if you want to know something about me it's that I like songs: lyrics, poetry and stories a whole lot... songs come from everywhere from stories of life: tragedy and joy, from devotionals spent in quietness or sometimes music and words that just seem to come naturally...

I suppose we'll start off with a story perhaps one of many to come... - Ps. 42:8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vufIivAvTWY

http://prodigalmagazine.com/prodigal-interview-dustin-ruth-of-the-band-ruth/

Kody and I mentioned how we liked a couple of the songs from the old album.  Kody mentioned the songs “You Are” and “Mr. Turner” as being two of his favorites.  Dustin mentioned that “You Are” came from John 6.  He then gave us some insight on Mr. Turner.  “That song totally came from a prayer.  That’s about a guy who didn’t really like me a whole lot or the idea of the band.  He had cancer and wasn’t a Christian and his family was getting scared because he was rapidly dying.  He actually accepted Christ two weeks before he died.  He was seventy-four years old.  That song, when I wrote it, I just remember playing the lick and then all those words just came out and I knew what it was about.  I knew it was for him and for his family.  I think that song is so powerful because God was giving the message like no matter how stubborn someone is, how old they are, how rich they are, how drugged up they are or whatever, if you pray that God will save them, He can work in their heart and let them know that they need Him.  That guy was an older guy who had done a lot of great things in his life and didn’t think he needed God (before he realized his need for Christ).  But he definitely accepted Christ.”

"Yonhap, South Korea's official news agency, said Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun traveled to North Korea on August 10 for what was planned as a three-day mission. Yu Seong-jin -- the employee detained since March -- was freed and returned home Thursday, Yonhap added." [cnn]

hooray!

Officials say typhoon death toll in Taiwan could leap more than threefold
Village of Shiao Lin covered with what rescuers say may be five stories of mud
31,000 people have been pulled alive from the mud and debris.
ripped from cnn

thank God for the ones that are safe and pray for ones still lost.

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