Our Lady Peace released their new album that took almost 3 years to complete. Not on iTunes so I am hitting up Target at lunch.. But their songs are very inspirational… They are seekers for something out there. The lead singer Raine Maida, married to Chantal Kreviazuk has a huge heart for people suffering from AIDS, a huge heart for children affected by war (War Child Canada - Currently spotlighting the region of Africa my mother was born and raised in, The Democratic Republic of Congo).
Where Are You
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Many times I have played OLP's music for friends and they have asked if they were a christian group. So there is a tone of inspiration that I am not the only one who sees it.
I see in this song that Raine is calling out in the chorus "Where Are You" and questioning in a verse if he is happy? Claiming he has everything he wants, and questioning if is there more to want?
I feel a lot like this sometimes, seeing the blessings I have recieved and still yearning for more? Feeling a void that is not satisfyable with anything I can try to fill with. But then to lean on Jesus for him to fill that… I would change the verse to
"Where are you?
I need you!"
Ethan Honesty
I apologize for all the Living Rarefied blogs being down Wednesday, I had an electrician at my house overhauling the electrical system. So he turned off my server!
Back up now!
Ethan testing
Came across these verses today, its what I have been thinking about a bit as I dive into his arms and hands of control…
Luke 9:57-62 (NIV)
57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
59 He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
61 Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good bye to my family."
62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
We always say our priorities are God, Family, Friends, Work… I guess that is ideal.., But it is practiced? Would you really leave your family to follow if forced to? Or would you pass an opportunity to follow so you can say goodbye to your family?
It is a hard one… I am pretty attached to my family and would hope I could walk away to follow the Lord as instructed, but I hope that time never comes.
It would be the ultimate test, I fear that I would not be fit for service in the kingdom of God if that time came… I guess I would hope my family has heard these words from Jesus it would be easier to understand…
Ethan Feeling, Surprise Me
Amazing story about unconditional promises/committment.
Read Here
Even when everything tells you to go the other way, amazing things can happen. First downs on the football field and in life…
Ethan Daily
I played golf with somebody this weekend who each time I 3-putted and complained about it, he responded with "I 3-putted like 10 times yesterday"… I would also get frustrated and try to tell people that I was better than that last shot I hit… When I could've been quiet and let the fact that I once played D-I golf at the U of M do the talking instead of me trying to act like I still play at that level (humbling in itself)… After a few thoughts I feel like I can sound like that in my daily routine…
This week I am going to experiment with something as simple as a single letter…
I will be attempting to make it through the week with in no way telling stories that brag or boast, that in no way makes it sound like I complain that I am better than my level of performance. I don't want to draw any attention to my "problems" by complaining about my time-committments, how busy I am, how I am not getting support for YL and the list will go on, I will not type them all as that would be against what I am trying to do!
This is going to be the ultimate humbling experience I believe.. I also believe it will be harder than abstaining from alcohol. I will be in the business of listening this week, remaining in the present, and waking up each day asking the Lord to "make this day not about me". My goal for this is that by making it less of me, it will be less of others and then more/all for God…
Ethan Music
My flight was delayed out of Denver last night… I have never been so happy in that situation!
See, a friend of mine is so committed to our friendship that she drove out to the airport knowing we had maybe 10 minutes to see each other as I checked my bags and walked to security… She drove out there, was waiting by the Northwest ticket counter when I got there. I tried to surprise her, but my Dad walked right in front of her…
We checked in and proceeded to security and checked the monitors for our gate… To see the "remark" reading 7:01… We had an 1:45 to kill until my flight.. Which gave us an hour to hang out in the wonderful "Seattle's Best Coffee" shop… Ironic that a company has that name, Starbucks is located out of Seattle…
But we had 1 hour of face time.. So much better than phone time or email time.. It was devoted "whats up" time.
Thanks for driving 20 minutes each way, and paying for parking, all for the chance to see me for 10…
Ethan Daily, Living Rarefied
This I will be tasting some very succulent Sand Hills pepper steaks, some amazing hamburgers on Ben's Porch and hanging with my good old friend Tom the Cowboy…
I will also be playing a little golf… Almost forgot to mention that one.
More on that when I return Monday morning…
Ethan Daily
Saw this movie last night… I struggled…
5 years ago I would've been fired up for this stuff, guns, bombs, missiles, tanks, you name it, it was in the movie…
Without giving the play by play, I would just say that this movie along with some other books I have read really makes me ask questions about our government. The movie brings up a good point of the ideas that gun-runners are actually politicians… I struggle with the fact we have a great relationship with the Saudi's and their oil, and one reason is that we've provided arms and they have provided crude and building contracts for us to send American companies over to build the facilities to process and transport the crude.
Opening quote from the movie… there are over 550 million guns in the world, that makes it 1 for every 12 people… The question isn't how to make that number smaller, its how to arm the other 11…
Its a blood curdling statement, but isnt it the truth?
Along with "Crash", this is the 2nd movie this week with no special effects, no fake technology, no wow factors other than reality… But in both movies, they are pretty unreal, but real when you think about them and how true they are… You just dont want to believe its true…
Ethan Daily, Surprise Me
I have been rocking out to some Audioslave lately, Chris Cornell's voice sucks you in pretty good…
I came across a song I had downloaded about 2 years ago. I have listened to this countless times before, but last week I actually listened to it versus just blasting it in the car… "Show Me How to Live"
I started listening to their other songs and find many of them stories of their search for their faith…
What do you think???
And with the early dawn
Moving right along
I couldn't buy and eyeful of sleep
And in the aching night under satellites
I was not received
Built with stolen parts
A telephone in my heart
Someone get me a priest
To put my mind to bed
This ringing in my head
Is this a cure or is this a disease
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live (x2)
And in the after birth
On the quiet earth
Let the stains remind you
You thought you made a man
You better think again
Before my role defines you
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live (x2)
And in your waiting hands
I will land
And roll out of my skin
And in your final hours I will stand
Ready to begin
Ready to begin
Ready to begin
Ready to begin
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live (x2)
Show me how to live
Show me how to live
Show me how to live
Show me how to live
See Video (Has nothing to do with the content of the song)
Ethan Honesty
Somebody mentioned the word 'nap'…
I am rendered useless right now… Mentioning the word 'nap' around me is like clicking on 'Hibernate' in Windows XP
Red Bull gives you wings!
Ethan Daily
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