Chasing You: Jen Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCGJUcor30M You hide, I want to find You, go And I will follow You I want to be where You are As you move, I'm right beside You, oh I'm running after You I want to be where You are I'm chasing You I'm so in love Captivated, I just can't get enough I'll spend my days Running after Your heart Your heart, Your heart, Whoa I'm chasing You With all my love Captivated, I just can't get enough I'll spend my days Running after Your heart Your heart, Your heart, Whoa Heart, You've won me heart and soul And where You lead I'll go I want to be where You are From the moment I rise, to the moment I sleep My affection is for You, and even as I dream I want to know you, I'm after Your heart This life, this love, was always meant to be A wild, crazy adventure, discovering The thrill, the rush, the more of You I see The more it leaves me wanting You're everything, You're everything Written by Jenn Johnson, Gabriel Wilson, Ian McIntosh, Jeremy Riddle, Dan MacKenzie © 2013 Bethel Music Publishing (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

Some of my Favorite Words

I will always remember the comment my friend's brother made about me after traveling 16 hours on the ocean and living (sleeping, eating, traveling, buying supplies, etc) with them for 5 days. Keep in mind the boat-trip was 8-hours (one way) and we usually left around 2 or 3 in the morning. The house held about 10 people at night. There are so many other memories around this trip, but I will have to save them for another time. "Miss Mary can do it. She can eat with us, sleep with us, travel on a boat with us, she was funny with the kids! Wherever we were, she could do it." Yay for not being high- maintenance!

Reminiscing: "What are we living for?"

Today, while reading over my journal written last year in the Philippines, I came across these words that really stood out to me. At the time, I wasn't ready to publicize these words. I was more of venting my frustration about American's to the world, but I think now is the time: Dated 4/2012: "Tonight as I got on face book, I realized just how many people live for random, lame things! I felt like asking, “What are you living for? Seriously? Shoes? Dude, I’ve been living with people that don’t even have shoes… probably never even owned a pair.” When’s the last time someone posted, “I’m thankful for medical coverage today, or I realize that I’m in the top 10% of wealthy people in the world because I own a car.. OWN a CAR… wow. Where have we gone wrong? Get out of your own bubble, and see the world. I know, because I have been right where you are at. And you probably think I’m judging you, if you are American. If you are from a third world country, than maybe you are posting about your new shoes because you actually can afford a nice pair. I don’t know. I won’t post this on face book, because it may not be the right time or place, but maybe someday." The sad thing is, even though it hasn't even been a year yet, I am on the reverse side now. I can hardly remember what is WAS like to live with people WITHOUT shoes. There are SO many things I've re-adjusted to - which has been good in some ways but others, not good. I've jumped back on the crazy-busy American bandwagon and am zipping around life like before... BUT I've started to forget. It makes me sad. Reading simple statements from my journal - like this one - bring some of the memories back.