HOPE.

THIS WAS INSPIRED BY YOU. MY FRIENDS. NO MATTER THE THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, MY LIFE.......WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN EACH OTHER. NO MATTER THE JOY YOU ARE EXPERIENCING, OR THE GRIEF...I WROTE THIS ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN, OR IS IN A PLACE OF HURT. EVERYONE HURTS. WE'RE NOT MEANT TO GO THROUGH IT ALONE. HOPE IT IS FOUND TO BE ENCOURAGING.




THINGS SOMETIMES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
MY BREATH CAN BE TAKEN AWAY
SO GOOD IN EVERY ASPECT,
IN THAT MOMENT, I WISH I COULD STAY.

BEAUTY IN A KISS FROM THE
SWEETEST MAN I KNOW,
BEAUTY IN THE FRESH SMELL OF RAIN
AND AFTERWARDS THE RAINBOW.

AND THEN SOMETIMES LIFE SEEMS
TO TAKE A TURN AROUND
IT SEEMS LIKE I CAN’T GET MY HEAD
OUT FROM UNDERGROUND.

DEATH HAPPENS, TRAGEDY COMES
IN SO MANY WAYS TO SAY
SO MUCH HURT I’VE SEEN AROUND ME
SOMETIMES I SEE IT EVERDAY.

I CRY, I HURT, I MOURN,
AND WHEN THAT TIME PASSES, I SEE
THAT SO MUCH HURT IS AFFECTING OTHERS,
AND NOT ONLY ME.

SO I WAIT, I PRAY, I CRY
FOR THE DAY TO ARRIVE
WHEN EVERY PERSON AND EVERY LIVING THING
WILL BE GIVEN BRAND NEW LIFE.

AND IN THE DAY I HOPE FOR,
DEATH WILL HAVE NO SAY,
TEARS WILL BE WIPED FROM THE ONLY ONE
WHO WILL NEVER GO AWAY.

POVERTY WILL VANQUISH,
HORRIBLE THINGS ALL DISAPPEAR,
NO MORE WORRIES ABOUT ANYTHING,
BECAUSE OUR MAKER WILL BE HERE.

EVERYTHING BROKEN WILL BE FIXED
IN THE BLINKING OF AN EYE.
NOTHING HERE IN THIS WORLD CAN DO THAT-
EVEN AS HARD AS I MAY TRY.

SO MANY THINGS I COULD HOPE IN HERE
A DOCTRINE, A JOB, A CAUSE, A MAN…
BUT THEY ALL SEEM SO EMPTY
WHEN I SEE MY LORD’S OUTSTRETCHED HAND.

SO AS LIFE KEEPS HAPPENING AROUND ME,
THE JOY, THE PAIN, THE SORROW, THE GLADNESS,
I’LL REMEMBER THAT HE SAID ONE DAY
HE’LL TAKE AWAY ALL THIS MADNESS.

JESSICA SCHAFER
April 18, 2008

BEEN A WHILE...

WHEN ONE LIVES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THE INTERNET HAS A TENDENCY TO JUST "GO OUT" WHEN IT STORMS.  I'M REALLY GETTING TIRED OF THAT!!!  ANYWAY, IT'S FIXED NOW.....WE'LL SEE HOW LONG IT LASTS.

WE'RE ENJOYING THE SUN.  DYLAN'S STILL GETTING HUGE.  IT NEVER FAILS WHEN WE'RE OUT, SOMEONE COMMENTS ON HOW HUGE HE IS FOR HIS AGE.  AND WHEN WE GO OUT TO EAT WHERE LITTLE ONES EAT FOR FREE, WE ALWAYS GET..."WOW, HE'S REALLY BIG FOR JUST THREE!!".......AND YES, HE IS.......BUT THEY ALWAYS HINT THAT WE'RE LYING!!!!!!!!  OH WELL.  THEN WHEN THEY SEE HIS GIANT DADDY, THEY UNDERSTAND.  

I'M AT MY SISTER'S.  I WISH SHE AND I HAD MORE TIME TO HANG OUT.  IT'D BE NICE TO GO DO "SISTER THINGS" EVERY GREAT ONCE IN A WHILE.  BIGGER SISTERS NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR LITTLE SISTERS ADMIRE THEM.  I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.  IT ONLY MAKES SENSE IF YOU'RE THE LITTLE SISTER.

WHAT ELSE....OH, THE ZOO.  THE ZOO, THE ZOO, THE ZOO.  WE'LL BE GETTING A ZOO PASS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  I WOULDN'T CARE IF WE WENT THERE EVERYDAY.  BUT IT'LL PROBABLY ONLY BE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK THAT WE GET TO.  DYLAN LOVES IT, AND I GET A WORKOUT, BECAUSE I USUALLY PUT HIM IN THE STROLLER.  

LOTS HAPPENING, ALWAYS BUSY WITH THE THINGS OF LIFE.   BEEN MISSING THE INTERNET!!  GLAD TO HAVE IT BACK, HOPEFULLY I CAN STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOU BLOGGERS.....UNTIL THE NEXT STORM!  :)