Songwriting Spree.

So I'm currently on a songwriting spree before school gets too hectic:

I guess I've been inspired by alot lately - by Israel, and by evacuations...

so here's a song I wrote the week I came back from Israel:

Glory to God in the Highest

and I just wrote a song right now about being a stranger on this earth...

i'll upload the video sometime soon...

Hummingbird, So Small, I See You.

So I wrote a song about hummingbirds...hahahah....yeah...i know many of you will probably laugh because I sure did...That's o.k. I don't really take anything too seriously...But I have to admit, I was completely sincere when I wrote this song...I was singing, "His Eye is on the Sparrow" and it made me want to write a song...I think just listening to it now makes me think, "Wow, I can't believe I wrote a song about hummingbirds and threw in some biological trivia in there that I got from wikipedia...hahahah." It's the T coming out of my INTJ self...as i analyze and make fun of myself for allowing myself to feel because i used to make fun of sappy chick flicks as my friends were bawling their eyes out...
but i'm learning how to feel as i understand God's love in greater ways and am overjoyed at His love for me. so it's a good thing- learning how to feel.
quite a change from "terraces will be destroyed." haha...but yeah i guess i'm multi-faceted like that...haha. i generally dislike showing my "feeling" side and try to put up my walls of sarcasm and laughter to show that i have a tough exterior...like singing songs about judgment day...but i guess this song reveals that i do have a heart...

It's funny how I wrote this right before I was evacuated again...making me realize how God cares for me even as I am a transient on this earth. I'm learning the hard way. Praise God, I'm now back at home, but will probably keep my stuff packed for awhile since I don't know when I'll be evacuated again.

here's the video:

there are the lyrics:

Hummingbird, so small, I see you
Reminding me that God's love is true
You fly so fast, I barely see the motion of your wings
A buzzing sound, it's the music that rings.

You fly so freely
In the sky, so dearly
You show me that I am free
Because God sent down His Son for me.
Hummingbird, so small, I see you.

Hummingbird, so small, I see you.
Drinking of the nectar for food,
You drink so much, consuming more than your weight each day.
Constantly going, God provides a way.


~I should probably thank Eufemio for letting me use his ideas for this song since I pretty much stole them...give credit where credit is due...thanks :)

Gotta Just Get Up and Dance!

Today God reminded me of how much I love studying. I was reading "The Case for Progressive Dispenasationalism" by Robert Saucy for my theology class and as I came across the Hebrew words habarit wawhahesed meaning "the covenant of love" I got so excited and overjoyed that I just wanted to get up and dance. So I put some Israel Houghton on and just started dancing - basking in the reality that I am God's child - that I am loved by Him and as I study and dance, He sees me and smiles as a Father takes pleasure in watching His child live in the reality of His love. I know this is God's grace to me because last Monday I really had no desire to go back to school, since I've been so tired and burned out recently from studying so much. I realized that the reason why I was burned out is because I was trying to accomplish and strive in my own intellectual capability, taking pride in myself, instead of relying on the Spirit and just exercising the gifts God has given me. It's such a refreshing experience to have this joy once again, and I'm thankful that God breaks me and puts me together again.

a song I've been singing alot recently that I learned during a Junior High camp.
I feel like this sums up my seminary experience so far quite well:

Invitacion Fountain

Verse 1
All who are weak, all who are weary
Come to the rock, come to the fountain
All who have failed on the rivers of heartache
Come to the sea, come on be set free

Chorus
If you lead me Lord, I will follow
Where You lead me Lord, I will go
Come and heal me Lord, I will follow
Where You lead me Lord I will go
I will go, I will go

Verse 2
All who are weak, all who are weary
Come to the rock, come to the fountain
All who have climbed on the mountains of heartache
Reach to the stars, come on give your life

Verse 3
All who are weak, all who are weary
All who are tired, all who are thirsty
All who have failed, all who are broken
Come to the rock, come to the fountain