life..oh life..

Do you know the song I Will Be Here? Well, it was popularized by the gifted Gary Valenciano. I love that song. ;p Unknown to many, the song was orginally composed and sung by Steven Curtis Chapman. He wrote it for his wife on their wedding day. Sweet. Well, he's a Christian who, like Gary V. allows the hand of God to move his life and use his gift of music to get the message of God's love across. Here's one song by Chapman about life. I first heard it at the Nyt Life, a Friday gig at our church. Cool noh? Anyways, read on and I'm sure you will also come to realize that indeed, to be alive is not the same as to simply exist.

More To This LIfe
Today I watched in silence as people pass me by
And I strain to see if there was something hidden in their eyes
But they all looked back at me as if to say, "Life just goes on"

The old familiar story told in different ways
Make the most of your own journey from the cradle to the grave
Dream your dreams tomorrow because today, life must goes on

*But there's more to this life than living and dying
More than just trying to make it through the day
More to this life, more than these eyes alone can see
That there's more than this life alone can be

Tonight he lies in silence staring into space
And he looks for ways to make tomorrow better than today
But in the morning light it looks the same, life just goes on

He takes care of his family, he takes care of his work
And every Sunday morning he takes his place at the church
But somehow he still feels the need to search, but life just goes on

**So where do we start to find every part
Of what makes this life complete?
If we turn our eyes to Jesus we'll find
That life's true beginning
Was there at the cross where He died...

Jesus died...to bring us more to this life than living and dying

More than just trying to make it through the day

More to this life, more than these eyes alone can see

That there's more than this life alone can be