Brokenness

God you are SO good to me, yet so frustrating at the same time because of my lack of understanding. There are broken relationships in my life that I am helpless to heal or mend to what they used to be. I'm not really even desire the "what used to be"...

I desire NEW - from- OLD.

I just hate the chasm between those that have hurt me and myself. It feels impossible to traverse. I long for the healing and desire mutual laughter, but the fear of being hurt again subsides any wreckless abandon to forge a rope bridge. I don't want to be burned again.

A NEW creation out of the ashes...

Jesus, please be the bearer of the burden of my grief. Your grace is radiant and sufficient.

A Website...

So I thoroughly enjoy writing. I "stumbled upon" this great website for all you creative types: www.oneword.com

Check it out. It's worth a visit. It may help with those late night writers' blocks.

Greggy-D

Practice night

I was going to go see Br549 tonight. Them and the Avett Brothers... It would've been a great concert. Timing is such that I have to practice. There'll be other concerts...

Clean Slate

Instead of going to try out bikes again this weekend; Instead of going out to lunch with new friends; Instead of letting hurt settle into the broken places...

I took some time this afternoon to sit outside, play guitar, and enjoy the weather. I was purposefully going out there to do some songwriting; however, sometimes the most cathartic thing isn't so much the writing as it is having the clean slate - more ways than one in my life right now.

Well, I'm in the process of selecting a new bicycle. I took one out today and took a spill. It's been a long time since I've had some road rash going on... it's a good feeling to be getting myself out there. "Bones knit, wounds heal, and chicks dig scars." It's a challenging thing to find one with the right frame size and the right geometry, but it will be worth it. I look forward to hitting the pavement and hitting the trails. I hope to learn a lot more about cyclocross. Maybe I'll do a race this winter...

We'll see ;-)