Emptiness

Currently listening to: The Ghost Inside - The Brave

Well I open my eyes
I can't see that family
I can't see that home

So I'll just keep them closed.

Have Heart - Hard Bark on the Family Tree

Another post about integrity.

'Guard my life...let me not be put to shame...May integrity...protect me...'

(Psalm 25:20-21 NIV)

"To protect themselves from the barbaric hordes from the north, the people of China built the Great Wall. It was so high nobody could climb over it and so thick nobody could break through it, so they settled back to enjoy life. During the first hundred years of the wall's existence, China was invaded three different times. Not once did the enemy try to break down the wall or climb over it; they simply bribed the gatekeeper and marched in. While those who built it were relying on their wall of stone, they neglected to teach integrity to their children. As a result they grew up without moral and spiritual principles to guide them.

Have you ever watched a big tree fall while others around it stood tall? How come the same storm that builds strength in one, topples another? You'll find the answer in the tree's core and roots. Getting the idea? When it comes to building integrity, here are some questions you should ask yourself regularly:

(1) Am I the same, no matter who I'm with?

(2) Am I willing to make decisions that are best for others, even though another choice would benefit me more?

(3) Can I be counted on to keep the commitments I've made to God, myself and others?

Can you say like the Psalmist, 'Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in... integrity...'? (Psalm 26:1 KJV) Life is like a vice: at times it will squeeze you. In those moments whatever is inside will come out. Image-building and self-interest promise much but produce little, but integrity never disappoints. So, work on your integrity."

Word for Today

Currently listening to: LCD Soundsystem - New York I Love You

One of the things I despise is when boys swear at girls. Lately I've been losing respect for some people because they don't know how to talk to a woman (or her friends for that matter). We are too precious to be talked to like that and personally, I wouldn't want to be friends anyone who thinks it's okay. JMO.

Currently listening to: A Day To Remember - A Shot In The Dark

News

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Appreciation.

We think wonderful things about people but we don't tell them.

Listen to: Razorlight - America

I wish you knew just how much I miss you, and just how much I care, and just how scared I am to lose you.

Currently listening to: Beach House - Walk in the Park

Can't wait to get out of the country.

Listen to: The Hours - See The Light (Calvin Harris remix)

Bitterness and emptiness are a thing of the past.

I've found my shelter,
I have my home.

Listen to: The Devil Wears Prada - Outnumbered

Bitter and betrayed, broken but never disbanded, we gave it our all. I was jaded then, and maybe I still am, but will push on.

Missing but mended, some hearts never break.
The things inside us all, found only to be stronger than before.

Currently listening to: The Ghost Inside - Unspoken

You belong amoung the wildflowers

You belong in a boat out at sea
You belong with a love on your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free

Tom Petty

Listen to: You Me At Six - Firework

'But the enemy knows his cause is ever in danger when a child of God "looks around upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys!"'

Word for Today

Listen to: Kings of Leon - Beach Side