My roommate Scott is gone to Michigan this week to be with family and preach at his grandma’s funeral.

I wasn’t actually thinking of Scott (who would be glad to know this) - or anybody else in particular - when I wrote these lines tonight… Just about the ideas of distance and attraction.

Breath

When you are away from me
 the air is not the same
I hardly care to breathe it in some days
The spaces in between inhale, exhale
 are cavernous
As if I was under water
 and could never come back out
 to breathe again

That said, people who are looking to other people for fulfillment scare me a little. :o)

And one more thing. This idea has already been said about a million times in about a million different ways. It’s hardly original. I almost didn’t share this for that reason… I typed out this blog and thought for a little bit about whether or not to hit the post button. Shortly after that, I ended up on the front page of Yahoo.com and came across “No Air” by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown… and then I really almost didn’t post this. ;o)

I guess the reason that this thought is so commonly expressed is that it really does seem hard to breathe sometimes.

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Here are a couple other things from my journal today…

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The following few lines were written after watching this movie on YouTube by Nathan Arnold.

I cannot understand the agony this world has held
 the agony You must have felt
There is no way to take away the pain right now 

But...
If You can give us water in a barren place
If You can give us life in place of death
If You can still give dignity
 to rag-robed queens and kings
I'm certain You can turn this thing around 

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And here’s something from early in the morning. It’s just a tiny piece of something more (that’s yet to be written). :o)

Did You wake me up
 just 'cause You want to talk with me?
I’m still a little tired
 but I’m so glad to hear Your voice