a worthy reminder.

"The universe has somewhere around 200,000,000,000 galaxies. In our galaxy alone, there are about 100,000,000,000 stars, and there are over 6,000,000,000 people living and breathing right now. Why on earth would He bother coming toward me? I am tiny. I am a dot. Yet here He is with His heart in my chest and we're locked in embrace and I'm not sure exactly when it happened but something fired inside of me, and now my arms are around Him, and people are watching, and I will tell you about it. I don't think I can help it. No more than the stars in a black velvet sky can keep from it."

--David Crowder, Praise Habit.

i'm intrigued by these lyrics.

Shoot a dream in your arm and sleep away
It's not the stuff that kills you, that keeps your life at bay
Every crash pulls you in reach
Of a watershed of signal flares that cover your beach

These are just placebos to make us feel all right
Illusions in our pockets make our feather float us high
For a second I thought I saw you eyelids rise
For a moment something restless caught you by surprise,
Surprise, surprise

We are so beautiful when we sleep
Hearts of gold and eyes so deep, deep, deep
But love won't cure the chaos
And hope won't hide the loss
And peace is not the heroine that shouts above the cause
And love is wild for reasons
And hope though short in sight
Might be the only thing that wakes you by surprise
Surprise, surprise

Dream little one
See the world just begun

Love is wild for reasons
And hope feels short in sight
Might be the only thing that brings you back to life
For a moment I thought I saw your eyelids rise...

SURPRISE.

--Jars of Clay

Bill Gates is a radical.

it's true:

malaria

home sweet home

i know, i have been back for two full weeks and i haven't blogged about my trip. how do you blog about the greatest experience of your life? i think it just has to be left unblogged.

but one thing intrigues me. i have a gulu shaped hole in my heart. there's just something about that place that makes me feel more at home than i actually feel at home. i know i will return soon. the question is, will i ever come back here?

...prepare for randomly blogged snippets of my experience.

Uganda

I can't believe I'll be on my way tomorrow!!!!!!

why we yawn...

here's an article that might be on to something.

Why we yawn

let go.

i always think it's interesting how you could hate a song, then suddenly it makes sense and you love it.

i woke up singing this song, the only one on the cd that i would skip, and it was actually the answer to a prayer that i said later in the day... don't you love it when that happens?

We must learn to see without our eyes
We must learn to hear without our ears
We must learn to feel without our hands
There is something greater

It’s the second alive, it’s the second alive,
It’s the second waking up

Let go, let go and come to life
Take a walk in the burning heart of God
We come alive when we lose our lives
Take a walk in the burning heart of God

Now the Spirit opens up your eyes
So let your heart come listen
Come and open up your hands
This God is greater

It’s the second alive, it’s the second alive,
It’s the second waking up

Let go, let go and come to life
Take a walk in the burning heart of God
We come alive when we lose our lives
Take a walk in the burning heart of God

I come alive every time that I let go
I cling to You as I walk into the unknown
And as I’m walking I am sure that I am not alone
Letting go, letting go

Let go, let go and come to life
Take a walk in the burning heart of God
We come alive when we lose our lives
Take a walk in the burning heart of God

--Charlie Hall, The Second Alive