please be my strength

I've tried to stand my ground
I've tried to understand
But I can't seem to find
My faith again

Like water on the sand
Or grasping at the wind
I keep on falling short

So please be my strength
Please be my strength
'Cause I don't have any more
I don't have any more

I'm looking for a place
Where I can plant my faith
One thing I know for sure

I cannot create it
And I cannot sustain it
It's Your love
That's keeping me

Please be my strength
Please be my strength
I don't have any more
I don't have any more

And at my final breath
I hope that I can say
I fought the good fight
Of faith

I pray your glory shines
This doubting heart of mine
And all would know that You

You are my strength
You are my strength
You and You alone
You keep bringing me back home

Oh, You are my strength
You are my strength
You and You alone
Keep bringing me back home

It's You and You alone
Bringing me back home

--gungor

and He shall reign forever and ever.

good reminder.

God is bigger.

slogging through

bringing about the Kingdom is not grand or glittering or great.

bringing about the Kingdom is not a fabulous event.

bringing about the Kingdom is living in community, living in your neighborhood and being present there. it is learning to love when it's hard, when it's scary, when you don't know how. it is forgiving. it is vulnerability. it is confessing. it is giving and it is telling Kenny that you won't give him anymore money. it is honesty. it is messing up. it is living--common, everyday, boring, mundane, usual.

and sitting in the classroom is preparation for this.

sitting in the classroom teaches you to slog through, when things are boring or hard or overwhelming. students learn to keep on keeping on.

sitting in the classroom allows you to find things that don't excite you, that you may not enjoy, and doing them anyway.

sitting in the classroom allows you to find those things you love and are passionate about and get excited over. and you pursue these things. but you still live life, with the exciting and the unexciting, your loves and distastes.

so, welcome to Kingdom-bringing!

and in this time of overwhelming busyness, keep slogging...