August 2011
“nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination.”
—Persuasion, Jane Austen
♥Aftermath♥
The skies lay low where You are
On the earth You rest Your feet
Yet the hands that cradle the stars
Are the hands that bled for me
In a moment of glorious surrender
You were broken for all the world to see
Lifted out of the ashes
I am found in the aftermath
Freedom found in Your scars
In Your grace my life redeemed
For You chose to take the sinner’s crown
As You placed Your crown on me
In that moment of glorious surrender
Was the moment You broke the chains in me
Lifted out of the ashes
I am found in the aftermath
And in that moment You opened up the heavens
To the broken the beggar and the thief
Lifted out of the wreckage
I find hope in the aftermath
And I know that You’re with me
Yes I know that You’re with me here
And I know Your love will light the way
Now all I have I count it all as loss
But to know You and to carry the cross
Knowing I’m found
In the light of the aftermath
-Hillsong United ♥
“I can’t tell you never to fight, Stew. But if you wanna know what I think; I think the only thing that keeps people truly safe and happy is love. I think, I think that’s where men get their courage. That’s where countries get their strength. And that’s where God grants us our miracles. And in the absence of love, Stewart, there is nothing, nothing in this world worth fightin for.”
-Costner, “Dad”, The War
“Put in me, what I cannot buy with gold
Put in me, oh God, come restore my broken soul
Put in me, what I cannot give myself
Put in me, a clean heart”
-Put In Me, Waterdeep
