Psalm 52:8-9

8 And I’m an olive tree, growing green in God’s house.
I trusted in the generous mercy
of God then and now.

9 I thank you always that you went into action.
And I’ll stay right here,
your good name my hope,
in company with your faithful friends.
A David psalm

Jars of Clay

Well you thought you let go
but you’re still hanging on
Mother Earth slowing down
she’s still spinning around
and we… are getting dizzy…
I’ll drop out of the race
for more personal space
Cos the rockets we’re in
get so cold, and I miss your skin
It’s just how I’m feeling
If you need more love well you’ve got to get close to me
If you want my love well you’ve got to get closer to me.
No unreachable itch,
If you hemorrhage I’ll stitch
You are tears, I’m a cheek.
I’m a pail on your boat with slow leaks
Out to sea for weeks
If you want my love well you’ve got to get close to me
If you need my love well you’ve got to get closer to me
Oooo if you want my love
I don’t understand why we can’t get close enough
I want your kite strings tangled in my trees all wrapped up
Well, I don’t understand why we can’t get close enough
I’ll be the comets that are falling from the sky you light up (light up)(?)
You’re my shirt iron on. I’m the tick, You’re the bomb
You’re the ‘L’ and the ‘V,’ I’m the ‘O’ and the ‘E’
Am I speaking clearly?
If you want my love well you’ve got to get close to me.
Oooo, if you want my love
I don’t understand why we can’t get close enough
I want your kite strings tangled in my trees all wrapped up
Well, I don’t understand why we can’t get close enough
I’ll be the comets that are falling from the sky you light up
Cos I don’t understand why we can’t get close enough
I miss the chills in my spine every time that we touch

Matthew 25:37-46

This is also on my poster design blog.
http://11by17bsd.blogspot.com/

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Fish

We teach people to fish.
We give people fish.
We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond.
And we figure out who polluted it.
Shane Claiborne - Relevant Magazine Jan/Feb 2007

Romans 12:1-2

So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
The Message

Philippians 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Proximity

This is not a scripture, but the title of a study I am doing on our relationship with our Father.

Psalm 46.10

"Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth."