Prisoner of Hope

Allie Moss came out with an new EP and this is probably my favorite of the 7 songs. I really like the lyrics and Allie's voice is just beautiful. If you get a chance, you should check it out.

Prisoner of Hope
by Allie Moss

The bar is set so high that I can walk right under
Can't reach even on my tippy toes
No matter how far I've run in training for this marathon
I trip and fall, lose by a nose

Then something taps me on the shoulder
I listen when it's older than me

CHORUS:
It says, Look up
Reach out your hand
You can't see anything new
'til you change where you stand
I'll throw you a rope
You know you're just a fellow prisoner of hope

Another day, another no
Sucker punch leaves me bunched on the floor (woe is me)
This is when I fall into a downward spiral
Negative thoughts feed vanity (and I'm so hungry)
Then something taps me on the shoulder
I listen when it's older than me

CHORUS
It says, Look up
Reach out your hand
You can't see anything new
'til you change where you stand
I'll throw you a rope
You know you're just a fellow prisoner of hope

From the high wall
Sometimes all we see is how hard we could fall
So what if we do
Rise mud-scraped and bruised
Maybe we have to be a little bit broken to hear hope call

CHORUS
It says, Look up
Reach out your hand
You can't see anything new
'til you change where you stand
I'll throw you a rope
You know you're just a fellow prisoner of hope

I think my favorite line is "Maybe we have to be a little bit broken to hear hope call"...

This weekend at work was my last sleepover duty of this school year. It was a really long weekend with Friday being up with a kid until 1am (long story that I can't share but you can pray for her) but I felt this overwhelming sense that God really wanted me there this weekend. I had traded sleepover duties with another dorm parent so I can go to my friend's wedding in two weeks and I know that God has His hand in that. Not only with Friday night but also Saturday night. I walked into one of my kid's rooms to say goodnight and turn the lights out and found two other girls (who were not supposed to be in there because it was lights out and they are supposed to be in their own rooms when it's lights out). One of the girls asked me, "Miss Michaela, what's the difference between Catholic and Christian?" I knew the one girl asking was Catholic (she's from Mexico and it's usually safe to assume that they are Catholic) but the other girl, from what I understand, has no beliefs in any sort of god. I chatted with them for a bit explaining the difference between Catholic/Christian/Jewish Beliefs then the other girl (the one who doesn't believe in God but apparently has a Jewish background) said, "I don't believe in God because how could a god let all of this bad stuff happen? If there was a god, wouldn't he just stop all of the bad things from happening?" Oh the age old question. I talked to her about Creation and the fall of man and how we all have a choice to do what it right and wrong. The conversation probably lasted a good 20 minutes (after lights out mind you...). I eventually had to tell her that I would love to talk to her more about any sort of questions she has but she needed to go to bed because it was way past lights out and I still had to go say goodnight to the rest of the dorm. Despite the long weekend, I was really glad I was there to deal with Friday night and this conversation on Saturday night.

Three more weekends for this school year and then it's off to Forest Home (haha... off to... it's down the street... but you know what I mean...). I am finishing up a Term Paper Outline (it was supposed to be a 5 page Term Paper but he decided to make it easy on us and made it just an outline). Math homework is done, I just have to finish up the review problems to study for the final which I will take on Monday. It's almost summer and I am so excited!