set my heart aflame for only your plans
make my desires your desires
my plans your plans
my heart a heart after yours
protect me from the ploys of this world
keep my heart sealed for your courts above
save me from my flesh and earthy desires
you are the Most High
King of all, worthy of nothing less than perfection
Grace filled, father of the one true king
lover of my heart, seeker to the lost
redeemer to the hopeless
Hope to the helpless
your name is the same forever
for always you will reign
19-21 I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness,
the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed.
I remember it all—oh, how well I remember—
the feeling of hitting the bottom.
But there’s one other thing I remember,
and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:
22-24 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
How great your faithfulness!
I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).
He’s all I’ve got left.
25-27 God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits,
to the woman who diligently seeks.
It’s a good thing to quietly hope,
quietly hope for help from God.
It’s a good thing when you’re young
to stick it out through the hard times.
28-30 When life is heavy and hard to take,
go off by yourself. Enter the silence.
Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions:
Wait for hope to appear.
Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face.
The “worst” is never the worst.
139 1-6 God, investigate my life;
get all the facts firsthand.
I’m an open book to you;
even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking.
You know when I leave and when I get back;
I’m never out of your sight.
You know everything I’m going to say
before I start the first sentence.
I look behind me and you’re there,
then up ahead and you’re there, too—
your reassuring presence, coming and going.
This is too much, too wonderful—
I can’t take it all in!
7-12 Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit?
to be out of your sight?
If I climb to the sky, you’re there!
If I go underground, you’re there!
If I flew on morning’s wings
to the far western horizon,
You’d find me in a minute—
you’re already there waiting!
Then I said to myself, “Oh, he even sees me in the dark!
At night I’m immersed in the light!”
It’s a fact: darkness isn’t dark to you;
night and day, darkness and light, they’re all the same to you.
13-16 Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day.
17-22 Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!
God, I’ll never comprehend them!
I couldn’t even begin to count them—
any more than I could count the sand of the sea.
Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!
And please, God, do away with wickedness for good!
And you murderers—out of here!—
all the men and women who belittle you, God,
infatuated with cheap god-imitations.
See how I hate those who hate you, God,
see how I loathe all this godless arrogance;
I hate it with pure, unadulterated hatred.
Your enemies are my enemies!
23-24 Investigate my life, O God,
find out everything about me;
Cross-examine and test me,
get a clear picture of what I’m about;
See for yourself whether I’ve done anything wrong—
then guide me on the road to eternal life.
I’m asking you for one thing
one thing only
To live with you in your house
my whole life long
I’ll contemplate your beauty
I’ll study your feet
That’s the only quiet, secure place
in a noisy world
The perfect getaway
far from the buzz of traffic
You hold my head & shoulders
above all who try to pull me down
I’m headed for your place to offer anthems
anthems that will raise the roof
Already I’m singing your songs
Making music to you.
Psalm 27: 4-6
There are over seven billion unique and amazing kinds of beautiful.
For you
Most high
All powerful
Forever reigning
King of kings
Let my life be all for you
![Exposure & testing of faith
Only being able to refine mentally verses physically
No touch ups
No re-do’s
Only the raw development of light
The end is our choice
Do we frame or discard
Develop from the negatives
Embrace the imperfections
Let the creator refine and define
So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed. (1 Peter 1:7 AMP)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/c846d995e00fb728a6e26b5953efb9b7/tumblr_mm0xevSV1g1qiwd3so1_500.jpg)
Exposure & testing of faith
Only being able to refine mentally verses physically
No touch ups
No re-do’s
Only the raw development of light
The end is our choice
Do we frame or discard
Develop from the negatives
Embrace the imperfections
Let the creator refine and define
So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed. (1 Peter 1:7 AMP)
& sometimes it’s cool to wake up
Simply for the fact that you’re alive
Finding myself here today.
(via theycallmeamix)
If it draws you away from the people you respect & value most, it’s probably not a good choice.
Is one choice/person/moment of satisfaction worth destroying the “solids”?