Safe.
Sometimes, I like to keyword search songs in my iTunes collection.Today, I decided to do so with the word "safe."When I keyword-searched this, I came up with two surprisingly different songs…The first was Safe and Sound (from the Hunger Games) by Taylor Swift and the Civil Wars, and the second was Safe by Phil Whickham.
If you haven't heard either, I highly recommend both. (Also, I recommend reading all of the Hunger Game series…. interesting reads, for sure.)
Though they're completely different artists and genres, I found it interesting that they both speak to the effect of running into someone else's arms in order to be safe.To trust someone or something other than oneself.There's no doubt that there's safety in numbers. and comfort in dependence.And, might I add, there should be discretion in the choosing of such.I just wonder...what/who are you banking on this year to make you feel safe?
Let me ask you a question I’ve been asking myself lately. What do you wake up in the morning for? No, seriously, let’s start here. What keeps you waking up in the morning, every morning? There’s got to be something. If there wasn’t, then you wouldn’t keep doing it. Right? Now, I’m not trying to make light of life. I recognize it’s a gift. It comes straight from God down to us. He controls our coming and going. According to Psalm, He’s acquainted with even our rising and down-sitting. When you get right down to it, there’s something that propels all of us to doing more than just mere breathing. There’s something inside of all of us that calls us, beckons us, really, to truly live. If you are anything like me, there are things in your life that make you feel more alive. Something inside of you feels more full, vibrant, and inspired when you do those things. (For me, those things are writing, reading, thinking/dreaming how the world can be a better place and what I...
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