Rising waters but all I want is the shore...

I heard this song on the radio the other day. And it's kind of stuck with me. There are people around me who are being affected by the changes in the economy. My parents have been hit hard, a close friend lost his job, friends with parents who are being laid off. My dad has 10 more people below him before he gets the boot. 

There is nothing more to say. These lyrics are my prayer for those around me....

Addison Road "Hope Now" 

If everything comes down to love
Then just what am I afraid of
When I call out Your name
Something inside awakes in my soul
How quickly I forget I'm Yours

I'm not my own
I've been carried by You
All my life

Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free

When my life is like a storm
Rising waters all I want is the shore
You say I'll be ok and
Make it through the rain
You are my shelter from the storm

Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free

I am not my own
I've been carried by you all my life

Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free

You've become my hearts desire
I will sing Your praises higher
Cause Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free

Courage is...

I was listening to this song the other day. It's just really good.

"Courage is" by The Strange Familiar

Take all my viscous words and turn them into something good
Take all my preconceptions and let the truth be understood
Take all my prized possessions and leave only what I need
Take all my pieces of doubt and let me be what's underneath

Courage is when you're afraid but you keep on moving anyway
Courage is when you're in pain but you keep on living anyway

We all have excuses why living in fear something in us dies
Like a bird with broken wings, its not how high he flies but the song he sings
Courage is when you're afraid but you keep on moving anyway
Courage is when you're in pain but you keep on living anyway

It's not how many times you've been knocked down
It's how many times you get back up

Courage is when you've lost your way but you found your strength anyway
Courage is when you're afraid
Courage is when it all seems grey
Courage is when you make a change and you keep on living anyway

You keep on moving anyway
You keep on giving anyway
You keep on loving anyway