fourth annual Christian Filmmakers Acadamy. Amazing, over 450 people attended. They started on Monday and will continue through Saturday. It is amazing the amount of people inside the Christian domain who are interested in making movies.

The things they are talking about are quite interesting. On Tuesday they had a man who actually made a fight scene.

Today Stephen Kendrick was speaking. He is the producer of three films, Flywheel, Facing The Giants, and Fireproof.

Numb by Linkin Park

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertone just caught in the undertone)
Every step I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertone just caught in the undertone)

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I've becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertone just caught in the undertone)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertone just caught in the undertone)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I've becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I've becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

“We Really Do Need Each Other”

by Reuben Welch 

You know something—

we’re all just people who need each other. 

 

We’re all learning

            and we’ve all got a long journey ahead of us.

                        We’ve got to go together

                                    and if it takes us until Jesus comes

                        we better stay together

                        we better help each other.

            And I dare say

                        that by the time we get there

                                    all the sandwiches will be gone

                        and all the chocolate will be gone

                        and all the water will be gone

                        and all the backpacks will be empty.

            But no mater how long it takes us

                        we’ve got to go together.

                        Because that’s how it is

                        in the body of Christ.

            It’s all of us

                        in love

                                    in care

                                                in support

                                                            in mutuality—

                                                                        we really do need each other.

 

Between the lines

 

This

            is

                        not

                                    automatic.

                                                I am personally responsible.

                                                            So are you.  

Sunrise

You wanna sound off but you can't find the words to

Nothin' makes sense in the way that it used to

Can't find the plus in the positive thinking

The well's run dry and you're not done drinking

Clouds start comin' and the sky will fall

Clock stares back from the bedroom wall

Now you're breathin' just to make it through the night

All you need is a sunrise

Just a moment of dawn

If you're lost in the twilight

Close your eyes and move on

When you're tired in the waiting

Even though it's gonna take you

A little more time

Just a little more time the sun's gonna find you

Holding your days like a stack of paper

Then you're chasing the wind as the pages scatter

You can save a few but you can't get 'em all back

So get out fast with your heart in tact

Find yourself on the very edge

Lying awake in an empty bed

Now you're breathin' just to make it thru the night

--Brandon Heath

Tied by a Thread

Came across these articles talking about youth and their potential.  Our society trains us into thinking that we cannot do anything big.  THAT IS A LIE.  Youth can have a huge impact on the world around them.  

We must not allow ourselves to be forced into the mold the world has made for us.  We need to live for God.  We must do HARD things.  Since it is not required of us, we will not do it unless we want to.  So let's not be tied by the "thread", let's break loose. 

Here are the two articles.  

Part 1 and part 2 

Peace

Shattered Dreams

Dreams

Shattered across the floor

Of your life

Scattered through the field

Of your thoughts

Splintered into pieces

By your head

 

Crushing the spirit

That brought you to life

Causing the tears

To flow from the heart

 

Watering the earth

Beneath you

Looking for dreams

To continue

 

Dreaming, looking, daring

For something

Something not of the earth

Out of the mind

 

Something, dare said

Heavenly

Yes, Spiritually stimulating

For dreams to continue

 

Dreams are sown

To prosper and grow 

To take the place

Of dead dreams

My Own Backyard

And there are far away places
That I would like to think
Keep all the world's suffering
At a safe arm's length
But I can't keep pretending
When I only have to look as far
As my own back yard

-Geoff Moore

How long do we think we can keep the suffering of the world out of sight tucked away where only those who experience know about it?  Do we deny the suffering in the world?  Not only by our words but also by our actions?  

How often while walking down the street do I ignore the dirty man sitting alone on the sidewalk?  Most of the time I don't even make eye contact with him.  I just walk on by not thinking twice about someone else but about my own comfort.  

I Dare You to Move

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistence
The tension is here
Between who you are and you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

-Switchfoot