woensdag 23 februari 2022

Nightbirde

Een paar weken geleden wees mijn broer me op onderstaand filmpje, waar Jane, 'Nightbirde',  komt zingen bij AGT. Ik keek het filmpje, en hoorde Jane's verhaal, en hoe ze haar lied zong. Ik begreep waarom m'n broer, zonder er iets bij te zeggen, het gedeeld had; ik begreep wat hij bedoelde zonder het te zeggen. We herkenden iets bij haar, hoewel we haar niet kennen; die vechtlust tegen de ziekte, en een bepaald soort (levens)wijsheid, die we ook op bepaalde momenten bij onze moeder hebben gezien. 

Een paar dagen geleden is Jane overleden aan haar ziekte, en ik stuitte op haar site, ik las haar blog en bleef meteen haken bij de eerste alinea's. Haar wijze inzicht en bemoedigende woorden zitten de hele dag al in mijn hoofd. Ik deel de alinea's hier onder het filmpje.


 "I don’t think it’s meaningless, the story that says God sculpted us from clay. Of all the things He made, humankind was the first that He touched. The first breath we tasted was His exhale. I don’t think it’s meaningless that the first time humanity looked up at the eyes of God, His hands were dirty and He was close.

Maybe we missed it—what God showed us when He first introduced Himself: that He will crawl into the dirt to be near us, and He will fill our lungs with air when we don’t know how to breathe."

-Nightbirde   

woensdag 16 februari 2022

Just be held ♥

 Zo, deze gaat vandaag even op repeat
Soms is dat ff nodig ;-)

"Just Be Held"

Hold it all together
Everybody needs you strong
But life hits you out of nowhere
And barely leaves you holding on

And when you're tired of fighting
Chained by your control
There's freedom in surrender
Lay it down and let it go

So when you're on your knees and answers seem so far away
You're not alone, stop holding on and just be held
Your world's not falling apart, it's falling into place
I'm on the throne, stop holding on and just be held
Just be held, just be held

If your eyes are on the storm
You'll wonder if I love you still
But if your eyes are on the cross
You'll know I always have and I always will

And not a tear is wasted
In time, you'll understand
I'm painting beauty with the ashes
Your life is in My hands

So when you're on your knees and answers seem so far away
You're not alone, stop holding on and just be held
Your worlds not falling apart, its falling into place
I'm on the throne, stop holding on and just be held
Just be held, just be held

Lift your hands, lift your eyes
In the storm is where you'll find Me
And where you are, I'll hold your heart
I'll hold your heart
Come to Me, find your rest
In the arms of the God who won't let go

So when you're on your knees and answers seem so far away
You're not alone, stop holding on and just be held
Your worlds not falling apart, its falling into place
I'm on the throne, stop holding on and just be held (stop holding on and just be held)
Just be held, just be held, just be held, just be held 
 
Artiest: Casting Crowns