mikao's world

breathe on

my day began with church, as oft sundays do, communion sunday, and a sunday with a mass choir as well, which I always enjoy. there is something almost magical and definitely spiritual about voices in unison giving praise.

after church our house was in a mad rush to get ready for our Christmas party, and we finished in time to pray which was awesome. It is so neat and humbling to live in an environment where we can give a party in God's honour and give it over and up to him. : )

numbers tallied, we had about sixty-five people come through, some stayed for a half hour, and some stayed the whole time. we tried to guess who would be the first to show up, and i made a farce guess because i think that deep down i really knew who it would be. he was the first to arrive and the last to leave, about forty-five minutes after everyone else… i am trying not to over-analyze it, although my friends are not helping.

awkward conversation plagues me, although not so much as it once did. free me Father.

i went to 'surrender' tonight, which is our sunday night church service, held in a place we call the landing, a building that was originally built as a theatre and dance hall during the 1940s when our little town was not yet a town and was an army base to train soldiers for war. i love the landing, even though it is not as beautiful as I am sure it once was, it's history enthralls me. how many words of love have been exchanged within it's walls? and now from it we adore and praise our Father. my first week of college the evenings we spent after sessions of orientation in praise and worship, and these shall always be some of my favorite memories. I often think the landing would be a wonderful place to be wed.

after worship i went to a surprise party for my friend cory, and left early though because I am tired and should toddle off to bed. today was a good day, a nice chance to see many friends not often seen and meet new people (friends of roommates) and share times together with people i love. thank you Jesus.

fall on me
ever so gently…
breathe on, breathe on
these dry bones, these dry bones
and break these chains