When I Go Down

Hey all. Had something on my mind so I figured I'd write about it.

This is a song sang by the Christian/Alternative band Relient K. It is called "When I Go Down." I just wanted to share it because the lyrics are beautiful and amazing, and I recommend saying this song, line by line, out loud. Then get the song from somewhere and listen to its entirety. It gives me hope, it makes me smile, it reminds me that my life needs to be about more than human problems. Have a great week/month/year!!

David

"When I Go Down"

I'll tell you flat out
It hurts so much to think of this
So from my thoughts I will exclude
The very thing that
I hate more than everything is
The way I'm powerless
To dictate my own moods

I've thrown away
So many things that could've been much more
And I just pray
My problems go away if they're ignored
But that's not the way it works
No that's not the way it works

When I go down
I go down hard
And I take everything I've learned
And teach myself some disregard
When I go down
It hurts to hit the bottom
And of the things that got me there
I think, if only I had fought them

If and when I can
Clear myself of this clouded mind
I'll watch myself settle down
Into a place where
Peace can search me out and find
That I'm so ready to be found

I've thrown away
The hope I had in friendships
I've thrown away
So many things that could have been much more
I've thrown away
The secret to find an end to this
And I just pray
My problems go away if they're ignored
But that's not the way it works
No that's not the way it works

Any control I thought I had just slips right through my hands
While my ever-present conscience shakes its head and reprimands me
Reprimands me
Then and there
I confess
I'll blame all this on my selfishness
Yet you love me
And that consumes me
And I'll stand up again
And do so willingly

You give me hope, and hope it gives me life
You touch my heavy heart, and when you do you make it light
As I exhale I hear your voice
And I answer you, though I hardly make a noise
And from my lips the words I choose to say
Seem pathetic, but it's fallen man's praise
Because I love you
Oh God, I love you
And life is now worth living
If only because of you
And when they say that I'm dead and gone
It won't be further from the truth

When I go down
I lift my eyes to you
I won't look very far
Cause you'll be there
With open arms
To lift me up again
To lift me up again

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/relientk/whenigodown.html

It's been awhile...

Hello all,

It's been awhile since I've been on here, as you can tell, and I have been very busy. Right now I am in Minneapolis working on an internship for the summer. I have learned many things already this summer, and its only been two weeks.

Today is Memorial Day. Every time this holiday comes around, I take the time to sit and think about other people's sacrifice for me. Specifically, I think about my Grandfathers. Both were active during WW2, but were not on the front lines like so many young men. For this, I am thankful, but cause if they were, I may not have been here. I always get reminded of this sacrifice when I watch the mini-series Band of Brothers (if you have not seen it, you need to). It is a great series, about 10 hrs in length, and tells the story of the 101st airborne unit. Before I came to Minneapolis for the summer, my roommate and I were watching it and we kept saying, "I am so glad I was not in this." or..."I am so glad we don't have to fight like they did." I think Memorial Day should not only be a day to thank the soldiers that have protected us, but also thank our government for keeping fighting to a minimum and not bringing about other World Wars. So I ask you to say a prayer for our fight soldiers, and thank any vets or government employees for they were/are working for us, for this is their holiday.

History was made....so I heard

Inauguration

Today, history was made. The first African American president EVER to take office in the White House was sworn in today….and I missed it. This is what I don’t understand: Why doesn’t the University show the inauguration in class? Or, why do we even have classes in the morning of the inauguration? With all of the thousands of dollars that our University has spent on technology, we would have been able to watch it in literally any classroom on campus. I think if the founding fathers of the University could have seen the inaugurations of former presidents, they would have made it a mandatory thing to watch. Just a little food for thought.

The Universe

Creation

You know what I love about our World/Universe that we live in? I love that we don’t know exactly where everything came from. Obviously me being a Christian, I believe that “God created the heavens and the Earth.” But how? The Bible doesn’t really go into much detail on that little topic. Big Bang? Sure. There’s a lot of evidence to support that theory. What says God didn’t snap his fingers and BOOM the Universe? Wait wait wait, he did it in 7 days right?…..but how were the first few days measured in time before there were literally days? Could that have been millions of our years where Dinosaurs ruled the Earth? Guess that’s just some more questions I’m gonna just have to ask God. (Along with did Jesus ever have a girlfriend. A valid question)

I love thinking about these questions because you can start to connect science with religion. All the time we hear that they are 2 opposites, and I think that they are 2 things that can support one another!! Anyway, that’s my take.

O and I want to go to space in my life, that’s not too much to ask seeing that 110 years ago we couldn’t even fly…..anywhere.