Through Smoke by Needtobreathe

Before the truth will come to fill our eyes
The wool comes down in the form of fire
And when the answers and the truth have cut their ties
Will you still find me
Will you still see me through smoke, through smoke

I was born in a house in a town just like your own
I was raised to believe in the power of the unknown
'Cause when the answers and the truth take different sides
Will you still find me
Will you still see me through smoke
Through smoke (x3)

When their whispers have painted pictures that
Make you doubt what you once believed in
Paper stories that hide the glory

To keep us searching
Through smoke

Who do you believe when you can't get through (through smoke)
When everything you know seems so untrue (through smoke)
When I'm lost in a place that I thought I knew (through smoke)
Give me some way that I might find you (through smoke)

Who do you believe (through smoke)
Everything you know
When I'm lost in a place (through smoke)
Give me some way

Through Smoke by Needtobreathe

Where I'm From

I am from hole-digging,
from Future of Forestry ringtone,
and a Haitian sunburn.
I'm from a bedtime bible story,
a resisted goodnight kiss,
and an Afar magazine.

I am from far away places
that I have never been
but have visited in the expanse
of my mind.

I am from "do what makes you feel good"
Speak the painful truth
Cross a boundary
With a broken, capitalist father.

I am from a beautiful blonde
from Knows what she's talking about
Creativity adventure in new laughter.

I am from purpose
and resistance.
From a cold shower after work,
From Potok, Pamuk, and Robinson,
And from where did the time go now?

And I'm from salvation,
a new life each day.
I am from a global purpose.
I am from the kingdom of truth
on Earth.

Moksha

I know not me
I am not I
I am you
I am nothing
I am nothing tangible

Let go

We are each other,
eternally
I know the end,
And the beginning of everything
I, we, us, everything lifted higher.

Blessed holy light!
The soul beats the rhythm of the nations,
Combined into Majesty!
The divine made known to the Redeemed!

Holy eternity gives the touch of heaven
to the fallen, completed heart.

Praise Him.

LIfe

So I haven't been here in a while. And possibly that means I have been too busy doing more important things. Like living life. I don't think anyone really reads this blog unless I tell people I have written in it so I'm possibly relaying all of this therapeutically more than anything.

A recap of my family's and my life since January:

An earthquake in Haiti...Fear, Anxiety, Stress, Sadness
A new Child, Amanda...Sudden Change resulting in Stress, Adaptation
Courtney w/ Pneumonia-Fear, Stress, Panic
Courtney's Thyroid Removal-Stress, Fear, Uncertainty

I suppose that is a lot to go through in one month. But I am so thankful for God. It is because of him we can say "Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light" Micah 6:8

As a side note, I deleted Facebook today. My wife Courtney did the same thing last week and inspired me to do the same. It's strange what we feel strange about sometimes. Even though I was hardly on that site, I felt some odd hesitation about it. LIke I was losing something. I suppose that is a small taste of what the rich ruler might have felt if he would have given away his riches. Some odd remorse even though he would surely know his actions were based on sound principles.

Anyhow, until next time, whenever that will be.

Landon