Have I done this before??? I don't recall having posted a music video before... nope. Well here's the first. I was thumbing through my list of friends' and familys' blogs when I came across this Christian artist. I have my standard albums and artists that I listen to but I think that living where I do has secluded me somewhat (ya think?) from many things. Good Christian (lemme emphasize GOOD) music is one of those things.
This guys name is Jason Upton and the song is called
Burning. I'm guessing most everyone has heard of him except for me so perhaps you've heard this song, or another version of it, already.
I really appreciate his sincerity and willingness/ability to pour out his heart with his voice. This song touched me b/c I've been thinking alot lately about my kids and the generation to come and all that they'll face. They've been on my heart in a special way and I can relate deeply to this song, particularily the first 35 seconds.
Insanely Powerful! The rest of the video is basically elaborating on those first 60 seconds.
One comment I really liked which followed this video was this,
"Instead of being bothered by the repetition embrace it and let it resinate on the inside of you into the depths of your very being and allow God to speak to you and to change you through the ministry of this gifted mans music...be set free...be changed...encounter the love of God! BLESSINGS & MUCH LOVE! "
Go and have a listen. There's not much to see in the video other than his face so you can continue reading while listening if possible... whatever. I've got lots more to say on this yet.
I had a heart's cry before I was married and thinking about having kids.
I knew that God was beginning, or rather continuing in a magnified sense, a generation of warriors: Children unafraid of what lays ahead and within. I've since had a growing desire to know this for myself and live/teach it for/to my kids.
If I close my eyes and try to visualize what my heart is feeling, it looks a bit like a child staring out into a world of chaos, not a whole lot different from the one we're in now, and seeing empty hearts which he/she craves to reach. I see fearless eyes glowing with love and radiance b/c the Holy Spirit is so very alive and willing to work anywhere they step and to anyone they speak to. I see some of their friends and strangers accepting this love and I see others rejecting it.
I see them looking past the issues seen by eyes and heard with ears, and instead into broken hearts.
I see them crying for the hearts of their friends, be they homosexuals, christians, mormons, muslims, or whatever.
I see my kids facing our challenges with more intensity yet more power and less fear.
I sense my own will being tugged at in giving my children up to God for His will, not mine. I will gladly give them to Him b/c I trust Him and I know his will is perfect... though seldom easy. His love is perfect. Saying is always easier than doing. Yet it seems essential to say something aloud before being able to do it.
Attie decided to be like Mommy this week while colouring. "Mommy!! I'm wearing lips!!! Look, look!!!" she hollared, with a big purple grin:) She has a little tube of Bob the Builder chapstick and calls it "lips".
We went to our friends' birthday party for their Son last weekend. Atalie has been good friends with Zack since we moved here two years ago. Infact, they are more like siblings than friends - through thick and thin;) They are NEVER shy around one another, as you can see here! Hehe... so stikin cute!
I'm not sure what this next picture is really of...? I think she was posing for a photo b/c Aiden had been getting alot of attention during that moment and she was more than ready to steal the spotlight;)
