tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124013490180058552.post6541773000670156213..comments2009-04-16T22:28:17.425-04:00Comments on New Testament Youth: Pulling Weeds . . .JESTERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16975434252555913147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124013490180058552.post-13810257759510907132007-04-02T11:52:00.000-04:002007-04-02T11:52:00.000-04:00Shallow capacity is bearing all I see, and I knowI...Shallow capacity is bearing all I see, and I know<BR/>It's disease, it's loss, it's death knocking at my door<BR/>I click these thoughts to something else, something more.<BR/><BR/>I'm so blue, you're so blue.<BR/><BR/>Detached harmonies, all the airways scream dissonance<BR/>And we know of broken life, broken homes,<BR/>Broken hearts and broken bones,<BR/>Recycling the paper of a crying world's suicide note and<BR/>We're so blue, so blue. <BR/><BR/>See the world spinning round<BR/>A sucking hole that souls go down<BR/>Embrace the sorrow of today because repentance finds a way<BR/>Only His blood can heal our wounds<BR/>Only His blood can heal our wounds<BR/>And if repentance finds a way, what's left today to be... blue? <BR/><BR/>A final symphony,<BR/>The precipice too close, you're scaring me -- back away<BR/>Sin is real, it doesn't feel, It always, only always, steals.<BR/>Run to the cross the only joy that's real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124013490180058552.post-73751604685059164612007-04-01T18:29:00.000-04:002007-04-01T18:29:00.000-04:00i love how this illustration also shows the proces...i love how this illustration also shows the process of asking for God's forgiveness. the process of pulling weeds out in big clumps is so very difficult and not very effective. at the same time, like you said, most of the time you are only grabbing hold of the top of the weed and pulling; so the root is still intact. i think that the process of confessing our sins one by one isn't a process that is required for God's forgiveness, but by making that our way of asking for forgiveness, we are forced to examine each and every wrong individually. looking at them for what they are, sin, and seeing why they are what they are. thus (hopefully) providing us with more wisdom needed to combat the temptation of falling into that sin once again.Kaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16372025350413789553noreply@blogger.com