Softly

The stars are fallin' tonight

And the back of my mind is slowly fading

A soft breeze blows through your hair

And you stare at me here, like there's nothing around me

Stop, it starts right here

Now there's somethin' to fear so hold on tightly

Stop, it starts right here

Now there's nothin' to fear so let go softly

Let go softly

Let go softly

The night is drifting away

We'll leave or we'll stay, so take this chance with me

Collide! don't hold it inside

Just feel the fire and let the wind surround you

The world is spinning around

As we dance to the sound, this is so frightening

Stop, it starts right here

Now there's nothin' to fear so let go softly

Let go softly

Let go softly, softly!

I need you closer

I need you so much closer to me

I need you closer

Stop, it starts right here

Now there's nothin' to fear so let go softly

Stop, it starts right here

Now there's nothin' to fear so let go softly

What Sarah Said

"Love is watching someone die"

There is this saying that “If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours”. Recently, I have been listening to Death Cab for Cutie and I came across a song that I had listened to many times before but had never taken the time to really listen to the lyrics.

This song is a story about a dying man who is waiting in the hospital with his closest friends and family. He counts each breath he takes and pretends to ration his breath in order to save them. As he waits to die and say goodbye, the people in the room stare at the floor and wait for the nurse to deliver the bad news. The man’s lasts thoughts are of the person closest to him that he would rather give her up than never have loved her.

If true love is letting someone go and them coming back to you, what does it mean to let the person you love go forever?

"So who's going to watch you die?"

- Death Cab for Cutie

Guide to Life

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.

- Romans 12:12

Swallowed in the Sea

And I could write a song
A hundred miles long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me

The streets you're walking on
A thousand houses long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me

Oh what good is it to live
With nothing left to give
Forget but not forgive
Not loving all you see

Oh the streets you're walking on
A thousand houses long
Well that's where I belong
And you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea

You belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea
Yeah, you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea

- Coldplay

Life in Death

Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
If we have been united with Him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin - because anyone who as died has been freed from sin.

- Romans 6:3-7

Jesus Christ, our Lord, died so that we may have a new life in Him. Those who proclaim Christ as your savior, live in Him! Be done with sin, for when you gave yourself to the Lord, you were united in his death and resurrection. You have been given new life that you may live fully with Him! We all fall short of the glory of God, but stay true and God will lead you out of temptation. You do not need to live in sin any longer! Live in Him...