Come Home

I'm still reading LOTR 1 and have finally finished reading Counterfeit Gods by Timothy Keller about a week or so ago. As of three days ago, I am embarking on an A.W. Tozer Journey Part 2 with That Incredible Christian. 


Sometimes, when I stumble across a song with great lyrics, I like to post it up here and highlight the bits I fell in love with. But the song below, I couldn't cut out any part. Each verse, pre-chorus, chorus and bridge just sank in my heart and echoed in my mind.







"So you've been running,
Searching for something,

But you're looking in a place you don't belong.
It's never too late,
You can't outrun grace.
No, mercy doesn't care what you've done.
So come home   oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You can try to fix your broken empire,
And put bricks on a cracked foundation,
But you'd be building castles on the sand.
There's power in the blood of Jesus,
Your Father's screaming just COME HOME,
He's reaching out His hands."

So, enjoy this as much as I did and am at the moment. 
Come home to the Father.

Challenge Accepted

The great thing about buying things online is that they don't come all together and what happens is you end up with a series of joyful days with surprise gifts! It's like your birthday for five days in a row!


Two packages came in today- one from Koorong and one from Book Depository, both purchased with discounts (self-satisfied). 'Invisible Man' was SURPRISINGLY THICK which definitely took me by surprise, but considering the number of people in this internet-sphere who have said it was amazing, I shall challenge myself to read this along with LOTR I and the many other books I have. I shall aim to have 3 non-Christian novels read and 3 Christian books read. Challenge accepted.

I've already started listening to this because I unpacked it and chucked it into the car almost immediately on the way to uni today. Loving the EP look of the album but also, just the roadtrip feel NeedtoBreathe gives through their music. Maybe I'll even do an album review soon!

Catching the bus home always gives me time to think. Will share on today's thoughts sometime this week. 

Audience Participation

My biological clock is failing me today. It is 0109 and I am not exactly as exhausted as I would be. But it has been a good day- I have learnt much and loved many.


As another week passes, another book review will come soon. I have two lined up which I am really quite excited to share with you. I have also ordered Passion 2012: White Flag, Every Falling Tear by Matt Hammitt and And If Our God is For Us by Chris Tomlin so perhaps an album review will be up soon too! My copy of NEEDTOBREATHE's The Outsiders came the other day and have been listening to it on loop. WORD Bookstore has a sale at the moment on all Music, which means NEEDTOBREATHE's The Reckoning and Matt Redman's 10000 Reasons would be on sale too. But, I shall be patient and wait it out for awhile longer.


In the book-shopping arena, I have challenged myself by buying Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. I am disallowing myself from buying the 2nd and 3rd until I have finished the 1st. Also in the same cart was Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Ulysses by James Joyce and Grimms' Fairy Tales by George Cruishank and the Grimm brothers. I am rather nervous in buying the GFT but I think as long as I read it in broad daylight, I should be okay. [I'm not trembling] 


So if you would like to find out how the album/novel is going- pop me a comment!


Meanwhile, here's a song that pulled me through the difficult night.

Strange Habits

There are a few things I do when I'm home alone for the short amount of time after I get home from uni and before my parents get home from doing whatever they are doing.


1. I close my curtains.
2. I rummage through the pantry.
3. I break out into song with my iTunes on full-blast.


Some of you people may not know, but I am absolutely in love with musicals, therefore, most of my little solo-jam-sessions are quite comical and ridiculous as I attempt to do six different parts of a song alone. What would my repertoire include, you ask?


A Rumour in St. Petersburg - Anastasia (6:45)


I Wanna Dance with Somebody - These Kids Wear Crowns (which is a surprising one, because it is not often I like covers of old music)


Currently, on the Christian list, I'm listening to White Flag - Chris Tomlin


And The Outsiders - NeedtoBreathe


Enjoy them as much as I do!

Checking In

My body is tired but my mind is bright. After three days at Student Life's first camp of the year, I have to say I am rejuvenated but at the same time, exhausted. It has made me extremely excited for what God will bring in 2012.


I am performing at a charity event this Saturday for a friend and have been listening to Arithmetic by Brooke Fraser. She really is quite a lyrical genius, I must say. 


Enjoy!




Cos' if I add, if I subtract,
If I give it all, try to take some back,
I've forgotten the freedom that comes from fact,
That You are the sum,
So You are the one,
I want.

Max Schneider

Seeking Devotion

When You stand,
The tall trees and mountains bow.
When You speak,
The fiercest of oceans is still.
And I see the sinner seek devotion,
The lost become chosen,
And I fall to my knees.


&;

Bright Eyes

I remember the time you drove all night,
Just to meet me in the morning.
And I thought it was strange,
You said everything changed,
You felt as if you just woke up.
And you said,
"This is the first day of my life,
I'm glad I didn't die before I met you.
But now I don't care I could go anywhere with you,
And I'd probably be happy."

&;

"Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction." 2 Timothy 4:2

Thank you Lord for friends I can encourage, friends that know I love them when I correct them, and friends who trust me enough to rebuke my ways out of love.

Musically Displaced

I feel like I belong to some other time or music-generation. 

Sheer Brilliance

Music Legends

Easing my headaches with Chet, Nat and Gene.