T.H.R.I.V.E

It's amazing what one year of hiatus can do to you. I think I have been in that stage, all things considered. True, I was working (seemingly) but didn't have the passion and fire in the belly to show for it. I had nothing, an unfortunate truth I am certainly not proud of. I just can't fake things. I'm transparent that way. So, when finally things had to end, it wasn't at all a surprise that I felt relieved. I couldn't anymore sham it up - especially that some people are really awesome with me more than I deserve, well, two people in particular. So now that it has ended, I wish more than anything I can say I am ready to begin again, only, I am not - and pretense is not at all me. And in the midst of all the apparent nothingness - I am blessed to still hear God's gentle whisper, I am made for so much more than an ordinary life. So, here I am, in the precipice, ostensibly ready to fall but right along expecting to also fly. It's time.

THRIVE, Casting Crowns

Here in this worn and weary land
Where many a dream has died
Like a tree planted by the water
We never will run dry

So living water flowing through
God, we thirst for more of You
Fill our hearts and flood our souls with one desire

Just to know You and to make You known
We lift Your name on high
Shine like the sun, make darkness run and hide
We know we were made for so much more than ordinary lives
Its time for us to more than just survive
We were made to thrive

Into Your word, were digging deep
To know our Fathers heart
Into the world, were reaching out
To show them who You are

Joy unspeakable, faith unsinkable
Love unstoppable, anything is possible