New single just released! “Fading World/Ending Life”

They say that legendary things come in threes.

The second solar eclipse of 2024, the 5th Family Edition of the 182, and now the release of the newest single, “Fading World/Ending Life” equals the next trifecta of awesomeness.  

FW/EL is the latest audio chapter soon to be featured on Distrokid.

You are invited to the musical shindig of the year, once again featuring the guitarstro mastermind Brad Fortuna, and the lovely vocal powerhouse Gwendolyn Carter.  

Unleash the legacy.

 

 

 

 

 

182 An Alphabetical Journey Among Words That Describe God, Part 2

My previous post had 7 comments about the 182, sooo I didn’t feel like I could continue that thread.  Especially with how the Spirit is moving in my thoughts and prayers now in reference to using my ignorance & the world’s need.  I watched a 3-day-old video from the World Economic Forum about ‘Digital Inclusion’, (Found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ5fq9POzLw) and my mind was racing.  Partly because of, for centuries, missions have played a vital role in the development of cultures and languages, and partly because LLMs are finally being developed in other languages than English, and because big business and the private sector are taking over. I know the world can’t trust in anyone other than Christ to act in their best interest.

The need for ‘Digital Inclusion’, let alone literacy in general, amongst the “2.5 billion people” that don’t have access is obviously great.  The 182 could help to give spiritual access to a vocabulary solely developed for the prayer-life of the inhabitants.  Like the LLMs, I feel the need to open this up to other languages.  May God bless this as AI is closing so many doors – I’ve read estimates of 14 million jobs by 2027.

If you are a church leader,  AI may be the cause of a great wave in the coming harvest.  May His Name be praised.  On a side note, I have been singing Daniel ch. 9 to God.  No discernible melodies or chorus, just singing about repentance and God’s mercy and forgiveness.  I know it’s been more catchy to do a ‘Daniel Fast’, but if you want to be ‘highly esteemed’ by the heavenly courts, how about you give it a try?  God bless you!

Erosion

EROSION
 

I don’t want the erosion of my prayers to be my story.

Distractions that take my focus from You.
I’m after something so much more than my fading appetites.
SomeOne that can make my desires submit.
 
You made me, You know me.  I am Your child.
My thoughts betray the trust You have shown me.
I need Your strength to carry me beyond
where my legs are unwilling to go.
 
You went there.  Your light makes bare the path.
I surrender my resolve for Yours.
Your legs are so much stronger than mine.
You lift me to heights I would never know.
 
The peace You give, even the crumbs, are worth more
than I could ever earn.  I have nothing to bargain with.
My robes are rags, my glory is fading.
Worth less than a car driven off the lot.
 
Those stars, the work of Your fingers, even their dust
is of heavenly currency.  I have not a penny to offer.
You make my sinking vessel sea worthy.
Nay, You set me to sail beyond the stars.
 

Taken

No matter the joy
No matter the peace
All can be taken away here
All except Him

Make the Lord your joy
Make the Almighty your peace
If you do, there is shelter
If you do, there is hope

One Day we will be taken to Him.

A Farmer’s Field

There is an ‘Empty’ place.

A place that seems void of Life, yet that is the place most ripe for growth.

We sense it in the wind, in the sunrise, and in the rain.

We were meant to grow, not where we are, but where God sends us.

Now is the Time, Now is the place.

We move according to His direction.

We shine wherever we go, it’s what we do.

He is the Light and we are His children.

Ouija Boards

How many of us keep a ouija board in our closet
because “an eye for an eye”, makes more sense than
“love your enemies”?
Is it ok to hate the memory of a person?

What is freedom,
and do we really want it?
Will we surrender the power and pleasure
of revenge to the only hands
that can contain it?
The only hands that won’t have the finger point back?

We need holiness.
We need perfection.
It is the only way
to make this world right,
to cure it.
Our efforts will only make it worse
because we aren’t holy or perfect.

The best we can accomplish is to play games.
If everyone pretends the same
then we can mete out our own sense of justice,
our own sense of righteousness
that agrees with our pain.

O Jesus,
Your love saves us from ourselves.
You freely give us Your righteousness,
one that is spotless
one that isn’t fake
one purchased by Your blood.
What could we give You for it?
What can we give to the One who is holy and perfect?

What? You want our ouija boards?

Lord, bless every rock

Lord, bless every rock

Do not make Your favor as fragile as a butterfly
It lands for a moment
then is gone as the wind blows

I can not embrace such fancy
I would stumble and destroy
that which You sent to bless

Rather make Your blessings firm
May they stand through time’s test
Make them like the rock I can stand upon

Then I will praise You

Don’t

Don’t fall for it.
God has shown you
something so much more.
Don’t fall for it.

Don’t chase after illusions.
You know you’ve seen what’s real.
A place beyond comparison.
Don’t chase after illusions.

Don’t be distracted.
What they say is a lie
and you know it.
Don’t be distracted.

Don’t turn from the path.
Temptations never
lead to blessings.
Don’t turn from the path.

Don’t panic.
You aren’t being left behind.
Everything has its time.
Don’t panic.

Don’t give up.
The only way to fail
is to quit.
Don’t give up.

Don’t lose hope.
It’s not as fragile
as you think.
Don’t lose hope.

Who can know it?

A tree is a tree,
and a rock is a rock,
but the heart of man
who can know it except God?

Before Him nothing is hidden,
before His eyes, everything is uncovered.

Who will go for us?
Who will represent our inability,
our weakness in the Light of Truth?

Only the Great High Priest!
Only the One who walked this earth,
tasted death for us all,
conquered its power,
and ascended into heaven.

He knows us completely,
and He loves us.
How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?

Announced by the Lord,
Confirmed by those who heard Him,
and Testified by God.

When He speaks, may my heart never harden.
Where He leads, may I follow.

Hebrews 4:13

“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”