QUIET LIFE

Quiet Life

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Human beings are the best hope in the world of other human beings to survive.” ― Gavriel Savit Anna and Swallow May

Scripture

Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia.  Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 NIV

Song

It’s Quiet Uptown Kelly Clarkson

https://youtu.be/MdBws54ZHyY

There are moments that the words don't reach

There is suffering too terrible to name

You hold your child as tight as you can

Then push away the unimaginable

The moments when you're in so deep

Feels easier to just swim down

And so they move uptown

And learn to live with the unimaginable

I spend hours in the garden

I walk alone to the store

And it's quiet uptown

I never liked the quiet before

I take the children to church on Sunday

A sign of the cross at the door

And I pray

That never used to happen before

(If you see him in the street, walking by himself

Talking to himself, have pity)

You would like it uptown, it's quiet uptown

(He is working through the unimaginable

His hair has gone grey, he passes every day

They say he walks the length of the city)

You knock me out, I fall apart

(Can you imagine?)

Look at where we are

Look at where we started

I know I don't deserve you

But hear me out, that would be enough

If I could spare his life

If I could trade his life for mine

He'd be standing here right now

And you would smile, and that would be enough

I don't pretend to know the challenges we're facing

I know there's no replacing what we've lost

And you need time

But I'm not afraid, I know who I married

Just let me stay here by your side

And that would be enough

(If you see him in the street, walking by her side

Talking by her side, have pity)

Do you like it uptown? It's quiet uptown

(He is trying to do the unimaginable

See them walking in the park, long after dark)

Taking in the sights of the city

Look around, look around, look around

(They are trying to do the unimaginable)

There are moments that the words don't reach

There's a grace too powerful to name

We push away what we can never understand

We push away the unimaginable

They are standing in the garden

Standing there side by side

She takes his hand

It's quiet uptown

Forgiveness, can you imagine?

Forgiveness, can you imagine?

(If you see him in the street, walking by her side

Talking by her side, have pity)

Look around, look around

They are going through the unimaginable

Sentence Prayer

 Jesus;

The world is full of unimaginable evil and only you are good.

You are man’s only hope of an abundant eternal life.  Send me to the lost, so we may both find our way home-to you!  Father God, use my hands to lessen the suffering of your children today!  Spirit, give me a light heart that is so full of Joy, unbidden praise flows from my lips.  Amen REM

A New Day

A New Day

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"Today in modern pop culture, you know they call Ted Cruz the Joe McCarthy -- if you want to think of who devils are it's Ronald Reagan and those who name-names at the House Un-American Activities, the Hollywood Ten are heroes right?" Bannon said. "Alger Hiss is a hero, right? Richard Nixon's a villain? Joe McCarthy is a villain. Your book makes very plain that these guys were right. The place was infested with either traitors that were on the direct payroll of Soviet military intelligence or fellow-travelers who were kind of compliant in helping these guys get along. I mean, there's absolutely no question of it. How has pop culture so changed it that white is black and black is white?”

Scripture

 People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking and to do things they should not do. 29 They are filled with every kind of sin, evil, selfishness, and hatred. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst about each other. They gossip 30 and say evil things about each other. They hate God. They are rude and conceited and brag about themselves. They invent ways of doing evil. They do not obey their parents. 31 They are foolish, they do not keep their promises, and they show no kindness or mercy to others. 32 They know God’s law says that those who live like this should die. But they themselves not only continue to do these evil things, they applaud others who do them. Romans 1:28-33 NCV

Song

Macklemore - Wednesday Morning 

https://youtu.be/rKfcAb6Wi68

Bad taste, bad taste in my mouth

Flag wavin', flag wavin' at a Patriots house

Lookin' for change in the couch

Mad world, mad world, that's what the TV said

Imagine tryna keep your head

While your daughter sleeps in bed

And when she wakes up, will the world be the same?

Will my girl be afraid in the home of the brave?

See I hope, I hope, that it's gon' be alright

But what a hell of a night

Humanity is a privilege, we can't give in

When they build walls, we'll build bridges

This is resistance, we're resilient

When they spread hate, we shine brilliant

March by the millions 'til they hear the children

We found ourselves at a distance

Open up the jails and the overcrowded cells

When we oppress anyone, we oppress ourselves

Greatest gift I ever learned is helpin' someone else

You feel fully fulfilled 'cause you forget about yourself

Service, purpose works if you work it

Love everyone regardless of the God they worship

This isn't the Apocalypse

We can't address the hate until we acknowledge it

If Jesus was alive, would he let Mohamed in?

This isn't nature, my daughter hugs strangers

We teach fear and preach hatred

Put up a fence, scared to meet our neighbors

Think that if we let them in, they'll take advantage of us later

There's so much anger and this world is ours, raise her

My daughter, hope it's a dream when I wake up tomorrow

Bad taste, bad taste in my mouth

Flag wavin', flag wavin' at a Patriots house

Lookin' for change on the couch

Mad world, mad world, that's what the TV said

Imagine tryna keep your head

While your daughter sleeps in bed

And when she wakes up, will the world be the same?

Will my girl be afraid in the home of the brave?

See I hope, I hope, that it's gon' be alright

But what a hell of a night

And we fight for the people that haven't had a voice

Fight for the first amendment, fight for freedom of choice

Fight for women's rights, if she does or doesn't carry

We ride for all the Queer folk and fight for all to get married

I'm not moving to Canada, not fleeing the nation

No time for apathy, no more tears and no complainin'

Gotta fight harder for the next four and what we're faced with

Got my daughter in my arms and he is not gonna raise her

Bad taste, bad taste in my mouth

Flag wavin', flag wavin' at a Patriots house

Lookin' for change in the couch

Mad world, mad world, that's what the TV said

Imagine tryna keep your head

While your daughter sleeps in bed

And when she wakes up, will the world be the same?

Will my girl be afraid in the home of the brave?

See I hope, I hope, that it's gon' be alright

But what a hell of a night

Sentence Prayer

Dear Lord

Come with us as we rejoice in the lives you have given us. Let us always see the sunshine, while knowing that the rain must come at some time to wash away the dirt, and leave everything clean again.  Let us always see the sunshine in others, knowing that there are some who have never seen it , nor have any idea where to look.  These are souls that need to be led into your sunshine, into your warmth and embrace, and just maybe they too can know your beauty and power that can be found in you and your love.  Amen

Cindy’s Prayers i Universe Bloomington IN Pg 33