Yesterday I hit 25,000 words on my novel. It's day 11 of NaNoWriMo, and I am making good progress. My story keeps changing and my plot and characters are inconsistent. Ridiculously inconsistent. BUT...the thing with NaNo (I can call it that-all the cool kids are!) is to just write. With reckless abandon, pour it out on paper. Or pretend, virtual paper on a computer. Don't worry about editing (difficult for someone who is annoyed at the use of improper grammar/spelling-which of course, is certainly NOT ME it's totally me), and just write. Write whatever comes into your head and keep moving forward. So that is what I have been doing and with the month only 1/3 of the way over, I am at the halfway point for the 50,000 words goal.
I heard a song at least 3 months ago, and only remembered snatches. I have been trying to find or hear that song again ever since there. I had told Kris about it and said, "You have got to hear this song. The words are so powerful." But I kept getting frustrated because I couldn't find it. It talked about "faking it" as Christians. And it reminded me of how some Christians have become, and how that is not the kind of person I want to be. Well, after months of waiting and futile searching, I heard it again yesterday. While I was writing my book I had Pandora on (a station built around Chris August), and a song came on that sounded like Casting Crowns. And more than that, it sounded familiar. I had to wait until the second verse came on to confirm that it was the exact song I had been trying to find for 3 months!
Listen to the words (or read them) to this song. How many of you have ever been guilty of being happy plastic people? I know that I have, and I just think that as long as we live like that, without complete honesty and transparency, we will never win the hearts of the world for Christ. Just something to think about...
Stained Glass Masquerade
Is there anyone that fails
Is there anyone that falls
Am I the only one in church today feelin' so small
Cause when I take a look around
Everybody seems so strong
I know they'll soon discover
That I don't belong
So I tuck it all away, like everything's okay
If I make them all believe it, maybe I'll believe it too
So with a painted grin, I play the part again
So everyone will see me the way that I see them
Are we happy plastic people
Under shiny plastic steeples
With walls around our weakness
And smiles to hide our pain
But if the invitation's open
To every heart that has been broken
Maybe then we close the curtain
On our stained glass masquerade
Is there anyone who's been there
Are there any hands to raise
Am I the only one who's traded
In the altar for a stage
The performance is convincing
And we know every line by heart
Only when no one is watching
Can we really fall apart
But would it set me free
If I dared to let you see
The truth behind the person
That you imagine me to be
Would your arms be open
Or would you walk away
Would the love of Jesus
Be enough to make you stay
I heard a song at least 3 months ago, and only remembered snatches. I have been trying to find or hear that song again ever since there. I had told Kris about it and said, "You have got to hear this song. The words are so powerful." But I kept getting frustrated because I couldn't find it. It talked about "faking it" as Christians. And it reminded me of how some Christians have become, and how that is not the kind of person I want to be. Well, after months of waiting and futile searching, I heard it again yesterday. While I was writing my book I had Pandora on (a station built around Chris August), and a song came on that sounded like Casting Crowns. And more than that, it sounded familiar. I had to wait until the second verse came on to confirm that it was the exact song I had been trying to find for 3 months!
Listen to the words (or read them) to this song. How many of you have ever been guilty of being happy plastic people? I know that I have, and I just think that as long as we live like that, without complete honesty and transparency, we will never win the hearts of the world for Christ. Just something to think about...
Stained Glass Masquerade
Is there anyone that fails
Is there anyone that falls
Am I the only one in church today feelin' so small
Cause when I take a look around
Everybody seems so strong
I know they'll soon discover
That I don't belong
So I tuck it all away, like everything's okay
If I make them all believe it, maybe I'll believe it too
So with a painted grin, I play the part again
So everyone will see me the way that I see them
Are we happy plastic people
Under shiny plastic steeples
With walls around our weakness
And smiles to hide our pain
But if the invitation's open
To every heart that has been broken
Maybe then we close the curtain
On our stained glass masquerade
Is there anyone who's been there
Are there any hands to raise
Am I the only one who's traded
In the altar for a stage
The performance is convincing
And we know every line by heart
Only when no one is watching
Can we really fall apart
But would it set me free
If I dared to let you see
The truth behind the person
That you imagine me to be
Would your arms be open
Or would you walk away
Would the love of Jesus
Be enough to make you stay
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