Something Beautiful

In your ocean, I’m ankle deep
I feel the waves crashin’ on my feet
It’s like I know where I need to be
But I can’t figure out, yeah I can’t figure out
Just how much air I will need to breathe
When your tide rushes over me
There’s only one way to figure out
Will ya let me drown, will ya let me drown

And the water is rising quick
And for years I was scared of it
We can’t be sure when it will subside
So I won’t leave your side, no I can’t leave your side

In a daydream, I couldn’t live like this
I wouldn’t stop until I found something beautiful
When I wake up, and all i want i have
You know it’s still not what i need something beautiful

Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, ’cause I just want something beautiful
To touch me, I know that I’m in reach
‘Cause I am down on my knees, I’m waiting for something beautiful

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I’ve always said that music is magical. You listen to it and suddenly, poof, you’re living in another world, transported back in time. Did it really mean that much to you?

Today is one of those days where I feel at peace. cus God comforted me so I know I have His peace. This year has really been one of learning, growing and changing the way I see things and what I used to think I knew. And for that, I’m very thankful that He is helping me to mature. Most importantly, I’ve learnt that there is only one source. I guess I always kinda knew that but allowed myself to look elsewhere too.

It’s as cold as winter in my veins but I long to feel the summer rain.

Aahhhhhh

It’s October.

Looking back, I think the core experiences which have moulded me into who I am today are the ones in which He humbled me. Agonising as they might have seemed at the time, they were necessary to have me understand now what to value and what not to.

I have to be eternally grateful for – His divine guidance aside – the wisdom and guidance He provided through both my parents. I thank God for a cool dad who has always trusted and given me ample liberty to make my own choices from when I can remember, though of course not without due guidance; my mom for being the healthy balance and always giving me advice and support, and even if at times painful, for putting her foot down when she deemed necessary.

I’ve always believed that God puts us through things He knows we can handle. So surely we must have had to gain something significant out of it for Him to have put us through it all in the first place.

And so again, bring me to my knees

looking back; looking ahead

God is good, all the time.

Rediscover

Your Spirit hovers over my waters
Your love burns longer than the sun
The skies of thunder echo Your wonder
Your praises can’t be over-sung
The whole universe is witness
To only a part of what You’ve done

Let me rediscover You
And breathe in me Your life anew
Tell me of the God I never knew
Let me rediscover You

You see my weakness, my pride, my blindness
You wield Your power through them all
Of all the mysteries, still,
The greatest to me is that You’re faithful with I fall

Let me rediscover You
And by Your grace I’ll follow through
Reveal to me the God I thought I knew

Slumber

Days; they force you back under those covers,
Lazy mornings; they multiply,
Glory’s waiting outside your windows.
Wake on up from your slumber, baby open up your eyes.

Tongues are violent, personal and focused,
Tough to be with your steady mind,
Hearts are stronger after broken.
Wake on up from your slumber, come on and open up your eyes.

All these victims stand in line for,
Crumbs that fall from the table just enough to get by,
All the while your invitation.
Wake on up from your slumber, come on and open up your eyes.

Take from vandals all you want now,
Please don’t trade it in for life,
Replaced your feeble with the fable.
Wake on up from your slumber, come on and open up your eyes.

NeedToBreathe

Sing for joy to God our strength

Some of my happiest and most uplifting days of singing praises to God in church was in the U.S. I can still imagine and hear Chipo leading Sunday worship in the good old ubc sanctuary.

Now I sing the same songs to Him, with the same happiness and praise. For Him.

If we call to Him, He will answer us
If we run to Him, He will run to us

Draw near to Him, He is here with us
Give Him your love, He’s in love with us

Let’s make music to Him.

You can have me

If I saw You on the street
And You said come and follow me
But I had to give up everything
All I once held dear and all of my dreams

Would I love You enough to let go?
Or would my love run dry
When You asked for my life?

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me

If You’re all You claim to be
Then I’m not losing anything
So I will crawl upon my knees
Just to know the joy of suffering

I will love You enough to let go
Lord, I give you my life
I give you my life

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2 very happy weekends past and I ought to remain thankful to You always, regardless. for all that I have been and am blessed with. and more and more sweet memories making their way into my heart to stay. and the more we learn, the more we grow; the more we grow, the closer we draw to You; and the closer we draw to You, the closer we get.

the final lap

i’m back from my VERY good break in melb and am now ready to face the final lap of my uni career. which includes writing and finishing one paper by today. i would have given a deep sigh but now i’m just really thankful to God for the opportunity i had to go to melbourne and it was really a very good break, seeing a new place, spending endless hours reading in the bookshops, chilling at cafes outdoors, and most happily, catching up with old friends. so no sighs today… just a deep breath and firm resolution to get everything done, and to survive the next and last few weeks of school, ever.

but holy crap, its 30DEGREES outside today and its a beautiful day. i so want to go out. maybe i’ll go for a short run round the oval later today.

:)

I should prolly go t o sleep after this..

no sleep in 2 days, and I’m still blogging at this time when I should be catching up on my sleep. I must be becoming like kif! ha ha

anyway, as is my habit of reflection on every last-day-of-something, I just wanted to take this time to really thank GOD for all the wonderful things He’s given me. I can’t ever look back and regret on anything even though sometimes I might feel like doing so, cuz the knowledge that He had everything planned out for me right from the beginning makes me so , so very thankful for all that I’ve encountered along the way.

if ever asked if I would go back and change something from the past, I don’t think I would- because that would mean that I would not have met with some of the most wonderful things that have happened to me.

thanks God.