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Relationships can be a tricky thing. Not only do we pour our hearts out to someone, but they pour theirs right back. Sometimes we aren’t ready to hear what their heart has to say. Sometimes their heart isn’t ready for what ours has to say either. This can cause a lot of strain both physically and emotionally. Someone can become worried sick because of something that their partner said… or what they didn’t say. Why do we work like this? How can we go from feeling on top of the world one day, to the lowliest worm the next day? This isn’t healthy. Maybe we can find a solution to this pain; a solution to those tricky parts of life that we don’t want to deal with. Maybe there isn’t a solution, but we just have to struggle through them day after day. We continue to struggle, hoping that relief will be found. Who are we kidding? Relief will never be found. A solution will never be discovered. Life will continue to drag on, pulling us along behind it.

Festival Time!

Today my family and I attended the Bear and The Square Festival in Dahlonega, Georgia. Dahlonega is a little town in the northeast corner of the state, and is settled in some beautiful mountains not far from where the Appalachian Trail begins. There was also a major gold strike in Dahlonega in the early 1830’s, which made it America’s first large gold rush. The festival that we attended has nothing to do with the gold. About 15 years ago, an American Black Bear wandered into the town square and climbed a tree. This caused quite a hassle, and it was very difficult to remove the bear. For some reason, they now hold a bluegrass festival in that same town square every year to commemorate the event. I don’t know why they do it, but this festival is definitely a highlight of my year. There is food, crafts, performers, and of course music. If anyone is wanting to experience mountain culture, I highly recommend the Bear and The Square Festival every year in mid-April in Dahlonega, Georgia.

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Life
Love
Forgiveness
Acceptance.
Stripping demons right off my back,
Tryng to leech life off of me,
Get off of me!
And feel my Father's fury oppressor!
One day you'll fell the full blast of his vengance,
Bells above but for now I'll love,
Because I have strength.
He blew courage in my back bone,
Now I'll stand straight and militant.
Lining up in Jehova's battalion,
Knowing you can't challenge Him so we march forward.
Swift as eagles,
Set like talons,
Ready to grip souls from your grasp.
Slick snake in the grass my Lord sees you....and vengance is his.
But for now I retaliate,
Propelled by a holy mandate to heal,
Because I know how bad it hurts.
Full of madness at first,
But now gladness bursts out the seams of obiedience
Because we overflow with the oil of joy,
The ointments of the annointed.
Mending any torn soul,
Healing any broken bone,
He is here.
He was there.
He is peace.
He is faith.

Music and Love

Song is an amazing thing. It can be used for so many different things. Music can stir emotions and calm them, inspire actions and speak against them. I have been listening to some CD’s that a friend of mine gave me and they have changed my life. These two discs are full of passionate music; some soft and some loud. These songs speak of living for God, of treating men as brothers and women as daughters of the King, and of love.

 Love is probably the most interesting topic of songs. You can find songs that speak of love as an act; of finding it in a club one night with a stranger. Songs like that are a dime a dozen. The same goes for songs about false love, where the boy/girl is SO SURE that this is the right person; but this is not the right person and they end up hurt. These are all over the radio. The rarity, the four leaf clover, of music is the song of true love. When I say true love, I don’t mean something that feels right. I mean something that is anointed by God, something that is set in motion by the One who cares for you more than any person could. These songs cut deep. They make you examine your life; they present a ruler to measure your life against.

 Truth is your life won’t measure up. Few, if any, people have lived their entire lives apart from the culture of this world. People aren’t to be blamed for this, they aren’t to be called failures for this, for we live in this world. At EVERY turn in our life we are bombarded with thoughts and ideas that come from this world. These ideas penetrate into our lives and soil them. We will never be perfect. We will never be worthy. We, by ourselves, are horrible little things. We, with our Father, are worthy of it all. We, with our Father’s love covering all our faults and bad decisions, are beautiful children of the King of Kings. Because of His blood, we are made pure and worthy of love.

We are worthy of love. People need to start realizing that. They think that they are loveless or a lost cause. They think that true love is something for fairytales. The truth is that true love exists. It is hard to find, but it is out there. The trick is to wait for it. If you look too hard you will start seeing things. You will imagine you have found that love, but it ends up false like in today’s pop songs. We all have someone out there who is made for us.

I took a break and lost my train of thought. I hate when that happens. Maybe it’ll come back to me later. Let’s hope it does.