Friday, July 27, 2007

God's telephone number

On the album cover of U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind" (2000), J33-3 is visible on the airport gate-sign, signifying Jeremiah 33:3 ["Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."]


Bono told Rolling Stone (January 18/01): "It was done like a piece of graffiti--It's known as 'God's telephone number'."

Monday, July 09, 2007

Just the stuff for miracles

July 2, 2007

Until the music finds its way to us, I guess it's like a poem

that wants to grow up to be a song :)

C


Living a miracle with you

is something I want to do

You’ve given me the courage

to see it can come true


Not because your armor shines

every moment of the day

But when it dims, as armor does

You polish it with grace


Statues don’t need miracles

They don’t need at all

But when something rocks their base

They smash to pieces when they fall


Boys who grow to men

Can creak under their load

Flesh ‘n bones get so weary

Disappointments are so old


(bridge)

Just the stuff for miracles

Just the stuff for grace

You mix it up with Jesus

And miracles take place


Blind men gain their sight

Lame men dance with ease

But Pharisees go home unchanged

Cause they think they have no need


Living a miracle with you

is something I want to do

You’ve given me the courage

to believe it can come true


We’re just the stuff for miracles

We’re just the stuff for grace

As we mix it up with Jesus

We’ll see those miracles take place


I Would Live In Your Love

I Would Live In Your Love

I would live in your love as the sea-grasses live in the sea,
Borne up by each wave as it passes, drawn down by each wave that recedes;
I would empty my soul of the dreams that have gathered in me,

I would beat with your heart as it beats, I would follow your soul as it leads.

Sara Teasdale