songs, quotes and scriptures from the darkness (or for the darkness)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZmtSq1jzPy4 - skillet “last night”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wgiJkrAL9K4 - skillet “whispers in the dark”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EvGmJcRiRVc - skillet “collide”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LA8hXbeWJ1w - skillet “cycle down”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iw6YhwLpqaM - pillar “let it out”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-znBkqvAIsY&NR=1 - pillar “simply”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J2LCvCBaqVg - sanctus real “i’m not alright”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DGrD3ECzqAg - evanescence “lithium”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yZIummTz9mM - linkin park “leave out all the rest”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tczk93mKNx8 - linkin park “somewhere i belong”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ezSGqbuo0g - linkin park “breaking the habit”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bax8FqBECd0 - linkin park “in the end”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9xw0UrML-fg - yellowcard “way away”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=d1xJR8RTZCU - good charlotte “hold on” (you can not click on every other song as long as you watch this video)

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ma4OXkEriY&feature=related - good charlotte “all black”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fzYSfGXlSJ8 - good charlotte “we believe”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4HIdmegPTWo&feature=related - good charlotte “wounded”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mITOSPUd-7o&feature=related - the used “all that i’ve got”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gyVkJtmdhB0 - seventh day slumber “caroline”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yxvgsJJednw - casting crowns “east to west”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HUtCV2tvmeA&feature=related - casting crowns “voice of truth”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tLxC_tYhFxs&feature=related - david crowder band “wholly yours”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rcD8g1NJR8U - three days grace “pain”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VuWW9H68T0M - three days grace “animal i have become”

“The Wright Brothers could not invent the airplane without having the faith thah humans could fly.  But the creative process requires imagination as well as faith.  To stop war, we must first imagine peace.  To eliminate poverty, we must imagine abundance.  To paint a masterpiece, we must imagine beauty.  To change, to make a fresh start and to live up to our highest, fullest potential, we must not only imagine a better future for ourselves, but imagine it over and over at each step of the way, knowing that the sun still exists even when it is night.”  ~ Naomi Hoshino Horii (emphasis added by me)

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

“You cannot kill what’s not your creation, this is the art of breaking.” ~ Thousand Foot Krutch

“Break the bowl — instead of regret, fall back into the potter’s hands and be reborn.” ~ Saskia Madding
“Falling” (Spirits and Ghosts, 2000) {from Charles DeLint’s Spirits in the Wires}

The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness—Jeremiah 31:2

I will lift my eyes to the mountains; from where shall my help come?  My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.  He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber.—-Psalm 121:1-3

…I will never leave you or forsake you—-Hebrews 13:5

Our hearts ache, but we always have joy—-2 Corinthians 6:10

Just a few more things, my favorite book of the Bible and probably the one I look to most often when I’m struggling is Job.  My favorite bands and the ones whose CD’s I pop in when I’m in need of some comfort are Linkin Park, Pillar, Yellowcard, Good Charlotte and Skillet.  And that’s about all I feel the need to add to this one, if anyone would like an explanation as to why a certain song helped me…just ask.