Saturday, January 05, 2008
Gradually
I will outrun you
I will out-grow you
I will ignore you
I will see clearer
I'll overcome
and I will acknowledge how far I have come
All this time, I thought I was weak, but I was just pretending.
All this time, you made me believe I should be sorry, but you should be sorry...
-Rosie Thomas
These words could be sung to another person, but I sing them to my old self.
On New Year's Eve, Sarah asked us what we would leave behind in 2007, and I thought of a lot of things. I won't write them down again, because they are gone, and I won't bring them back, but this song reminded me of them.
And lo, He makes all things new. How that phrase stirs me, makes my heart leap within my chest, and fills me with the promise of green and growing things! Winter is beautiful, but I am ready, always, for Spring.
I will out-grow you
I will ignore you
I will see clearer
I'll overcome
and I will acknowledge how far I have come
All this time, I thought I was weak, but I was just pretending.
All this time, you made me believe I should be sorry, but you should be sorry...
-Rosie Thomas
These words could be sung to another person, but I sing them to my old self.
On New Year's Eve, Sarah asked us what we would leave behind in 2007, and I thought of a lot of things. I won't write them down again, because they are gone, and I won't bring them back, but this song reminded me of them.
And lo, He makes all things new. How that phrase stirs me, makes my heart leap within my chest, and fills me with the promise of green and growing things! Winter is beautiful, but I am ready, always, for Spring.
