Words Together.

Written language is funny. String a bunch of words together and you can communicate something, but sometimes the body of words can communicate something more than what they are just saying. Today I was prompted to post these words as I was driving home from the Easter service that was cancelled due to an obscene amount of snow in April...

"The Jaws of Life"
Written by Wintersleep

Hold me like a child
In your warm, warm arms
Whisper parables
Keep me safe from harm

Oh my sagging skin
Oh my burning skies
I will close my eyes
I will close my eyes

There was laughter once
There were pretty songs
Pull the metal shards
Thin my clotted blood

Oh my rotted skin
Oh my burning skies
I will close my eyes
I will close my eyes

Oh the jaws of life (x3)
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"Times Like These"
Written by the Foo Fighters...I think.

I am a one way motorway
I'm the one that drives away
then follows you back home
I am a street light shining
I'm a wild light blinding bright
burning off alone

it's times like these you learn to live again
it's times like these you give and give again
it's times like these you learn to love again
it's times like these time and time again

I am a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky
to hang the stars upon tonight
I am a little divided
do I stay or run away
and leave it all behind?

it's times like these you learn to live again
it's times like these you give and give again
it's times like these you learn to love again
it's times like these time and time again

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Psalm 139 (CEV)

(A psalm by David for the music leader.)

The LORD Is Always Near

1You have looked deep into my heart, LORD, and you know all about me.

2You know when I am resting or when I am working, and from heaven you discover my thoughts.

3You notice everything I do and everywhere I go.

4Before I even speak a word, you know what I will say,

5and with your powerful arm you protect me from every side.

6I can't understand all of this! Such wonderful knowledge is far above me.

7Where could I go to escape from your Spirit or from your sight?

8If I were to climb up to the highest heavens, you would be there. If I were to dig down to the world of the dead you would also be there.

9Suppose I had wings like the dawning day and flew across the ocean.

10Even then your powerful arm would guide and protect me.

11Or suppose I said, "I'll hide in the dark until night comes to cover me over."

12But you see in the dark because daylight and dark are all the same to you.

13You are the one who put me together inside my mother's body,

14and I praise you because of the wonderful way you created me. Everything you do is marvelous! Of this I have no doubt.

15Nothing about me is hidden from you! I was secretly woven together deep in the earth below,

16but with your own eyes you saw my body being formed. Even before I was born, you had written in your book everything I would do.

17Your thoughts are far beyond my understanding, much more than I could ever imagine.

18I try to count your thoughts, but they outnumber the grains of sand on the beach. And when I awake, I will find you nearby.

19How I wish that you would kill all cruel and heartless people and protect me from them!

20They are always rebelling and speaking evil of you.

21You know I hate anyone who hates you, LORD, and refuses to obey.

22They are my enemies too, and I truly hate them.

23Look deep into my heart, God, and find out everything I am thinking.

24Don't let me follow evil ways, but lead me in the way that time has proven true.