New Years resolutions. Anybody ever keep them? It's usually just so much well intentioned wishful thinking. What would happen if I resolved to blog at least 5 times a week? It sounds like a fine idea, but I would let my avid reader down by breakfast time on Tuesday, and I don't even have the excuse of being too busy at work (on holidays) or have too many church commitments (all programs on a break right now).
I could take the easy way out and resolve to be more creative in my procrastination, but what I think is needed is not resolution, but REVOLUTION! Not a superficial change, but a deep-seated re-working from the top down. Transformation. It's not something you can do by yourself. You need help.
Here's a little song I wrote... well, the lyrics anyway, I'm not so hot on tune-smithing!
Shake me,
I must be shaken,
Out of my complacent ways.
Wake me,
I must awaken,
to face the waste of lazy days.
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Break me,
I must be broken,
to be rebuilt as per your plan.
Make me,
It will be spoken,
This child will grow to be your man.
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My world revolves in tiny loops,
My eyes deceived by worldly dupes,
My diet consists of toothless soups,
I'm too soft to be of your troops.
The track I trek is rutted deep,
The steps I step are walked in sleep,
If you're a shepherd, well, I'm a sheep,
Help me find my way...
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Take me,
I must be taken,
Just one step at a time,
Ache me,
I must be aching,
to live your life through mine.
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Shake me, wake me
break me, make me
take me as I am.
I have naught to offer thee,
but I can be your man.
March 4, 2001
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