Archive for November, 2007

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Its been a while since my wife(reina) and I lead worship in an acoustic style fashion. Its always cool to simplify and just bring and intimate worship without the extra noise. Don’t get me wrong I love the crazy noise and the whole band experience. But there is something about a simple worship. All you have is your voice. It feels as if God sits and listens. He stops everything in Heaven to hear what you have to say. To hear the song from your heart being projected through your voice. Its something to be valued, Something genuine, something worth seizing. This Sunday was so cool. The 9am service was booming and the 1030 as well. I think everything we have expected has gone the other way. It has surpassed our expectations. 2008 is gonna be__________________________________ you fill in the blank! We may just keep the acoustic feel a few more weeks. We’ll add as we go. Its about coming back to the heart of worship.

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life pointe

 

I am not normal…

Yep. I’m not. I am far from it. I can’t stop dreaming, or thinking of ways to better this world. Before I even dream of that, I think of how I can change first before changing the planet I am in. I can’t just accept that I simply exist. That can’t and will not make sense in my head, heart and soul. I walk around just thinking and thinking. I stop to eat and think some more. I am no longer the lone ranger. The day I got married I chose to open the door to a companion, to share in this journey and in my madness.  When I wake up in the morning I am thankful to God for the air running through my lungs, the oxygen running through my brain. 2nd I think of how much I love my wife and would do anything for her. 3rd I think of Diego and the legacy I must leave for him, the torch he and my other children will carry towards the next family. I am crazy for the teachings of Christ. He was hardcore. It ain’t easy doing what he did…But I can try right? Its so much easier to live without him, but I’d rather take the challenge.   I have metaphoric-visions of Cities being torn and rebuilt. Rivers running through deserts, moving mountains with my knee’s, chariots of freedom filling up our streets. I see this picture of me laying in a bed, surrounded by 100′s of seed’s, celebrating a century of soul’s being free. Not a day goes by when I search for the greatest chorus, or that one moment that shifts the earth in complete orbit. I tried to write this as simple as I can, but the poet blood inside forces me to rhyme. To think this is only the beginning, of a promise made to me, 4 years ago by a God sent unexpectedly. If it wasn’t for a failure disguised with destiny,Chi-town leading back down south we would surely never meet. If it wasn’t for this ocean blowing in my ear, the thought of leaving you behind… never in a million years. I have stopped the debate and reasons for disasters because walking down this broken path has been showing me your answers. Freedom is at hand, a revolution here awaits, healing is a phone call away, watch, don’t blink and wait… see it happen. Its all coming together like a rubiks cube. Who would’ve thought it’d be here, here with you. Today I woke up and I had a random thought, I think  I’ve been in  abe’s, moises’, noahs’, Josephs’, davids shoes… Today was random like that. 2008 is gonna be crazy, hold on thru the ride!

I just don’t feel normal, I’m sure many see it too…Maybe its just, how its meant to feel. Maybe its how Jesus felt, when he was down here.

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life pointe church

 

"Say"2007

All I have is a picture frame
hanging in my head
above all the boxes
packed with letters that are dead

London seems so far away
Tokyo the same
the sail boat we waited for,
well…it never came

Say…you’ll wait for me
again…you’ll wait for me.

-jesse santoyo
tspmusic 2007