Response to Kyle's Newest Entry

My friend Kyle has been interning at a church in Vegas since January and i am happy that he and i have both decided to renew our blog entries. He wrote an interesting entry the other day that i think deserves a response. the basic premise of his entry was the question "What inspires you?" 

for a long time now, our senses have been on overload and sometimes we think we find inspiration in something, but if we were/are honest with ourselves we would have to admit that sometimes we have to force ourselves to be "inspired" by something. i think the reality is often times because we are looking for something to inspire us, we will drag any  image or idea or belief into our little web and try to weave something that we say that we are passionate about, or something that we say that we care about. 

i think that is why i've seen students in youth groups and churches, who have grown up in the church that is, act so callous to what is trying to be taught to them. i think that most people (not just students), are drawn into the glitz and

 glamor, the bright lights and the boardwalks....... because things are tangible...we can touch them, we can reach for them. 

God, the Bible, the Trinity....those things don't seem so tangible, they are simply just a moral obligation...something that might make me a little bit better of a person or score me points with God. 

but often times we don't think that church, nature, God, etc... could ever send any sort of inspiration into our lives. i think that this is often shared in the fact that most of us don't know about spiritual disciplines or practice them at all. even in our prayer lives, we often talk at or to God and never listen. 

i felt that God gave me some inspiration on this topic and a song i wrote a few months ago encourages us to slow down. we may think that we have a lot of things to say or sing, but often times what we need is to listen. so these lyrics that follow are from a song of mine called "In the Silence." 

In The Silence  by Brennan Loveless (10-10-07)

i have too many songs to sing

but all i have i bring to You. 

all of the dreams that i seranade

they don't add up to the life You gave to me.

so now i bring 

all i have to lay at Your feet. 

with every breath i take 

Lord breathe in me.

Chorus

fill my lungs 

to sing Your Praise

of Who You are

my saving Grace. 

open up my eyes 

to see your face

your beauty Lord

shines new with every day. 

Verse 2

i have too many words to speak

but in the silence Lord, You speak to me

and with all of my fears, i've run away

but Your lamp is there, to lead me in all my ways.

prechorus

Chorus

bridge: 

Let every moment that i'm awake

let all that is within me declare Your Name. 

Chorus

May your life be inspired, not from those words, but by the things that surround you, and may Life 

Resonate  through you.  

Response to Mr. Seay's Entry

i am: listening to an awesome new Coldplay album!

i think: that worship practice should go well tonight

i know: that my wife loves me

i want: to be somewhere tropical right now

i have: many blessings that i take for granted

i wish: that the clock would move faster today

i hate: long days and long drives home from work

i miss: those summers when i was a kid and didn't have to work a job

i fear: getting old 

i feel: young and happy and blessed

i hear: an awesome song playing thru my headphones

i smell: a candle

i crave: a nice cheeseburger from Red Robin (Whiskey River Burger baby!) 

i search: for great deals on just about everything

i wonder: what i am going to eat for dinner

i regret: not caring more about missions work

i love: the Church

i ache: for the Church to know why they believe what they say do, and to worship God with their lives

i care: for my family

i always: walk around singing 

i am not: a politician

i believe: that God moves thru His people

i dance: hardly ever

i sing: always

i don't always: sing well though

i write: as often as i can though i just started writing on my blog again

i win: at Wii Tennis all the time and Mario Kart Wii

i lose: at Wii bowling usually

i never: am at a loss for words

i confuse: people with my long stories

i can usually be found: at church, at home watching a movie, or DRIVING

i am scared: that i will die too soon

i need: a vacation

i am happy about: vacation next week

You GUYS know what this face is?

That's right men.... this is what you look like after an entire day of shopping with the wife....on Michigan avenue, in Chicago (which is awesome by the way), and right after you've walked many miles, eaten bad Mexican food, and she wants to take a picture while you're thinking about the trek back to the hotel and thinking....ugh.