I am a sucker for guitars....

...yeah I am....
Felt connected with this song as I was browsing randomly on youtube....
Couldn't find the original version by "By the Tree" but here's the cover version by this 2 Singaporean brothers which really blew me away too~!


When I'm broken, You're the missing piece
When I'm empty, You are my drink
When I'm tired, You are my strength

You are my desire
No one else will do
Only You can satisfy
No one Lord but You

Surround me this is what I pray
That Your presence will guide me through each day
By Your mercy Lord, in me, have Your way

You are my Desire
No one else will do
Nothing else can satisfy
No one Lord but You

You've given me a passion to follow You
To worship You Lord in spirit, in truth
I have found the warmth of Your embrace
Lost in the shadows of Your grace

What I listen on repeat mode now..

Got this CD as a gift for serving in the "Resonate" service organising team. Had it with me some time ago but never got around to paying much attention to it until a few days back. Great CD with simple, uncomplicated lyrics. Track 08 particularly got hold of my spiritman. Tried looking for a youtube version of the song to put it up here but to no avail. Ah well.. nonetheless, I believe the words speak powerfully on its own...
... may it lift your spirit the way it's lifting mine now.

"SURRENDER"

Everything that was
Is in Your hands
And all that is to come
I give to You
Take control

This life belongs to You
Forgive me Lord
For walking my own road
Take control
Jesus take control
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
Now and forever

I surrender
I surrender
I surrender
To You
To You

That I may hear Your voice
That I may know Your heart
That I would see Your world
Through the eyes of hope
This my prayer oh God
This my prayer

Words and Music by Jaye Liubinskas
© 2007 Paradise Worship
Administered by Word Publishing Australia
CCLI # 4992192

PS: Special thanks to Mr G for picking the CD. Good choice :)

I need You now.

"I've dug up miles and miles of sand
Searching for something I can't see
And I've just got bruised and battered hands
And a brand new void inside of me
Complete with walls I did create
From all the earth that I've displaced
A mess that I have made from what
I've just let pile and pile up
I have not been abandoned, no I have not been
Deserted and I have not been forgotten

I need you
I need you here
I need you now
I need security somehow
I need you
Like you would not believe
You're the only thing I want
Cause you're everything, everything I need

Explore the cave that is my chest
A torch reveals there's nothing left
Your whispers echo off the walls
And you can hear my distant calls
The voice of who I used to be
Screaming out "someone, someone please!"
Please shine a light into the black
Wade through the depths and bring me back

I have not been abandoned, no I have not been
Deserted and I have not been forgotten

I need you
I need you here
I need you now
I need security somehow
I need you
Like you would not believe
You're the only thing I want
Cause you're everything, everything I need

When my hopes seem to dangle
Somewhere just beyond my reach
You say you've heard my prayers
And read my words there on repeat

I need you
I need you here
I need you now
I need security somehow
I need you
Like you would not believe
You're the only thing I want
Cause you're everything, everything I need".


Just a little something echoing my mind.

Have I got a long way to run....

Are these times contagious
I've never been this bored before
Is this the prize Ive waited for
Now with the hours passing
Theres nothing left here to insure
I long to find a messenger

Have I got a long way to run
Have I got a long way to run
Yeah, I run

Is there a cure among us
From this processed sanity
I weaken with each voice that sings
Now, in this world of purchase
Im going to buy back memories
To awaken some old qualities

Have I got a long way to run
Have I got a long way to run
Yeah, I run
Yeah, I run

Have I got a long way
Have I got a long way
Have I got a long way to run
Have I got a long way to run

Yeah, I run (have I got a long way to run)
Yeah, I run (have I got a long way to run)
Yeah, I run (have I got a long way to run)
Yeah, I run (have I got a long way to run)

-Collective Soul-

This song echoed in my head today for a strange reason. My mind's sorta rediscovering my days back in the 90s, I suppose. Collective Soul is reminiscent of high school days. I recalled how lost I was in the midst of learning to know myself and what's the world gotta do with me. Though not Christian band, now that I thought back of what the writer wrote, much of Collective Soul’s imagery could come from the pages of the Bible. Not only did the lyrics make me think but I think they actually make me feel. Perhaps, just perhaps.. this band did somewhat lead me to my journey in finding the gateway to meeting with the Creator.

.....I'm not bored anymore.

.....I found the prize I've been waiting for.

.....there IS a cure among us.

.....Yes, I still got a long way to run.

24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. - 1 Corinthians 9:24

14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 3:14

Dear Jesus,

Nothing beats the joy of finding what I've been looking for through You. Yes, I am lifting my feet to run heavenwards. Sometimes my feet gets heavy but I know you're lifting me. Please never let me lose sight of the direction you're pointing at for me. I'm on my way...

Love,
Mir.