We all knew this was coming. Or could at least guess this was coming. I love Jason Castro, so very much. This is one of my favorite songs he has done. It's happy and kind of goofy.


If I Were You
by Jason Castro

If I were you
I would fall for me
Keep every promise,
Answer my calls
And I would never let you down
Ohhh

If i were you I would turn that car around
Come speeding back tonight
And I, I would wonder how
I got so lucky that I'm right here with you
If i were you I'd know exactly what to do

I would take you by the hand and i would keep holding tight
If you wanna go to sleep I got a lullaby
I know exactly what to say and i would do what you need
If I were you, I would fall for me
Yeah, I would fall for me

If I were you I would drop out of school
Forget the grades, you'd have it made
You'll see, you belong to me
If I could make you realize that all you want is all I've got
Please stay here and don't ever leave, no

I'm so happy that I'm right here with you
Loving you is really all I've wanted to do

I would take you by the hand and I would keep holding tight
And if you wanna go to sleep I got a lullaby
I know exactly what to say and I would do what you need
If I were you I'd fall

Again and again and know if you have any doubt
And if you ever for a second forget what you've found
I'll show you the world, I'll make you believe
If I were you, I would fall for me
I'd fall hard and fast and I'd never look back if I were you
Just close your eyes and you'll see, yeah

I would take you by the hand and I would keep holding tight
If you wanna go to sleep I got a lullaby
I know exactly what to say and I would do what you need
If I were you, I'd fall again and again
And know if you have any doubt
And if you ever for a second forget what you've found
I'll show you the world, I'll make you believe
If I were you, I would fall for me, for me, for me, yeah

I posted my favorite story poem back in February (My African Child), but have yet to figure out how to put up links to older posts so I'll just post another one. I've always loved Robin Hood stories. I find them to be utterly delightful.


Robin Hood, An Outlaw
By James Henry Leigh Hunt

Robin Hood is an outlaw bold
Under the greenwood tree;
Bird, nor stag, nor morning air
Is more at large than he.

They sent against him twenty men,
Who joined him laughing-eyed;
They sent against him thirty more,
And they remained beside.

All the stoutest of the train,
That grew in Gamelyn wood,
Whether they came with these or not,
Are now with Robin Hood.

And not a soul in Locksley town
Would speak him an ill word;
The friars raged; but no man's tongue,
Nor even feature stirred;

Except among a very few
Who dined in the Abbey halls;
And then with a sigh bold Robin knew
His true friends from his false.

There was Roger the monk, that used to make
All monkery his glee;
And Midge, on whom Robin had never turned
His face but tenderly;

With one or two, they say, besides,
Lord! that in this life's dream
Men should abandon one true thing,
That would abide with them.

We cannot bid our strength remain,
Our cheeks continue round;
We cannot say to an aged back,
Stoop not towards the ground;

We cannot bid our dim eyes see
Things as bright as ever;
Nor tell our friends, though friends from youth,
That they'll forsake us never:

But we can say, I never will,
Friendship, fall off from thee;
And, oh sound truth and old regard,
Nothing shall part us three.

This is one of my "random" poems. I re-found this poem today. It's one of my favorites. Happy Easter!


My Advocate
by Martha Snell Nicholson

I sinned. And straightway, post-haste, Satan flew
Before the presence of the most high God,
And made a railing accusation there.
He said, "This soul, this thing of clay and sod,
Has sinned. 'Tis true that he has named Thy name,
But I demand his death, for Thou hast said,
'The soul that sinneth, it shall die.'
Shall not Thy sentence be fulfilled?
Is justice dead?
Send now this wretched sinner to his doom.
What other thing can righteous ruler do?"
And thus he did accuse me day and night,
And every word he spoke, O God, was true!

Then quickly One rose up from God's right hand,
Before Whose glory angels veiled their eyes. He spoke,
"Each jot and tittle of the law
Must be fulfilled; the guilty sinner dies!
But wait -- suppose his guilt were all transferred
To Me, and that I paid his penalty!
Behold My hands, My side, My feet! One day
I was made sin for him, and died that he
Might be presented, faultless, at Thy throne!"
And Satan flew away. Full well he knew
That he could not prevail against such love,
For every word my dear Lord spoke was true!

I am getting a little desperate for poems, here, so this poem fitting in the category "love" may be a bit of a stretch. But really, I think that a huge part of love is being able to feel what those around you feel, and to put yourself in their shoes for the sole purpose of knowing more what they need, and what they need from you. I think that once you know how to tap into a someone's personal make up in that way, you have the capability to love and bless them much much more. When it becomes natural for you to laugh when they laugh, and cry when they cry, you know love. I promise to try and find a more blantant love poem before the month is up. I do like this one though :)

Africa's Pain is my Pain
By Ayanle Isak

Africa dear Africa
Your children are lonely and depressed
Africa dear Africa
Your children are at war with each other
Africa dear Africa
Your children are starving
Africa dear Africa
Your essence are is pure but you are suffering
Africa dear Africa
Your pain is my pain
So I sit here crying.

"Paradise"
This is a song. I love the bridge, I think it's a piece of the picture of the diversity of heaven.


Give Me Your Hand
by Enter the Worship Circle

VERSE 1:
Give me your hand and we'll walk, walk down together
Lift up your hands and we'll sing, sing here together

CHORUS:
How good it is to know you God, How lovely is... your Bride
How blessed we are... to have... each other
You hold us all close...by your side

VERSE 2:
Come with me now and we'll dance, dance here together
Lift up your heart and we'll dream, dream here together

BRIDGE:
There's none to poor, too dirty, too broken
Too naked, too stupid, too drunken, to be

Thrown outside His love!

Joy!


From the very first day,
We were there,
Taking it all in-we heard it with our own ears,
Saw it with our own eyes,
Verified it with our hands!
The Word of Life appeared right before our eyes;
We saw it happen!

The infinite life of God Himself took shape before us!

We saw it,
We heard it
And now we're telling it so you can experience it along with us,
This experience of communion with the Father and His son, Jesus Christ.

Our motive for writing is simply this:
We want you to enjoy this, too!
Your joy will double our joy!


~1 John 1:1-4 (the message)