"Many people are asking, 'Are we moving toward the end of the world?' 'Are we moving toward the end of the age?' Those questions are haunting people everywhere today. We see the news, and we ask the question, 'What is the world coming to?' Millions of people all over the world are desperate to know what the future holds. "In the midst of the pessimism, the gloom and the frustration of this present hour, there is one hope—the promise of Christ: 'If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again' (John 14:3)."
Yes, I'm a dud. Not only am I not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, I'm the one that doesn't even work.
I am not a compact fluorescent bulb that steadily increases in brightness and stays bright for a long time.
I was a bright incandescent bulb whose brilliant tungsten filament burned brightly day and night until it disintegrated rather quickly.
And I will be replaced by a newfangled Light Emitting Diode bulb, whose cheap plastic covering hides the 9 or 10 diodes necessary to be as bright as I was, but which expend much less energy and last much longer.
~ Me, waxing somewhat poetic when a friend mistakenly called me "dud" instead of "dude."
-last edited on Feb 17, 2021 18:58:23 GMT by bun02
Post by bun02 on Feb 17, 2021 18:57:12 GMT
Clipped wings, I was a broken thing Had a voice, had a voice, but I could not sing You would wind me down I struggled on the ground, oh So lost, the line had been crossed Had a voice, had a voice, but I could not talk You held me down I struggle to fly now, oh
But there's a scream inside that we all try to hide We hold on so tight, we cannot deny Eats us alive, oh, it eats us alive, oh Yes, there's a scream inside that we all try to hide We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die
And I don't care if I sing off key I found myself in my melodies I sing for love, I sing for me I shout it out like a bird set free No, I don't care if I sing off key I found myself in my melodies I sing for love, I sing for me I'll shout it out like a bird set free (Oh-oh-oh) I'll shout it out like a bird set free (Oh-oh-oh) I'll shout it out like a bird set free
Now I fly, hit the high notes I have a voice, have a voice, hear me roar tonight You held me down But I fought back loud, oh
But there's a scream inside that we all try to hide We hold on so tight, we cannot deny Eats us alive, oh, it eats us alive, oh Yes, there's a scream inside that we all try to hide We hold on so tight, but I don't wanna die, no I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die
And I don't care if I sing off key I found myself in my melodies I sing for love, I sing for me I shout it out like a bird set free No, I don't care if I sing off key I found myself in my melodies I sing for love, I sing for me I'll shout it out like a bird set free
I'll shout it out like a bird set free I'll shout it out like a bird set free
I'll shout it out like a bird set free I'll shout it out like a bird set free
"There is enough evidence of God in a flower to lead a child as well as a scientist to worship him. There is sufficient evidence in a tree, a pebble, a grain of sand, a fingerprint, to make us glorify God and thank him."
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