The Arche

Funny how the Lord breaks us, isn't it?

I wept tonight for people. My heart broke for a dozen kids lying in a hospital in Sun Valley... near-comatose kids each under a slow death sentence. I got to spend almost four hours with them yesterday, holding their hands, singing to them and reading to them. It broke again for a friend who's been hurt-- bad. It broke again for someone who doesn't know they're living wrong; and I'm absolutely dumbfounded as how to help them.

Most of all, I broke because I realize how much I don't love God.

The things that seem so important just fade away next to the truly deep things.

Someday, God's going to make all things new. The lion will lie down with the lamb. We will see Jesus as He is. Until then, my heart aches for those around me.


All I once held dear, built my life upon;
all this world reveres and wars to own-
what I once thought gain, I have counted lost
spent and worthless now compared to this:

Knowing You, Jesus, knowing You-
there is no greater thing!
You're my all, You're my rest,
You're my joy, my righteousness
And I love You, Lord.