"Summer's Love Song"

this song is my new obsession. spring, I love you...but I can't deny the longing for summer.

By: Clarensau

the sun, the sun will come out soon

and our feet will soak in the morning dew

and summer’s love song will play into our ears

summer’s love song will be beautiful and clear

and so I’ll sing of the morning, sing of the morning light

like it may be the only light, I’ll sing

oh the sun, the sun will come out soon

(this I promise you)

and our pain, I hope it leaves us soon

(please leave us soon)

and summer’s love song will play into our ears

summer’s love song will be beautiful and clear

and oh, we’ll sing

oh, we’ll sing

until the morning brings the light we need

and oh, we’ll sing until our lungs give

and then we’ll sing until the darkness leaves

if it’s not easy

we’ll keep breathing

if it’s not easy

we’ll keep singing through the night

Sometimes, believe it or not, I have very few words.

But this is what I have on my mind: Japan... the situation has been weighing heavily on my heart, especially for the last two days. I continue to pray, but feel as though I need to do more, and not sure what that looks like. One of my prayers right now is that we, as believers, can through this devastation be given opportunities to share even more openly about our faith, and bring hope to those who have none.

“Children of God, sing your song and rejoice for the love that He has given us all.”

Today a friend posted Romans 8:18 on his profile: “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” The sufferings of the present are slight when compared with the glory that is coming..

“One day He’s coming...oh, glorious day!"

When it comes to blogging...

...don’t follow my lead. Haha. I was never very good at keeping a journal, so I don’t know what made me think I would continuously update a blog. I think it’s the realization that perhaps no one will ever read it, but I suppose that doesn’t matter. There is something to say for having space to get our thoughts out in the open...an aspect of our freedom that I’m sure we usually take for granted. Anyways, it has been awhile, and a lot has happened in my life since October. If I had to sum up everything in very few words, I would have to say that the last five-ish months have been a whirlwind of lessons only the Lord could teach me. Some of them extremely tough, but He knows what He’s doing...that I am sure of now (obviously, one of the lessons learned).

My whole life I’ve had issues with confidence in myself (which I’m sure many of us have), but last year was the lowest I’ve ever felt in that department. I went into my last quarter at Cascadia dreading every second of it, not wanting anything to do with anyone or anything other than my studies. By the end of my first day of classes, God had already completely changed my attitude...something I was not at all prepared for. I’ve always known God was real, and had faith that He was working in my life, but it has never been revealed to me so strongly. The friends I made and the experiences I had during those eleven weeks I will never forget. I came out of them with a new confidence in who I am in Christ and this crazy wonderful excitement for life, even though I’m still very unsure about where I’m heading next...yeah, you heard me, excited for the unknown. Everybody can be shocked now.

“Love makes an invisible God visible.” – Hans Peter