Been fighting things that I can’t see
Like voices coming from the inside of me
Like doing things I find hard to believe in
Am I myself or am I dreaming?

I’ve been awake for an hour or so
Checking for a pulse but I just don’t know
Am I a man if I feel like a ghost?
The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes

No, I’m not alright
I know that I’m not right
A steering wheel doesn’t mean you can drive
A warm body doesn’t mean I’m alive

No, I’m not alright
I know that I’m not right
Feel like I travel but I never arrive
I wanna thrive not just survive

I come alive when I hear you singing
But lately I haven’t been hearing a thing
I get the feeling that I’m in between
A machine and a man who only looks like me

I try and hide it and not let it show
But deep down inside me I just don’t know
Am I a man if I feel like a hoax?
The stranger in the mirror’s been wearing my clothes

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“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.  But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.  For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.”
1 Corinthians 15:19-22

Jesus is risen.
Jesus reigns and will reign forever.
Jesus’ death is the death of all death.
Jesus’ resurrection is the resurrection of all things.

“Oh, the glory of it all is he came here
For the rescue of us all that we may live
Oh, the glory of it all, oh he is here
Redemption from the fall that we may live.
Oh, the glory of it all…”

Thank You, Jesus.
This life is undeserving, “but by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect.”

“All around hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found, in You.”

⁶ In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. ⁷ These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁸ Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, ⁹ for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹⁸For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”

NOTHING I do is of myself. Lord, if there is any way in me that dishonors you, any way.. it won’t be me redeeming myself… It will be your precious blood that will always be enough to cover this dirty flesh of mine. I no longer writhe in my own brokenness because you have refined me once and for all. “Because of what you’ve already accomplished for me, for us, one Day we’ll be as lovely and as loving as you—free of all sin, fully alive, whole and complete forever.”
Until that day, may this life be used to obey and serve You.
Solo Christo

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pastels!!!

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LOVE this time of year

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yummmm

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