campfire anthems

there is a new wallpaper up in the “wallpaper” tab that i have been working on. it is inspired by a song called moving mountains by thrice. its an acoustic song. the i absolutely love the lyrics that the song is based around. they come from a biblical principal in 1 corinthians 13. the new international version says:

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

that’s pretty powerful stuff. here is the audio to thrice’s moving mountains, and make sure you go up the the “wallpaper” tab and check out my new art. let me know if you use it, i’ll be curious to know.

hello my friends.  the year is half over and so much has already occurred.  i bought a house, i got my dream guitar, i saw the foo fighters live, i celebrated 2 years of marriage, i’ve made some great new friends and i’ve been through 4 different states for business trips.  looking ahead throughout july i’ve noticed that my calendar doesn’t get any slower.  in fact, i may be busier now than ever.  so here’s the run down.  tomorrow night i’m going to see sister hazel in st. pete.  friday is the 4th of july, which means eating some kind of dead animal cooked over an open flame.  next week will be insane in the office since i’ll be leaving on the 13th to go to new mexico.  my company is selling an entire city, and i still haven’t figured out how it is going to work.  i’ll be gone for a whole week.  when i get back i get to play catch up at the office and at home.  then, at the end of the month, we are having some out of town company for a few days.

what i have realized is that i need a vacation.  i never knew just how precious this time was and how important it is.  i’m really stressed at work, not because of work load or anything, just because the real estate market in general is down.  i think we are going to spend a week at a cabin in georgia, for the 3rd week in september.  it couldn’t come soon enough.

i’m pretty sure july is going to fly by.  i hope it does.