Free to Fly: Beautiful Ride!

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Beautiful Ride!

I wanted to leave you with the lyrics to this wonderful Gary Allen song, (love the video, too!). And tell, Ya'll Happy Weekend! I will be hanging out with my family this wekend, so enjoy this song...

Life Ain't Always Beautiful

Lyrics

Life aint always beautiful

Sometimes it's just plain hard

Life can knock you down, it can break your heart

Life aint always beautiful

You think you're on your way

And it's just a dead end road at the end of the day

But the struggles make you stronger

And the changes make you wise

And happiness has its own way of takin it's sweet time

CHORUS

No, life aint always beautiful

Tears will fall sometimes

Life aint always beautiful

But it's a beautiful ride

Life aint always beautiful

Some days I miss your smile

I get tired of walkin all these lonely miles

And I wish for just one minute

I could see your pretty face

Guess I can dream, but life don’t work that way

But the struggles make me stronger

And the changes make me wise

And happiness has its own way of takin it's sweet time

No, life aint always beautiful

But i know i'll be fine

Hey, life aint always beautiful

But it's a beautiful ride

What a beautiful ride

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted,

that I might learn Your statutes.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Awesome. Thanks.; November 18, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Cecily R said...: Hope your weekend was spectacular!; November 18, 2007 at 11:42 PM
luvmy4sons said...: Your song was very appropriate for the pity party I threw myself this weekend. Thanks for the song! Hope your weekend was good!; November 19, 2007 at 6:27 AM
She Rose Up said...: Hi Karen! You're welcome! Good to hear from ya'! Hope life is treating you well!

Hi, Cec! It was a great weekend...it got better as the weekend got longer! & the Jags won! Woot! Hope you are feeling better?

Hey, Leslie! Yikes! Were we at the same party Saturday?! LOL!

Ya'll, I hope you each had something happy, something good happen this weekend! If not, then I hope you do today!

laters,
Maria; November 19, 2007 at 10:54 AM

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What Does it Mean Anyway? "Free to Fly"...

Well, it's like this: Here are some of the Webster's Dictionary definitions of Free: a : having the legal and political rights of a citizen b : enjoying civil and political liberty c : enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination d : enjoying personal freedom : not subject to the control or domination of another2 a : not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being : choosing or capable of choosing for itself...having a scope not restricted by qualification 7 a : not obstructed, restricted, or impeded ...Now, here are some of the Webster's Dictionary definitions of Fly:1 a : to move in or pass through the air with wings b : to move through the air or before the wind or through outer space c : to float, wave, or soar in the air ... a : to take flight ...6 : to work successfully ...Examples which apply from Websters: fly high : to be elated - fly in the face of or fly in the teeth of : to stand or act forthrightly or brazenly in defiance or contradiction of

What does this mean in my life? This means that in life we are meant to be free. While historically mankind has not always enjoyed the opportunity to fully appreciate what that means, we are so indescribably fortunate as to live in a time of the greatest spiritual, physical, financial and political freedom ever known. Freedom doesn't come cheap, nor does it come easy. But the best things in life don't come that way do they? As I write this I am struck by how this sounds like a political statement, and for me this is much more of a spiritual thing, but, same goes for that (political that is). Freedom doesn't come easy. And it's worth whatever fight you have to make to overcome in your life in order to live a life that succeeds. Now the questions is - what is success for you? What is your standard? In my mind what is needed is a definite target - because you can't hit and maintain a moving target. A stable, rock-solid, anchor with no variable, yet multi-faceted. Something pure, just and worthy. If you look at any web page of news you can see that our society is certainly lacking in this area. What a great time to live as a rebel! Nowadays to be a rebel, all you have to do is be willing to engage in the battle of life, while anchored to Christ!