Embracing Reality

And His name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor.
He came so that we might not be led astray or
Held captive by sin,
But that we might be welcoming in to God’s glorious plan.
We’re no longer slaves, the way we had been
But now friends, co workers,
And by his counsel, we even cry out Abba Father!
We rely on Christ and no other
Proclaiming to the world that
His name shall be called

Prince of Peace
He came with a sword to take away yours,
The one that we chose when man first fell short,
Of Glory,
But Christ was chosen for restoring,
Man to his Maker
Came to build a church and make her,
Holy and lovely as she was meant to be.
Sin raged in our flesh but Now we’re set free,
Invited into this great peace
And all because His name shall be called

Mighty God.
And it’d be mighty odd,
To ask of a sovereign God
What have you done?
In whom and by whom all battles are won,
There is none higher than this mighty God
With a mighty staff and a mighty rod to protect his flock,
The one force that nothing but nothing can stop,
All of creation bends to His will
And His name shall be called

Everlasting Father.
When the earth starts to crumble and the nations rage,
He will not be changed like a man’s face with age,
As He was before time was born.
He shall be when there is no more.
He is as he was and will be forever
And his name shall be called

Jesus
The Christ

Jesus
The price
For our redemption,
The gateway to heaven
The lamb that was slain,
Was dead and buried for three days,
but then rose again,

And ascended into heaven where He sits at the right hand
Of God.
And He reigns, over all creation,
And one day
Every tongue and nation
Will proclaim His glory,
He is our victory,
He is the song the sing
He is the banner we swing

And His name shall be Sovereign Lord
Adonai
Yahweh
Hashem
Son of the most High
Elohim
El Oham
El Shaddai
El Elyon
Jehovah
Jirah
Raffa
El Roi
Shalom
Son of Man
King of Jews
Lion
Lamb
I AM THAT I AM

And His name shall be Holy and hidden
But revealed to his children
Not taken in vain,
The lamb who was slain,
And as long as there are voices to raise
His name will be the only one worthy of Praise
And when voices fail and songs cease
Still through all creation will ring.
And if we chose to be silent
The rocks would sing.
And in heaven forever more
Angels will cry out, day and night,
And holy, holy, holy,
His name shall be called

-Mike Young

don’t you hate when someone knows the thing that breaks your heart most…. like, the most off limits area… and they go there… just to see you hurt? and then they leave… satisfied…… knowing that the words will play over a million times in your head. and just when you were starting to think you were normal. and that it might not be true, they go there and say it just to keep you in the place where you feel defeated. just to make you seem crazy so they seem innocent. and anyways. dont you hate that?

home. 

we forget. what it feels like to be comfortable. unafraid. and wholesome. the place that never leaves us. sadly.. a place that some never want to go back to or remember.   

distance.

separates us from home. hidden. but not gone. just further away. still there to remind us of who we are. or for some of us.. who we once were. 

growing.

everyday. changing too. we change and eventually create our own home. a place for our own children to learn what a family is and what it feels like to selflessly grow up with a love so strong that nothing else matters. irrelevancy. 

love.

is what keeps us going. is what helps us believe in something. something greater than ourselves. not impossible to find. just requires patience and an honest soul.  

purpose.

helps us move forward. even when we are hurt. even when we are broken and breaking. we remind ourselves of what’s important. and that’s what gets us through the day.

family.

a support system that never gives up on you. always has faith. always believes that you can be the better half. a changer. a creator. and a rock for the ones who need you. 

happiness.

is something that everyone deserves to have. the pursuit of it. free. something that money can’t buy. for once. something we mold ourselves. and something that no one can ever control or take away from us.

freedom.

taken for granted. we don’t realize that we are. and no one will.. because we will always have freedom. it will never be taken away from us. so people forget that everyone isn’t as lucky as we are.  

friendship.

something that is rare to many. faked often. but once you find it. the honesty that you can feel is undeniable. you should always cherish and embrace those people. because they are the ones who won’t give up on you. who will believe in you and help you through the good. the bad. and the ugly. i have true friendships. with very few. and i thank god every day for those people. and for my life. 

loose ends will willingly hang from our tattered lives. in general. we have choices- ones that are hard, that will hurt us.. but we know we need to make it- we know we have to make it (eventually). and there are choices that we know we shouldn’t be making.. but it just seems easier to continue living (with) or (for) them rather than to make that particular change. tying up loose ends is hard.. and maybe it’s something that grows as our youth matures.. maybe it’s something learned and not commonly known. but maybe none of this even exists. maybe it’s something that my overly obsessive mind brings to life. its own oxygen. its own identity. its own purpose or waste of space. i don’t really know really. but really. i don’t.