Life So Broken

I’m in shock, I’m in wonder
That you desire
To use a life so broken
Hands so empty

I’m amazed,
I’m humbled
The way these ashes
Have been taken from the fire

Restored to beauty
All I know is that I desire
For you to have
For you to use
…this life so broken
…these hands so empty
…my hurtful ashes

So that they will know
So that they will seeMY GOD
Who takes a life so broken and makes it whole
Who takes hands so empty, makes them overflow
Who takes awful ashes, makes them beautiful

~S.(V.)Kelly
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Knowing VS. Ignorance

I asked for it,and I recieved it.
It's good to know where we are in the scheme of things.
I think that at the moment of "defining" it is necessary to see things as they are,
to be honest and to not just see them for I want them to be.
I wonder however if we could just go back

even for a moment
to be in the state of not knowing?

~J.Faiers

C.S. Lewis on being "In Love"

"Being in Love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. There are many things below it, but there are also things above it. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life. It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling. Now no feeling can be relied on to last in its full intensity, or even to last at all. Knowledege can last, Principals can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go. In fact, whatever people say, the state called 'being in love' usually does not last. If the old fairy tale ending ' they lived happily ever after' is taken to mean 'they felt for the next fifty years exactly as they felt the day that they were married', then it says what probably never was, nor ever would be true, and would be highly undesirable if it were. Who could bear to live in that excitement for even five years? What would become of your work, your appetite, your sleep, your friendships? But of course, ceasing to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love...love is distinct from being "in love"-it's not merely a feeling...it is having this love for eachother even at those moments when they do not like eachother. This queiter love enables them to keep the promises they made. Make quite sure you are judging by what you really know from your own experiences and from watching the lives of your friends, and not by ideas you have derived from novels or films"~C.S. Lewis~

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This is me, shouting the praises of Taylor Guitar's to the WORLD! 

This is the T5 in the black finish. 

This is the Presentation Series PS10ce $11,000 US 

This is the T5 Thinline blue wood finish. 

The-oh-so-beautiful guitar strap that I wish I had attached to Butterfly the 2nd (PS10ce) I also wish I had. 

Taylor Guitars How do I love thee, let me count the ways

I have recently been looking to buy an acoustic guitar. Actually, I've been meaning to buy one since my classical guitar (which I so fondly called Butterfly) broke when I was away at college. Going to college in Saskatchewan, and if you know any thing about the province, it's a dry and windy place where guitar's need fans, and little mini-humidifiers to keep them from cracking. It was quitely kept in a paded case, leaning in the corner of my dorm room. I couldn't aford a proper guitar stand, and if it were the case I'm sure this fateful day would not have happened. One day I was cleaning and I noticed out of the corner of my eye the guitar come crashing to the ground. And I was yelled, "NOOOOOooooooooo!!" and almost as if in slow motion, I hurdeled to the aid of my Buterfly. It was too late. She had fallen. Tears streaming down my cheek, I opened up the padded case to find her neck was splintered and severed in the meanest way just below the head. I asked the opinion of some reputable guitar players in the music department at my college if they could assess the situation to if it was fixable, and how much they thought it would cost. When all was inpected, it was like watching an episode of ER pan out before my eyes. The docor is walking down the corridor to the awaiting and anxious parents of a child in critical condition. With a slow somber look, which says more than the words he is about to speak, he says, "The diagnosis is not good. Your child will not make it through the surgery. I'm sorry." And the mother crumbles to the ground in gasps and horrid screaming. Anyhow...in my case it was, "Negative ghostrider...this guitar is not salvageable". It was a sad day when my baby died!! :( I cried, I grieved, and I slowly recovered. I am now building a musical life in the absence of my 'Butterfly'. Nothing in my search for Butterfly the 2nd has come close to what I'm looking for, until I found this....Taylor's PS_10ce. Aint she a beaut! All that detailing in the neck and around, and the body looks like a 6 o'clock sunset on the Canada day! She's worth every penny of the $11 grand US they're charging for her. That's $11G that I DON'T have...sigh...but who say's a girl can't dream; cause I'll never stop dreaming! Than I saw this next guitar, the Taylor T5 Thinline guitar. Comes in a variety of colours, blue and black being my favourite. The brown one is beautiful as well. I was so ecstatic to see that they were priced more reasonably, you're going to pay a maximum of $3,800US for this one. Taylor Guitar's are some of the most beautiful pieces of wood craftmanship I have ever seen. I would be proud to own one of theses! You can bet that $11 grand I'd be proud of it! haha
And last but not least, I love the leather guitar staps, red is a bold colour, much like that of the burning heat rising on the 6 o'clock sunset on Canada day. A perfect fit, for a perfect dream, for a perfect guitar! Ah...Taylor, this is how I love thee. Truly, madly, deeply!

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You say, God says...

You say: "It's impossible"
God says: All things are possible
(Luke 18:27)

You say: "I'm too tired"
God says: I will give you rest
(Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: "Nobody really loves me"
God says: I love you
(John 3:16 & John 3:34 )

You say: "I can't go on"
God says: My grace is sufficient
(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: "I can't figure things out"
God says: I will direct your steps
(Proverbs 3:5-6)

You say: "I can't do it"
God says: You can do all things
(Philippians 4:13)

You say: "I'm not able"
God says: I am able
(II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: "It's not worth it"
God says: It will be worth it
(Roman 8:28 )

You say: "I can't forgive myself"
God says: I Forgive you
(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

You say: "I can't manage"
God says: I will supply all your needs
(Philippians 4:19)

You say: "I'm afraid"
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
(II Timothy 1:7)

You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
God says: Cast all your cares on ME
(I Peter 5:7)

You say: "I'm not smart enough"
God says: I give you wisdom
(I Corinthians 1:30)

You say: "I feel all alone"
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you
(Hebrews 13:5)