eaux!!!

i find myself in need of some laughter. thinking back over recent events that i've not shared here, deep chuckles rumble up before the thought fully forms to share a conversation with you. allow me to set the stage...

january 7, 2008. my tigers are playing for the national championship in the dome. i'm glued to the tv, with my reluctant but loyal friend beside me. we're deep into the 2nd quarter, and my tigers are getting their feet under them, settling down to play some football... and i get a text. what follows is a transcript of the ensuing hilarity. enjoy!

friends: go tigers!

us: NO!!! IT'S GEAUX TIGERS!

friend: ah, oui! j'ai oublie l'influence francais/cajun, etc... seaux, does that make it, "neaux! it's geaux tigers!"??! :PEA hee hee! weaux, i crack me up sometimes, eh?!

us: oy vey! we stand corrected, eh?

friend: ooch aye! so, here's a mix o' yiddish n sco-ish canadian, eh?

us: LOL LOL si senorita! gotta keep you on your toes...

friend: well, i am short. it's how i reach most things... glad i could make you laugh. :)

...(i'm caught up in the game at this point)...

friend: *yawn... paddle over to ann... slump n pounnnncccceee - slow motion pounce* goodnite! hope the tigers r fanfrikkintastic 2nite! !) love u! zee wittle asian canadian

us (meaning me after my tigers won): DA DA DA DAH! GEAUX TIGERS! eaux-k, now you can geaux to sleep! good night, love!

gasping

[when my life seems to have come to a shuddering halt, the Lord tends to my heart in the craziest ways - sometimes a kayak, or a hair-raising rappel down a mountain face... many times He uses music. this song brings me back from the brink of desperation and despair. sound dramatic? maybe. but from this end, the stagnation is real, and ugly. i find myself gasping for Air, and Life, and Love.]


oh heart of mine
why must you stray?
from One so fair
you run away
and one more time
you have to pay
the heaviness of needless shame

oh heart of mine
come back home
you've been too long
out on your own
and He's been there all along
watching for you down the road

so come home running
His arms are open wide
His name is Jesus
He understands
He is the answer
you are looking for
so come home running
just as you are

oh child of God
so dearly loved
and ransomed by
the Savior's blood
and called by name
daughter and son
wrapped in the robe of righteousness

--come home running by chris tomlin