Risk

Dan, the girls and I were blessed to be able to attend Paul Brandt's concert last night as his guests. Dan grew up with Paul and so he invited us and Dan's dad and friend Mary to go watch him. The concert itself was wonderful, Paul is an amazing performer; but more than that, it seemed like this was one more occurance in the last week where Dan and I have looked at one another and thought - The Lord is telling us something!

It seems that at every turn, we are hearing the same thing! The last time we had anything like this happen was when we were hearing about the Arctic. Neither of us is really ready to say much about it yet, but there is something stirring in us that we both feel the Lord is doing. An invitation to adventure and RISK... so here is Paul's song (the title track of his new album) and the last verse is one more of many things in the last week that seemed to come to us through a megaphone into our spirits, compelling us forward into whatever God has for us...

RISK

I'd rather stand on the edge of a cliff
hang my toes over a bit
and then jump when they dare me
even if it scares me
and I get hurt
I'd rather build my wings on the way down
do my best not to fall to the ground
and then laugh at my mistakes
cause they're only lessons I'll learn

I'd rather burn with desire
deep in my soul
and love like a fire that's
out of control
and laugh
and dance
and fall
and chance
and kiss
I'd rather live my whole life
with a sense of abandon
squeeze every drop out
no matter what happens
and not wonder what I missed
I'd rather
Risk
Oh I just can't resist the chance to
Risk

Well I guess I could just play it safe
and forget about love hope and faith
with my eye on the shoreline
keeping my boat tied
and stayin' home
But I'll never discover new land
by keeping my feet on the sand
No I'd rather set sail
And get carried away by the storm
(Chorus)



Words & Music by Paul Brandt
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