12 hours...
till Go time for Japan! 1 week in Tokyo then 1 week in Korea.
Here is to me being discovered in Korea, cheers.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
If the stars were mine...
I'd give them all to you
Some pagan I had breakfast with in LA wanted me to stop writing about Jesus. So I'll take this post to write about a Melody Gardot's song. Jon posted her album on his website (www.jonbaik.com) and it is one of my favorite jazz albums, so well-rounded and well-produced. I especially loved this one song she wrote called "If the Stars Were Mine" and its style of writing. While I was studying for finals in the school year I got a bit sidetracked and I tried to write my own verses to the song haha. If you haven't already, dl the album on Jon's site to listen to this wonderful song! Then read the rest of this post. I'll post her lyrics because they are so great (first 3) and mine (last 2).
If the stars were mine, I'd give them all to you
I'd pluck them down right from the sky and leave it only blue
I would never let the sun forget to shine upon your face
so when others would have rain clouds you'd have only sunny days
If the stars were mine, I'd tell you what I'd do
I'd put the stars right in a jar and give them all to you
If the birds were mine, I'd tell them when to sing
I'd make them sing a sonnet when your telephone would ring
I would put them there inside the square, whenever you went out
so there'd always be sweet music whenever you would walk about
If the birds were mine, I'd tell you what I'd do
I'd teach the birds such lovely words and make them sing for you
If the world was mine, I'd paint it gold and green
I'd make the oceans orange for a brilliant color scheme
I would color all the mountains, make the sky forever blue
So the world would be a painting and I'd live inside with you
If the world was mine, I'd tell you what I'd do
I'd wrap the world in ribbons and then give it all to you
I'd teach the birds such lovely words and make them sing for you
I'd put those stars right in a jar and give them all to you
Instrumental haha
If the sea were mine, I'd give it all away
I'd pluck a hundred starfish and put them in-between the waves
Then I'd take you underwater to lay upon the ocean floor
and we'd gaze at constellations till currents take us unto shore
If the sea were mine I'll tell you what I'd do
I'd cling the shells as wedding bells and walk the shore with you.
If the trees were mine I'll tell you what I'd do
I'd set them up in rows to make a pathway just for two
They would lean in slightly to catch the rosy sight of blushing cheeks
As the leaves come waltzing down to the patter of our feet
If the trees were mine I'll tell you what I'd do
I'd dress them up with turtle doves and give them all to you.
Some pagan I had breakfast with in LA wanted me to stop writing about Jesus. So I'll take this post to write about a Melody Gardot's song. Jon posted her album on his website (www.jonbaik.com) and it is one of my favorite jazz albums, so well-rounded and well-produced. I especially loved this one song she wrote called "If the Stars Were Mine" and its style of writing. While I was studying for finals in the school year I got a bit sidetracked and I tried to write my own verses to the song haha. If you haven't already, dl the album on Jon's site to listen to this wonderful song! Then read the rest of this post. I'll post her lyrics because they are so great (first 3) and mine (last 2).
If the stars were mine, I'd give them all to you
I'd pluck them down right from the sky and leave it only blue
I would never let the sun forget to shine upon your face
so when others would have rain clouds you'd have only sunny days
If the stars were mine, I'd tell you what I'd do
I'd put the stars right in a jar and give them all to you
If the birds were mine, I'd tell them when to sing
I'd make them sing a sonnet when your telephone would ring
I would put them there inside the square, whenever you went out
so there'd always be sweet music whenever you would walk about
If the birds were mine, I'd tell you what I'd do
I'd teach the birds such lovely words and make them sing for you
If the world was mine, I'd paint it gold and green
I'd make the oceans orange for a brilliant color scheme
I would color all the mountains, make the sky forever blue
So the world would be a painting and I'd live inside with you
If the world was mine, I'd tell you what I'd do
I'd wrap the world in ribbons and then give it all to you
I'd teach the birds such lovely words and make them sing for you
I'd put those stars right in a jar and give them all to you
Instrumental haha
If the sea were mine, I'd give it all away
I'd pluck a hundred starfish and put them in-between the waves
Then I'd take you underwater to lay upon the ocean floor
and we'd gaze at constellations till currents take us unto shore
If the sea were mine I'll tell you what I'd do
I'd cling the shells as wedding bells and walk the shore with you.
If the trees were mine I'll tell you what I'd do
I'd set them up in rows to make a pathway just for two
They would lean in slightly to catch the rosy sight of blushing cheeks
As the leaves come waltzing down to the patter of our feet
If the trees were mine I'll tell you what I'd do
I'd dress them up with turtle doves and give them all to you.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
John 15
v. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
I think I'm realizing the importance of faith. I want a faith as big as God's promises. So here's to a genuine response to this verse. Cheers!
I think I'm realizing the importance of faith. I want a faith as big as God's promises. So here's to a genuine response to this verse. Cheers!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
John 14
Holy Spirit, let's be friends
The disciples are distraught in this chapter so Jesus comforts them.
Jesus says, v. 16-17 "He (God the Father) will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."
I want to befriend the Holy Spirit. We're not putting our faith into a history lesson, we're putting our faith in the living God.
Another verse I love v.19 "Because I live, you also will live."
The disciples are distraught in this chapter so Jesus comforts them.
Jesus says, v. 16-17 "He (God the Father) will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."
I want to befriend the Holy Spirit. We're not putting our faith into a history lesson, we're putting our faith in the living God.
Another verse I love v.19 "Because I live, you also will live."
Monday, June 1, 2009
John 13
The Fullest Extent of Love
Jesus washes his disciples feet in this chapter, this was the time that (v. 1) "Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love." The fullness of his love was not a teaching about what's right and what's wrong. The full extent of his love was becoming a servant, being humble, below his disciples.
I remember listening to Stuart Greaves from IHOP and he was talking about how we have to come to understand the fact that Jesus is a servant to us and the form of humility and meekness his love comes in. Peter didn't want Jesus to wash his feet but Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me." Jesus is the ultimate example of humbleness, though a king becomes a servant to all.
Jesus washes his disciples feet in this chapter, this was the time that (v. 1) "Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love." The fullness of his love was not a teaching about what's right and what's wrong. The full extent of his love was becoming a servant, being humble, below his disciples.
I remember listening to Stuart Greaves from IHOP and he was talking about how we have to come to understand the fact that Jesus is a servant to us and the form of humility and meekness his love comes in. Peter didn't want Jesus to wash his feet but Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me." Jesus is the ultimate example of humbleness, though a king becomes a servant to all.
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