Bulletproof - La Roux - Classical Cover by Aston

Born This Way - Lady Gaga - Classical Cover by Aston

Standing Still

Today is one of those days when I can feel my heart cry, "Lord, when is it going to be my turn?"

It's the same feeling you get as you are racing to catch your flight and you see someone next to you slowly walking on that conveyor belt thing... or whatever they call it. They're getting somewhere, and I'm not.

Anyway, life is changing for everyone around me, and I'm standing still... stuck, and I don't know what to do about it. I don't know if I should do anything about it.

Trying to keep my chin up.

Days of Heaven on Earth

"Days of Heaven on Earth" by A.B. Simpson

"Better to know Jesus Himself than to know the truth about Him, for the deep things of God are revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. Paul's great desire was, that I may know him. Not just know about Him, or the mysteries of the wonderful world, or even the deeper and higher teachings of God, but to enter into the Holy of Holies where Christ is, where the Shekinah is shining, making the place glorious with the holiness of God. It is to enter into the secret of the Lord Himself.
It was what Jacob strove for at Peniel when he pleaded with God. God has given us he light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6). That is the secret. It is the Lord Himself, and nothing else; it is acquaintance with God; it is knowing Jesus Christ as we know no one else.
It is being able to say not only "I believe Him, but "I know Him. "It is being able to say not only "I know about Him," but "I know Him." That is the secret above all others that God wants us to have; it is His provision for glory and power, and it is given freely to the single-hearted seeker."


I love the way A.B. Simpson words this... "Not just know about Him, or the mysteries of the wonderful world, or even the deeper and higher teachings of God, but to enter into the Holy of Holies where Christ is, where the Shekinah is shining, making the place glorious with the holiness of God. It is to enter into the secret of the Lord Himself." This intimacy with my Creator is what my soul craves; it is my heart's longing.

This intimacy has a profound impact on my faith. If I know God, if I believe that He is who He says He is, if I have "entered into the secret of the Lord Himself," is shakes the very foundations of my beliefs about God, others, and myself. The things that He desires, become the things that I desire. His discipline becomes my blessing. His will becomes my hope. His promises become my source of strength, and His glory becomes my beauty. As I start to understand these things, my heart is filled with a tremendous peace and contentment, for I know that the Lord God is majestic, marvelous, holy, and good. It is that intense communion with God that I think A.B. Simpson meant when he referred to "days of heaven on earth."

The Power of Words

Confide In Me - Kylie Minogue - Classical Cover by Aston

Yo-Yo Ma's Wordless Language

A friend asked me the other day what it was that I like so much about Yo-Yo Ma. Not really knowing what to say, I simply replied that it was because his music is so thick with emotion. As I listened to one of his albums repeatedly today, I finally found the answer. While the depth of the emotion conveyed may be one reason to love his music, I think it entails so much more than that. I imagine Yo-Yo Ma to be a man of few words. Honestly, how could you ever find words to be sufficient if you can play like that? Anything that you would ever need to say could be better said with your bow. I think there are some matters of the heart that cannot be explained unless it is through wordless emotion. I like the thought of pouring the thoughts of your heart without actually ever forming syllables. It's that deep desire to know and be known that makes music such a powerful force. It is raw, vulnerable, and never lies. It is a wordless language... how beautiful the thought.