Love's Divine

Word Clouds

2009-02-11T18:31:00.000-08:00

Before: just the words from the song lyrics:

After (song lyrics plus the words we added to the blog):

magnetic words

2009-02-09T11:51:00.000-08:00

2009-02-08T08:11:00.000-08:00

built a hard shell around my heart
cause i had to keep my sanity
it felt like the only way the only
way

now you've brought me back
brought me back
raised me up like a phoenix
winging up from a pile of ash

so now i plead now i ask
that you give me the strength
to let it go let it go let it go

2009-02-08T08:02:00.000-08:00

Love is picking up the pieces when I am broken
Love is forgiving me when I hurt you
Love is sheltering me in a rainstorm
Love is giving up your son for my ordinary soul
Love is Christ marrying the church
Love is more than my little heart can comprehend...

2009-02-08T07:56:00.000-08:00

stop trying
stop trying
stop trying
stop trying
stop trying
stop trying

2009-02-08T07:50:00.000-08:00

what would it take to be rooted
and grounded in this love
to drink it like roots drink
a summer thunderstorm
to taste it like fruit and swallow it
like sweet sweet wine--

rather than letting it linger
in the dusty precincts of my brain
made dull by familiarity
and meaningless words

why can't this love be more to me
than abstraction?

2009-02-08T07:49:00.000-08:00

my broken heart
is a gift
for it is open

2009-02-08T07:48:00.000-08:00

longing to be good
trying, straining
pulling, pushing

floating on a spring
flowing up from the ground
clear, fresh water

Risk pain to love

2009-02-08T07:41:00.000-08:00

It is cliche, but I am really feeling the pain and risk to love. I catch it in this song by Sade, the intensity, the brooding, and yet the beauty that shines through the pain...

Broken

2009-02-08T07:39:00.000-08:00

My heart is broken by love.

Is it worth it?

Or is it just that there is no other way

Forward.

2009-02-08T07:37:00.000-08:00

love is slow
love is careful
love takes time
love enjoys time with the beloved
without hurry
without fuss or harshness
love is...uncomplicated
in all its complication

loving God, teach me to love

2009-02-08T07:31:00.000-08:00

i was a lucky girl
i am a fortunate woman
living my days inside an accident
of history and culture and money
21st century creature all too glad
to be born in the land of plenty
to have vision correction and the right to vote
to know that i can make a spell with words
and not be burned a witch

how do i separate love from circumstances?

and what of those who lived
all their lives outside this parenthesis
the women who never got a chance to be
anything other than Eves
sources of weakness and evil it was said
vessels of madness

what did your love mean to them?

2009-02-08T07:12:00.000-08:00

tangible love
elusive at times
unconditional
What is unconditional love in this broken world?
help me to know this - deep within myself
help me to experience this
help me to express this

2009-02-08T06:49:00.002-08:00

deep in the groove
the love is in that space
you are mine,
and I am yours

The Sweetest Gift by Sade

2009-02-07T14:09:00.001-08:00

Quietly while you were asleep
The moon and I were talking
I asked that she'd always keep you protected
She promised you her light
That you so gracefully carry
You bring your light and shine like morning
And then the wind pulls the clouds across the moon
Your light fills the darkest room
And I can see the miracle
That keeps us from falling
She promised all the sweetest gifts
That only the heavens could bestow
You bring your light and shine like morning
And as you so gracefully give
Her light as long as you live
I'll always remember this moment

No Ordinary Love by Sade

2009-02-07T14:07:00.000-08:00

I gave you all the love I got
I gave you more than I could give
I gave you love
I gave you all that I have inside
And you took my love
You took my love
Didn't I tell you
What I believe
Did somebody say that
A love like that won't last
Didn't I give you
All that I've got to give baby
I keep crying
I keep trying for you
There's nothing like you and I baby
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
When you came my way
You brightened every day
With your sweet smile
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love

I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab for Cutie

2009-02-07T14:06:00.002-08:00

How I wish you could see the potential
The potential of you and me
It's like a book elegantly bound
But in a language that you can't read just yet
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart
There are days when outside your window
I see my reflection as I slowly pass
And I long for this mirrored perspective
When we'll be lovers, lovers at last
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart
You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won't let you let me down so easily
So easily
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

By Your Side by Sade

2009-02-07T14:06:00.001-08:00

You think I'd leave your side baby?
You know me better than that
You think I'd leave down when your down on your knees?
I wouldn't do that
I'll do you right when you're wrong
If only you could see into me
oh, when you're cold
I'll be there to hold you tight to me
When you're on the outside baby and you can't get in
I will show you, you're so much better than you know
When you're lost, when you're alone and you can't get back again
I will find you darling I'll bring you home
If you want to cry
I am here to dry your eyes
and in no time you'll be fine
Oh when you're cold
I'll be there
To hold you tight to me
Oh when you're alone
I'll be there by your side baby

Somebody Already Broke My Heart by Sade

2009-02-07T14:04:00.000-08:00

You came along when I needed a savior
Someone to pull me through somehow
I've been torn apart so many times
I've been hurt so many times before
So I’m counting on you now
Somebody already broke my heart
Somebody already broke my heart
Here I am
So don't leave me stranded
On the end of a line
Hanging on the edge of a lie
I've been torn apart so many times
I've been hurt so many times before
So be careful and be kind
Somebody already broke my heart
If someone has to lose, I don't want to play
Somebody already broke my heart
No, no I cant go there again

That I Would Be Good by Alanis Morissette

2009-02-07T14:03:00.000-08:00

That I would be good even if I did nothing
That I would be good even if I got the thumbs down
That I would be good if I got and stayed sick
That I would be good even if I gained ten pounds
That I would be fine even if I went bankrupt
That I would be good if I lost my hair and my youth
That I would be great if I was no longer queen
That I would be grand if I was not all knowing
That I would be loved even when I numb myself
That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed
That I would be loved even when I was fuming
That I would be good even if I was clingy
That I would be good even if I lost sanity
That I would be good
Whether with or without you

Love's Divine by Seal

2009-02-07T14:01:00.000-08:00

Then the rainstorm came, over me
And I felt my spirit break
I had lost all of my, belief you see
And realized my mistake
But time through a prayer, to me
And all around me became still
I need love, love's divine
Please forgive me now I see that I've been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name
Through the rainstorm came sanctuary
And I felt my spirit fly
I had found all of my reality
I realize what it takes
'Cause I need love, love's divine
Please forgive me now I see that I've been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name
Oh I, don't bet (don't bend), don't break (don't break)
Show me how to live and promise me you won't forsake
'Cause love can help me know my name
Well I try to say there's nothing wrong
When inside I felt me lying all along
But the message here was plain to see
Believe me
Love can help me know my name.

You Are Mine by Mute Math

2009-02-07T14:00:00.000-08:00

Everyone has their obsession
Consuming thoughts, consuming time
They hold high their prized possession
That defines the meaning of their lives
You are mine
You are mine
You are mine, oh mine
You are mine
There are objects of affection
That can mesmerize the soul
There is always one addiction
That just cannot be controlled
You are mine
You are mine
You are mine, oh mine
You are mine