September air comes cold
Feelings rush back and unfold
Speeing, crashing, burning through
Memories in my mind with you
Gone so fast too fast to catch
Years have gone and can’t come back
So now i’ve closed my eyes
Closing seconds of our time
See the shore light up night sky
See the beach swing summers high
August shower after heat
Smell of rain on dry concrete
Feel the air turn cold around
See leaves fall blur the ground
Wet road slide slither by
Catch reflections petrol sky
Will you wait here
It’s coming around near
When I feel I can’t move on
And my will is not so strong
Moments of uncertainty
Behind your smile I want to be
Down the front where we used to talk
Down the streets where we used to walk
These places I will be
Will you meet me?
While I’m still please do not wake me
‘Cause I’m in another place
It took a long time to get here in the mail, but I’ve finally got the chance to read Mark Batterson’s latest book, Primal.
Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity explores what it means to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Mark takes us on a journey with him, in which he often writes honestly of his own struggles, failures, and successes.
I’ll be honest, I hoped for more from it. Much of what it said seemed to be reiterating ideas from Mark’s first book, In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day. But as I thought more about it, I was challenged to look into my heart and see how much head knowledge I have and how little I truly act on. It’s challenging me to step forward and make some changes, act on the things I believe in, rather than just believing them.
“Faith without works is dead…”
[Thanks to Random House for sending me a review copy.]
The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.
“Please–tame me!” he said.
“I want to, very much,” the prince replied. “But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand.”
“One only understands the things that one tames,” said the fox. “Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends anymore. If you want a friend, tame me…”
“What must I do, to tame you?” asked the little prince.
“You must be very patient,” replied the fox. “First you will sit down at a little distance from me–like that–in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day…”
I’ve been a busy bee working away on wedding edits from New Years, which are now all done (you might get another glimpse of them soon), and haven’t been at the cinema much lately.
Today, I rectified that.
I went to see Up In The Air expecting it to be just a fun, slightly cheesy rom-com. Turns out it’s actually quite a thoughtful look at individualism and relationships. I’d recommend it – really enjoyed it.
I’ve finally got into gear & signed up to use a reading plan on YouVersion.
I’ve been using the YouVersion Bible app on my iPhone for a long time now, but have never really paid much attention to their website or the reading plans. It seems like Christmas & New Year encouraged a lot more people to sign up and start using one of their reading plans – lots of people I know have been talking about it.
I, of course, had to wait several weeks before really looking into it. But I’m here now. I’m using the Old Testament & New Testament plan, which you can check it out by following the link.
It took a long time to get here in the mail, but I’ve finally got the chance to read 
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