If My Life Were A Book: If You Want Me To

"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Thursday, June 3, 2010

If You Want Me To

~No man, however great, is known to everybody and no man, however solitary, is known to nobody.
~Moore

So, I've felt pretty unmotivated for a while now. Ya, depressing way to start a post; but a good starting point. I also used to listen to my MP3 player all the time. It started out as a way to block out all the swearing on the bus ride to school... but it became a way to make myself feel better or upbeat or happy. I've had problems with the batteries lately and usually just look up songs on YouTube to listen to :)

Well, I went to the temple last week and found myself going through the words to an EFY song in my head. I usually have a song in my head but I haven't listened to EFY music in a while. It surprised me but made me feel really good. The song is called "If You Want Me To" and it's by Ginny Owens.

The pathway is broken

The signs are unclear

And I don't know the reasons why You brought me here

But just because You love me the way that You do

I'm gonna walk through the valley

If You want me to

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Cause I'm not who I was

When I took my first step

And I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet

so if all of these trials bring me closer to You

Then I'll walk through the fire

If You want me to

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It may not be the way I would have chosen

When you lead me through a world that's not my home

But You never said it would be easy

You only said I'd never go alone

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So when the whole world turns against me

And I'm all by myself

And I can't hear You answer my cries for help

I'll remember the suffering Your love put You through

And I will walk through the darkness if You want me to

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Cuz when I cross over Jordan

Gonna sing, gonna shout,

Gonna look into Your eyes and see You never let me down

So take me on the pathway that leads me home to You

And I will walk through the valley

If You want me to

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Yes, I will walk through the valley

If You want me to

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