Monday, June 04, 2007

Outreach


Here is a photo of the outreach team I'm leading with my amazing partner Ayshka. We're off to Puerto Rico which is truly a blessing. We'll be there for 4 weeks working with a church there running meetings, evangelising and a whole bunch of other stuff. Our name is Team Fuego. Fuego is Spanish for fire. They are an amazing bunch of people and God using all of them amazingly. Also they're absolutely hilarious. Please keep us in your prayers when we go there for the month of July.

song of the moment #1

I'm going to start a section on what song I'm listening to the most from time to time. Currently my favourite song is by Jars of clay entitled "Oh my God". Its a very honest what I'd call an epic song. It speaks to me because it deals in some way with injustice apathy and it lays it out there. That's kind of where I am right now. I'm fed of being someone who is up and down all the time in certain areas. I want my relationship with God to be one of constant passion, where I yearn for him so much it hurts when we're apart. I'm hungry right now for something more in my relationship with God. Its so deep and I just want to keep digging. Anyways here are the lyrics. Enjoy:

"Oh My God"

Oh my God, look around this place
Your fingers reach around the bone
You set the break and set the tone
Flights of grace, and future falls
In present pain
All fools say, "Oh my God"

Oh my God, Why are we so afraid?
We make it worse when we don't bleed
There is no cure for our disease
Turn a phrase, and rise again
Or fake your death and only tell your closest friend
Oh my God.

Oh my God, can I complain?
You take away my firm belief and graft my soul upon your grief
Weddings, boats and alibis
All drift away, and a mother cries

Liars and fools; sons and failures
Thieves will always say
Lost and found; ailing wanderers
Healers always say
Whores and angels; men with problems
Leavers always say
Broken hearted; separated
Orphans always say
War creators; racial haters
Preachers always say
Distant fathers; fallen warriors
Givers always say
Pilgrim saints; lonely widows
Users always say
Fearful mothers; watchful doubters
Saviors always say

Sometimes I cannot forgive
And these days, mercy cuts so deep
If the world was how it should be, maybe I could get some sleep
While I lay, I dream we're better,
Scales were gone and faces light
When we wake, we hate our brother
We still move to hurt each other
Sometimes I can close my eyes,
And all the fear that keeps me silent falls below my heavy breathing,
What makes me so badly bent?
We all have a chance to murder
We all feel the need for wonder
We still want to be reminded that the pain is worth the thunder

Sometimes when I lose my grip, I wonder what to make of heaven
All the times I thought to reach up
All the times I had to give
Babies underneath their beds
Hospitals that cannot treat all the wounds that money causes,
All the comforts of cathedrals
All the cries of thirsty children - this is our inheritance
All the rage of watching mothers - this is our greatest offense

Oh my God
Oh my God
Oh my God