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Check out this inspiring, challenging, and sobering video about the tragic drought and famine happening in the horn of Africa.

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The video features Bono, lead singer of U2, and K'naan, a Somalian rapper and poet.  A quick plug for K'naan: his lyrics are incredible - painting very real and honest pictures of life in Somalia, and the beauty, pain, sorrow, and joy that is present in all of our lives.  You can find his music on iTunes and Amazon.

stealing you

So, some of you may know that i enjoy writing songs every now and again. Something about sitting down with a guitar or at a piano and letting the words and music flow, relaxes me and gives me a chance to verbalize the emotions that constantly surface from the pain and stories we encounter on the streets. I have found that my friends on the streets are incredible inspiration. This one, called "stealing you", came about after a tough couple of days. I was thinking about how much I hate seeing so many people that I love go through such hell. I was thinking about how much I hate watching so many people that I love fall time and time again. But then, I thought about how much more pain God must experience when He sees so many of the people that He loves hide from His love; disappearing time and time again into the traps and snares of addictions. So, I wrote this song as if it were God singing it. Though I had a certain friend in mind, I wonder if Jesus might sing this song to anyone who is unknowingly running from Him.

Verse 1:
All your tears spilled there tonight
Hold on to me
Never die
I will jump in front for you
Won’t let you go
Without a fight
I won’t leave you by yourself
I know you’re scared
No where to turn
But now is when you need me most
You know that
You know that

Verse 2:
I see you running for your life
Back and forth
Away from me
You say you can’t escape the clutch
Of what holds you
What keeps you down
You spend your days staying alive
Holding on to
What is weak
It takes much more than you may know
To find you
To find you

Chorus:
But I’ll steal you
Away from yourself
Just to see your eyes light

Verse 2:
All my tears spilled there that night
I saw you standing
In the crowd
You tried to hide didn’t even know
I passed right by
Felt your pain
The hardest thing I’ll ever do
Is to see your face
Disappear
Can’t you see the one way out
Find me there
Find me there


Bridge:
I spend most days dreaming
I spend most days dreaming
I spend most days dreaming
Of what you could be