Post It Complete

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Lifting today (1st time in Colorado), I was remembering how when I used to lift back home (Long Beach, CA) I used to have a post it in my garage that said "Future Ministry". I had 6 or 7 other similar notes that had significant events written on them (illness, death of family, marriage, etc). Underneath each event, I wrote "God's Faithfulness" as God brought me through some difficult times.

Now that I'm here, I can write "God's Faithfulness" underneath "Future Ministry", that post it is now complete.

While lifting in my new garage, I couldn't help but feel God's joy and pleasure all around me. It was a beautiful day, a day where I felt the happiness of God. Our new ministry assignment is a dream come true in so many ways.

Yes it's been hard moving, getting used to a new job, church, city, people, schools, etc. We don't know many people here and our family and trusted friends are all back home. But today was a new day. God's faithfulness became a reality, it's always been there, today it just became tangible.

Have a great day,

Into the future,

davidT

When I look at the Pictures

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When I look at the pictures
Of rock stars and wanna be's
I can almost believe
I can be
I can be

But I know better
I know better
I'm me

When I watch the videos on You Tube
And see the guitars glitter
In the ambers and reds
As the crowd grows wild
I can almost believe
I can be just like them

But I know better now
I know better
I'm me

Me is what I am
Not what I see on TV
Me is not that bad
It's actually pretty good

If I put the pursuit down
To follow what's on TV
And instead embrace the real me
What would be of my life?

It would be priceless
It would be filled with rightness

To pretend I'm all that I do
Is not that fun anymore
It drives me away from truth
It keeps me from being in the flow

I want to be me
I want to be free
Release me from the theater
Of acting on a stage

Instead I want to say hello
And talk and listen
And feel completely scared
But knowing I am me
Knowing I am free
From the old me
Into the new me

Have a great day,

Into the future,

davidT

While There's Still Time

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New job, new city.
Overwhelming, always something to do
A person to call, a vision on a napkin
A meeting to have, don't forget to talk to the boss

And my life at home
What matters most
Waits, listening to the conversation in the car
It goes something like this
"Today was a long day
Today was overwhelming
Today I met with the boss"

And they read books
And stare out the window
Every time we cross a railroad track
Our little boy says, "Mom, mom, you look that way
I'll look this way"
Lots of trains around here

Time passes so quickly

Our girl is sad her older sister no longer sleeps in the same room
Tears each night of how hard it is to be alone
The older sister is glad to be on her own
She pushes to grow up
She pushes forward
Life moves forward
We stay behind

Time passes so quickly

While there's still time
I will look left and right at the railroad track
While there's still time
I will sleep in our girls room once in a while so she won't feel alone
While there's still time I will be proud that our eldest is growing up
And kicking a soccer ball in the backyard with her new friend from across the street

Time passes so quickly

While there's still time I will help our little boy clean up his room
While there's still time we will go on another bike ride by the creek
While there's still time we will clean the tree house and paint our names on it
While there's still time I will record their voices in my mind

Yesterday I met a man who plays guitar and sings songs to God
I heard a recording of his two young daughters playing piano as he played along
One played the low keys, the other the highs

This man told me
That he has a cyst in his brain
That he had a seizure two weeks ago
This man is young

He told me of his dream
To one day see his young girls grow up
And play this song for them
Of them playing along
High keys, low keys
While he sat at the piano playing along

While there's still time
While there's still time
While there's still time
I will play along

Have a great day,

Into the future,

davidT

Crowder Goes to Mexico

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Into the future,

davidT

Crowder in Colorado

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Have a great day,

Into the future,

davidT