Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins

(Chorus)

Mirror, Mirror on the wall

Tell me who's the purest of us all?

Your reflection must

Be a deception

Cuz it shows me as the ultimate rejection.

(Verse 1)

Do you remember the story?

Snow White and her seven little friends—

Well let's fast-forward to today

And I'll make up some new odds and ends. 

She was a kid, trying to make it alone

She was abandoned and no place to call home

Let's say she's caught up

On the wrong side of town

Her precious beauty attracted a disgusting crowd

There was Sleezy and Boastful

And Dopey (or Drugged)

Glutton and Selfish,

Envious and Thug. 

(Chorus)

Would you crack under that pressure?

Crack like a mirror, side to side,

With the knowledge that in some tower

Was an evil Queen just waiting for you to die?

Then what about that last and ultimate temptation,

That Golden Apple is what'll feed your deep starvation

Right? At least you hope

That this will satisfy your soul

Instead it's throwing everything far out of your control. 

And now your broken, and fading,

Your purity is gone

Despairing and drowning

Nowhere to hold on

(Chorus)

And yet the Prince is coming

To kiss the deadness from your lips

He will wipe away transgression

And will catch you, lest you slip

He is robed in shining armor

With a noble steed and sword

He will rectify your purity

Snow White, He's your greatest reward.

The Letter Song

(Intro)

Let me write you a letter

Explaining all I need to say—

It might not make sense now,

I don't expect it to today.

But I've stuck it in the mailbox

And I'm shipping it away,

Because in that little envelope 

Is what's causing the delay.

(Instrumental)

(Verse 1)

Dear Friend.

This day reminds me of last year,

We played pretend.

It's another day I lost to fear

Oh Lord, if I have ever failed

Let me know at least that you prevailed

(Chorus)

You've got my doubt wrapped up

In the palm of your hand, the palm of your hand

And all of my fear

It's weird

But I know you're here

God I'll never give up

I'll never give up again.

(Instrumental)

(Verse 2)

Dear brother,

I've never known how to explain

To some other

Why I never said it to your face

Three little words, I love you

Brother, did I ever really show you?

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

When you read these words of mine

I hope you know that it's all right

Oh Lord, if I have failed tonight

God please assure me it's all right. 

"And all at once the crowd begins to sing

Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing

Are the same."

-- The Fray

School starts in less that two weeks. Senior year, can you believe it? And then what: the rest of our lives. The rest of my life, the beginning of everything I dream about, the end of what I know, the adventure that erupts with a cloud of graduation and slowly fades with time into glittering memories. Does that sound sentimental? And it hasn't even begun yet! 

I look at it with eager anticipation. This year will be different. The road may be the same but I've got a new spring to my step. I refuse to see it as monotony but to expect it with joy, and accept its stresses with an easy laugh as I learn to put my faith into Christ like never before. God, I can feel you working in me! It's like an unveiling. Of course, what I understand now is nothing to what you would want me to understand; how much I know of you is miserably tiny in comparison to what you could teach me; my faith is lacking on the scales of your expectations, but I grow! Oh, Father, I can grow. So please, beautiful Lord, grow me closer to you, and also to the believers around me, so that I may experience for your glory what it truly means to fellowship with the Body. And as my fellowship with others who seek your face strengthens, let us continually be an encouragement to one another, let us love one another fully, and let us not succumb to pettiness or feel the need to please others, as it takes away from us fully focusing on your will. Lord, allow us to truly become the body of Christ! Not an institution! 

"Institutionalism breeds task-based friendships. As long as you're on the same task together, you can be friends. When you're not, people tend to treat you like damaged goods. Now you know what that's like from the other side and one of the big things Jesus is doing in you now is to free you from the game, so that you can live deeply in him rather than worrying about what everyone else thinks about you."

  --So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore, Jake Colsen (great book! check it out! whether you love going to church or not, it's really eye-opening)