Seeing that the Tunnel May have an End

I can't remain in the dumps for long. It's just not in my temperment. So yesterday morning after I went to the Y and then took the kids to school, I just went back to bed for 90 minutes. After that things got somewhat better. Yesterday afternoon I had about a 90 minute spurt of energy and got a lot done and then we had a surprise "go out to eat" dinner invitation from Mike and Kari and it was fun. When we left the restaurant I commented to Bart how fortunate we are to have such great people for friends. They have been lifesavers and truly do accept us and our family without reservation or criticism. And that's quite a package deal to accept, trust me. I, alone, am about as socially inappropriate as they come sometimes.

We had kids going everywhere last night: 3 to a football game, one to a dance, one to work for a neighbor... and a couple more would have been gone too had they not been grounded. Dominyk was off helping at a garage sale this morning by 7:45 and I am now actually looking forward to working on a movie for church today. I haven't done one like this for years and it will fill good to fire up Final Cut Express and put it together.

Here are the words to the song I am using -- I am looking forward to finding images to tell the story.

Oh,what I would do
To have the kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is,
And he's holding out his hand

But the waves are calling out my name
and they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
time and time again
"Boy, you'll never win,
you'll never win."

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
the voice of truth says "do not be afraid!"
and the voice of truth says "this is for my glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

Oh, what I would do
to have the kind of strength it takes
To stand before a giant
with just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound
of a thousand warriors
shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

But the giant's calling out
my name and he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
time and time again
"Boy you'll never win,
you'll never win."

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
the voice of truth says "do not be afraid!"
and the voice of truth says "this is for my glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

but the stone was just the right size
to put the giant on the ground
and the waves they don't seem so high
from on top of them looking down
i will soar with the wings of eagles
when i stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
singing over me

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says do not be afraid
And the voice of truth says this is for my glory
Out of all the voices calling out to me (calling out to me)
I will choose to listen and believe (I will choose to listen and believe)
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

I will listen and believe
I will listen and believe the voice of truth
I will listen and believe
'Causes Jesus you are the voice of truth
And I will listen to you.. oh you........

I'm hoping that as I start to see more light at the end of my tunnel of stress and work, my blogging will improve...