I'm a trainwreck - waiting to happen.
-Sarah MacLachlan

When the stillness brings no rest
When the valleys bring no mountains
When the music brings no words

Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning
For in Thee do I trust
Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk
For I lift up my soul unto Thee

Teach me to do Thy will for Thou art my God
Thy Spirit is good
Lead me into the land of uprightness
Quicken me O Lord for Thy name's sake

Hear my prayer O Lord
Give ear to my supplication
Hearken unto the voice of my cry
In Thy faithfulness, answer me
And in Thy righteousness. . .

- taken from Psalm 143, KJV

...It's all a lie,
There's nothing for the ache
No healing for the heart about to break
No lover when you lie in bed awake
Feeling like your falling...
And there's nothing for you here
Your life is like a mist that disappears
Fading like a ringing in the ears
You strain to hear the sound and then it's gone...

How my heart is bleeding
I cry with every beating
Tell me why are we born with these souls inside
That burst and break us open?

Why, if there's nothing for the ache?

...in all your dreams you were only falling in the arms of God.

Ben Shive
-excerpts from "Nothing for the Ache", The Ill-Tempered Klavier

When the rocks you're standing on begin to flood
When you can no longer be who you are
Yet, you cannot discern who to be
When you want to fake it, but don't know how

Run fast, fun hard, run to the only One who,

While you were yet a sinner,
He died out of love for you.

In the darkness,
I see the need for Light

In the bitterness,
I see the need for Goodness

In the valley,
I see the need for Mercy

In the pain,
I see the need for Healing

In the wilderness,
I see the need for Guidance

In the questions,
I see the need for Truth

In the loneliness,
I see the need for Relationship

In the battle,
I see the need for Deliverance

There is a profound gift in the suffering God brings.
To know our need of Him is the only way out of ourselves and into a new creation.