K.D. Lang – Simple

This song gives me so much peace. It’s beautiful. I’d like to not be the annoying one who puts up song lyrics instead of actually talking about life, but I just feel like everyone who doesn’t know this song should.
You really do have to read it one line at a time for it to soak in. I guess that’s why it’s a song. Give it 5 seconds between each line. You rock.

Flawless light in a darkening air, alone, and shining there;
Love will not elude you, Love is simple.

I worship this tenacity, and the beautiful struggle we’re in.
Love will not elude us. Love is simple.

Be sure and know that all in love is ours.
And love, as a philosophy, is simple.

I am calm in oblivion, calm as I ever have been.
Love will not elude me, Love is simple.
Be sure and know that all in love is ours.

Love, as a philosophy, is simple and ours.

“When we are in an unhealthy condition either physically or emotionally, we always look for thrills in life. In our physical life this leads to our efforts to counterfeit the work of the Holy Spirit; in our emotional life it leads to obsessions and to the destruction of our morality; and in our spiritual life, if we insist on pursuing only thrills, on mounting up “with wings like eagles” ( Isaiah 40:31 ), it will result in the destruction of our spirituality.

Having the reality of God’s presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually. Our problems arise when we refuse to place our trust in the reality of His presence. The experience the psalmist speaks of— “We will not fear, even though . . .” ( Psalm 46:2 )— will be ours once we are grounded on the truth of the reality of God’s presence, not just a simple awareness of it, but an understanding of the reality of it. Then we will exclaim, “He has been here all the time!” At critical moments in our lives it is necessary to ask God for guidance, but it should be unnecessary to be constantly saying, “Oh, Lord, direct me in this, and in that.” Of course He will, and in fact, He is doing it already! If our everyday decisions are not according to His will, He will press through them, bringing restraint to our spirit. Then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.” – From My Utmost for His Highest

Nice.