To write love on her arms
Why had I not heard of this before?
I was looking at pictures of the singer from Paramore and she had a shirt on that said "to write love on her arms." I was curious as to what that meant so I "googled" it, (haha), and then ended up finding this really sweet myspace. I watched the video and read some of the stuff on the site to see what this was all about. The whole idea is that "Rescue is Possible" for those who are broken and that love can change a life. It's pretty deep, but it spoke to me for some reason.
There were many things that stuck out to me, and I wanted to post them here. If it doesn't make much sense to you right now, I understand. I had to read a lot before I began to understand the big picture, so you should read it. :)
Part of the story that I thought was written beautifully was this:
"I lean forward, knowing this will be written, and I ask what she'd say if her story had an audience. She smiles. 'Tell them to look up. Tell them to remember the stars.' I would rather write her a song, because songs don't wait to resolve, and because songs mean so much to her. Stories wait for endings, but songs are brave things bold enough to sing when all they know is darkness. These words, like most words, will be written next to midnight, between hurricane and harbor, as both claim to save her."
"Love is something better. I have been challenged and changed, reminded that love is that simple answer to so many of our hardest questions. Don Miller says we're called to hold our hands against the wounds of a broken world, to stop the bleeding."
I don't know why, but I love this part so much.
"We often ask God to show up. We pray prayers of rescue. Perhaps God would ask us to be that rescue, to be His body, to move for things that matter. He is not invisible when we come alive. I might be simple but more and more, I believe God works in love, speaks in love, is revealed in our love. I have seen that this week and honestly, it has been simple: Take a broken girl, treat her like a famous princess, give her the best seats in the house. Buy her coffee and cigarettes for the coming down, books and bathroom things for the days ahead. Tell her something true when all she's known are lies. Tell her God loves her. Tell her about forgiveness, the possibility of freedom, tell her she was made to dance in white dresses. All these things are true. We are only asked to love, to offer hope to the many hopeless. We don't get to choose all the endings, but we are asked to play the rescuers. We won't solve all mysteries and our hearts will certainly break in such a vulnerable life, but it is the best way. We were made to be lovers bold in broken places, pouring ourselves out again and again until we're called home."
The girl who inspired the story, if that makes sense, seems pretty amazing. She quotes, "I clung to life and hope in the darkest of times when there didn't seem to be any reason, and it was all so distant...I refused to let go because I knew that God would use my pain to bring healing to others. I only have one life to live, and I want to use it; to be a cracked vessel, to be available and willing to do whatever I am called. I want to jump in the muddy trenches with people who want out and help show them the way. I want to love with the same love that I have been shown...to be a shining star in the universe. I didn't do this of my own accord, I am not that strong. God has carried me so many times when all I could do was lay there in my bed begging him to help me get through the moment, the urge to destroy everything. He drew near to me."
http://www.myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms
Well that was a fun little adventure I just went on. And it kept me up til 3:02 AM. How lovely. I don't even know what just happened. Goodnight.
I was looking at pictures of the singer from Paramore and she had a shirt on that said "to write love on her arms." I was curious as to what that meant so I "googled" it, (haha), and then ended up finding this really sweet myspace. I watched the video and read some of the stuff on the site to see what this was all about. The whole idea is that "Rescue is Possible" for those who are broken and that love can change a life. It's pretty deep, but it spoke to me for some reason.
There were many things that stuck out to me, and I wanted to post them here. If it doesn't make much sense to you right now, I understand. I had to read a lot before I began to understand the big picture, so you should read it. :)
Part of the story that I thought was written beautifully was this:
"I lean forward, knowing this will be written, and I ask what she'd say if her story had an audience. She smiles. 'Tell them to look up. Tell them to remember the stars.' I would rather write her a song, because songs don't wait to resolve, and because songs mean so much to her. Stories wait for endings, but songs are brave things bold enough to sing when all they know is darkness. These words, like most words, will be written next to midnight, between hurricane and harbor, as both claim to save her."
"Love is something better. I have been challenged and changed, reminded that love is that simple answer to so many of our hardest questions. Don Miller says we're called to hold our hands against the wounds of a broken world, to stop the bleeding."
I don't know why, but I love this part so much.
"We often ask God to show up. We pray prayers of rescue. Perhaps God would ask us to be that rescue, to be His body, to move for things that matter. He is not invisible when we come alive. I might be simple but more and more, I believe God works in love, speaks in love, is revealed in our love. I have seen that this week and honestly, it has been simple: Take a broken girl, treat her like a famous princess, give her the best seats in the house. Buy her coffee and cigarettes for the coming down, books and bathroom things for the days ahead. Tell her something true when all she's known are lies. Tell her God loves her. Tell her about forgiveness, the possibility of freedom, tell her she was made to dance in white dresses. All these things are true. We are only asked to love, to offer hope to the many hopeless. We don't get to choose all the endings, but we are asked to play the rescuers. We won't solve all mysteries and our hearts will certainly break in such a vulnerable life, but it is the best way. We were made to be lovers bold in broken places, pouring ourselves out again and again until we're called home."
The girl who inspired the story, if that makes sense, seems pretty amazing. She quotes, "I clung to life and hope in the darkest of times when there didn't seem to be any reason, and it was all so distant...I refused to let go because I knew that God would use my pain to bring healing to others. I only have one life to live, and I want to use it; to be a cracked vessel, to be available and willing to do whatever I am called. I want to jump in the muddy trenches with people who want out and help show them the way. I want to love with the same love that I have been shown...to be a shining star in the universe. I didn't do this of my own accord, I am not that strong. God has carried me so many times when all I could do was lay there in my bed begging him to help me get through the moment, the urge to destroy everything. He drew near to me."
http://www.myspace.com/towriteloveonherarms
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