Things that keep me up at night…

(Note: Not every night. Just last night.)

1) If the words “inquiry” and “query” are connected, why are the two spelled so differently? Why not quiry? or inquery? Or maybe those words are correct. My spell-checker isn’t catching them.

2) Will we have enough time for all the people we are dying to hang out with down in South East Georgia next year?

3) Why do we use the phrase “dying to” when we really mean we’re “living for?”

4) How am I going to write a song tomorrow in the midst of sleeping late, learning worship songs, two meetings, work, gym, and date night?

5) What’s my brother up to these days?

More on those favorites – and television – and deserted islands…

Here are some more answers to some of those random questions you asked me a few weeks ago! I thought I’d compile a few for you today:

Samantha Choate: Since you have been writing songs which is your favorite and why?

Easy. Forty More Falls – hands down. I worked on that song for nearly five months – refusing to give up on it. I followed a lot of the rules of songwriting and it shows. This song was a huge challenge because I so deeply believe in its message and wanted to write in a way that would melodically and lyrically represented that sentiment.

Steph: What’s your favorite thing about Drew?

His eyes. No. Wait… His personality. Yes. His personality… He’s got that charming funny smart handsome captivating thing going. And it keeps me going. You know – like the type of guy that Matthew McConaughey always ends up playing? That’s Drew.

Groovewoman: WHY is Christy Nockels one of your favorite artists? You said she’s your favorite artist, but why? What is it about her that makes you rank her into your favorite category?

Her heart. I don’t claim to know much about her life, but I do know that she’s got a voice of sweet syrup and a heart to worship God. She’s humble. She’s honest. She’s genuine. She’s not the “performance” type that shows off – she just gets up there and pours her heart out to God. That’s something of value. And it inspires me deeply.

Oh! And I have a question for you. Hmmm… If you were flying to Tahiti, and the plane had to make an emergency landing on the water near some random deserted island (which we know is possible – thanks to the Hudson River Runway scene), and all of you had to live on the island for a few years (can you tell I’m going through LOST withdrawals), and you had an infinite battery in your laptop, and you had a DVD player on your laptop, which television series would you wish-upon-a-thousand-stars you could find tucked away in the luggage of the plane?

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Y’all have a happy Monday.

Questions

“Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart, and learn to love the questions themselves.” –Rainer Maria Rilke

Questions. I have them. Lots of them.

Some have haunted me since we moved to Boston. Some have gripped my heart in the past few months. Others have encased my soul only recently. Seems like I have more questions than I’ve ever experienced before. I’m stuck in questions. I can’t get away from them.

But, I’m realizing that I can live with these unanswered questions. These problems. These uncertainties.

Answers don’t solve problems. God does.

Quote ht: sarah markley