All the Broken Pieces...

Did you feel, feel it break
From all the weight of your mistake?
You never knew how much it cost
Feels like your innocence is lost
So much for the perfect life
So much for the perfect day
It's like no matter how you try
Perfection's just too far away
So lift them up to Me

All the broken pieces
All the broken pieces of your life
All the broken pieces
All the broken pieces of your life

Did you hear what I said?
Did you read the words I wrote down in red?
I was broken once for you
And no one loves you like I do

And that's the beauty of this grace
It can put the pieces back in place
And shine reflections of forgiveness
In a million different ways

I can take even your greatest mistake
Every scar, every tear, every break
And I can turn it in to something more beautiful
Than you have ever seen
So lift them up to Me

--All the Broken Pieces, Matthew West

Carry you...

Lay down your burden, I will carry you
I will carry you, my child
Lay down your burden, I will carry you
I will carry you, my child, my child

If I can walk on water
And calm a restless sea
I've done a thousand things you've never done

And I'm weary watchin'
While you struggle on your own
Call my name, I'll come

Lay down your burden, I will carry you
I will carry you, my child
Lay down your burden, I will carry you
I will carry you, my child, my child

I give vision to the blind
And I can raise the dead
I've seen the darker side of Hell
And I returned
And I see these sleepless nights
And I count every tear you cry
I know some lessons hurt to learn

Lay down your burden, I will carry you
I will carry you, my child
Lay down your burden, I will carry you
I will carry you, my child, my child

I will carry you, my child

I see these sleepless nights
And I count every tear you cry
And call my name, I'll come runnin'

Lay down your burden, I will carry you
I will carry you, my child
Lay down your burden, I will carry you
I will carry you, my child, my child

I will carry you, my child, my child
I will carry you

new career in car sales?

i think not...but i did successfully sell my old, '93 Dodge Shadow yesterday! surprisingly for only $200 less than what i asked for it....i was kinda shocked. but, i had to remind myself that no matter how sick i was of that vehicle (and if you know me, you know how much THAT was...) it's still a great car! i'm glad someone can get some use out of it. some girl who's vehicle just died bought it. good for her.

and i'm rid of it :)

spring is coming...the sun has been out for 4 days straight, the snow is melting, the birds are singing. sure signs of God's faithfulness as the seasons turn once again. He never fails. Thank you, Lord!

i should give up jealousy for lent...

why is that the thing you want the most seems to be flaunted in your face? do you believe that God tests your patience, endurance and desires? because i certainly do. there's this one thing that i've wanted for a little while now and recently it's become stronger and harder to deal with.

i recently bought a new vehicle. it's something i've wanted for a long while. we bought a house 9 months ago. i'm trying to learn how to appreciate my life for the now and not the future. i'm so blessed in so many ways and need to find ways to remind myself of this.

but still...wishing's free!