.awaken retreat.

here are some pictures from the awaken retreat.

the first ones are of these trees that lit up as the sun was setting...so gorgeous!

i had to try to capture the light.

then the cross and bench at sunset.

then random shots of people playing games.

then the lake in the morning as the sun was rising.

enjoy!

.shadowfeet.

walking, stumbling, on these shadowfeet
toward home, a land that i've never seen
i am changing: less and less asleep
made of different stuff than when i began
and i have sensed it all along
fast approaching is the day

when the world has fallen out from under me
i'll be found in you, still standing
when the sky rolls up and mountains fall on their knees
when time and space are through
i'll be found in you

there's distraction buzzing in my head
saying in the shadows it's easier to stay
but i've heard rumours of true reality
whispers of a well-lit way

you make all things new

when the world has fallen out from under me
i'll be found in you, still standing
every fear and accusation under my feet
when time and space are through
i'll be found in you

~brooke fraser

i am in love with you

you found me in the darkness
and you brought me light
you took my lifeless heart
and you gave me life
you cleansed me from my sin
and filled me up
with your spirit and with your love

now i'm laughing at the things
that once held me bound
i'm dancing in the freedom that i've found
'cause your love is better than life, Lord
i long for you more
than i ever did before

i can't get enough of you
'cause i am in love with you
o how i long for you
'cause i am in love with you

so here i am in worship with open eyes
now i want to live a blameless life
'cause i am finally living at last
you give me hope to leave my past
i will not keep silent
i will sing of the wonder of my God
his great love
and every day my heart is enlarged for you
so i will abandon myself to you

i can't get enough of you
'cause i am in love with you
o how i long for you
'cause i am in love with you

it burns like a blazing fire
it rises like a mighty flame
my greatest desire
to be sealed in love
by your name

~darrell evans