This is taken from a journal entry that I wrote while I was listening to Contemporary Christian music. I wish I remember what songs I was listening to in particular, but c’est la vie… Looking back through my journal, it touched me. I hope it touches you too.

I believe in God. I believe in truth. I believe in justice. I believe in life and death, but not in dying prematurely. I believe in fellowship, but not conversion. I believe in free will. I believe that we should touch souls, but not control them. I believe in the silence and the quiet noise. I believe in harmony and human beings. I believe in flowers and soot. I believe in faith in times of shaking foundations. I believe in the phoenix.

Ad majorem Dei gloriam

We dedicated all our thoughts, words, and actions to the greater glory of God.

Wordlist

majesty

praise

refuge

name

You know all of our names, the name of the stars, the name of the sheep. The name of the lost and the found. Our brain holds onto your name for a second and then it disappears. Oh that we could hold onto your name, your beautiful name. For ever.

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whisper

you break me

speak

Who am I?

Who am I to speak? A different question than “Who am I?” How do I dare? How dare I? How do I even dare to lift my eyes to the heavens. I am a pebble compared to the glories of heaven and the grace that you repeatedly have showed me. Showed me? You have touched me. You have built and taken down icicles on balconies. I squint and I see your sunlight and I am honored beyond knowledge and speech.

I am thankful for my feet on the ground, even if they are not employed by dancing. I will forever be dancing.

See ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, then all the doors shall be opened unto you. Hallelu Hallelujah.

I believe in crying silently alone. I believe in weeping with others. I believe in letting the tears glint in the sunrise of your glory.