When all falls apart, when the vase tips over, when the glass shatter, when the vision blurs, when the darkness consumes, when confusion prevails, when death creeps, when light dims, when love capsizes, when hatred tempts, when life pauses, and when everything breaks, There are two types of friends who offer answers for the ear: [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Frustration’
June 14, 2009
Am I Crazy?
I need some feedback and accountability. I’ve recently taken a strong liking to the blogger world, especially since joining The Gospel Coalition Network where there’s a Blogger’s group packed with helpful resources. I truly feel like some of these web tools, such as blogs as Twitter feeds, can be the worst traps but can also [...]
April 24, 2009
Grieving Well
Below are a handful of poems I wrote over this past week or so. Reading through David’s songs in the Psalms, Paul’s anguish in the face of his sin in his letter to the Romans, and “When the Darkness Will Not Lift,” by John Piper has aided in my understanding of my own anguish, lament, [...]
April 21, 2009
Fair to See Fair a See
O God, fill this cup to the brim with ignited coals and sulfur Burn away all boastful remarks from my lips For though I ask not for punishment, This being unnecessary through the nails in my Christ, I internally beg for liberation from my sick yolk with hubris As I hold high-minded thinking over my [...]
February 23, 2009
Typeface Crimes
Like most easily entertained men, I went out to see Taken a couple weeks ago to satisfy my unexplainable craving for justified violence. There is nothing I would want to see more than Liam Neeson, pissed off, tearing through the flesh of whoever stands in the way of him rescuing his kidnapped daughter. The movie [...]
