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Verse of the Day:
“When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.”
~Deut 8:10
Quote of the Day:
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
~ Albert Schweitzer
Lyrics of the Day:
“Don’t wanna leave this world, knowing I’ve lived in vain.
No time for myself; so sorry, so ashamed.
Don’t wanna leave this life, knowing I’ve barely tried.
Chase down all my dreams that I’ve hid away on the inside.”
~“Burn Out Brighter” by Anberlin
currently listening to “The Sinatra Christmas Album” by Frank Sinatra
Verse of the Day:
“There are three things that amaze me—
no, four things that I don’t understand:
how an eagle glides through the sky,
how a snake slithers on a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
how a man loves a woman.”
~Prov 31:18-19
Quote of the Day:
This is why I LOVE being a Spartan!
Cheers and tears for Michigan State
“INDIANAPOLIS – Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis stood at center court Sunday afternoon, his slightly red eyes soaking up the joy swirling around him.
“It’s the first time,” Hollis said, “I’ve ever cried at a basketball game.”
Tears fell all around Sunday. Before he snipped the piece of net he wore under his Final Four hat, Spartans guard Travis Walton had cried, too. So had the man most responsible for all those hugs, smiles and wet eyes. As the clock wound down on Michigan State’s 64-52 Midwest Region Final beatdown of Louisville , Michigan State coach Tom Izzo turned and peered into the stands at Lucas Oil Stadium. The tears dropped when he saw his parents, his wife, his children. Next to them sat Magic Johnson, the Spartan who 30 years ago helped put the Final Four on the map when his Michigan State team collided with Larry Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores. Later, someone would ask Izzo about the inspiring storyline. “Which storyline?” he asked.
In no particular order, here are those storylines:
• When Michigan State faces Connecticut in Saturday’s national semifinal at Detroit’s Ford Field, the Spartans will become the first team to play in the Final Four in its home state since Duke in 1994. In the process, Michigan State may provide a glimmer of hope for a state crushed by the falling economy.
• The win fulfilled recruiting dreams spun by Izzo for guards Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers. Izzo all but promised Lucas, from Sterling Heights, Mich., and Summers, from Detroit, that they would play in the Final Four in front of their hometown fans. “That was embarrassing,” Izzo cracked, “when I was on two knees doing that.”
• By winning Sunday, the Spartans clinched a trip to the Final Four for Walton. Had they lost, he would have been the first player since Izzo took over the program in 1995 to spend his entire career in East Lansing and miss the Final Four.
• That makes five Final Fours for Izzo, who should finally get credit for being one of the best three or four coaches in the country. That credit probably will come in the form of interest from Kentucky, college basketball’s winningest program. “He is coaching his butt off,” Johnson said. “Kentucky, stay away.”
It all comes back to Izzo, the proud Iron Mountain, Mich., native groomed for the job by legend Jud Heathcote. Among the “million things” racing through his mind Sunday was the hope that his team will inspire his state. “I’m just hoping we’re a silver lining,” Izzo said. Johnson, the Lansing native who outdueled Bird for the school’s first national title, believes the Spartans already have inspired. “The state of Michigan needs a victory like this,” Johnson said. “Everything we’ve been going through – losing jobs, the economy, the mortgage crisis — has affected Michigan probably worse than any other state. This is a good, good feeling for the whole state of Michigan.”
Izzo didn’t want to give it away, but he knew more than four hours before tipoff that the Spartans would celebrate Sunday. After a morning run through icy rain, Izzo met his players in Monument Hall, a ballroom on the ground floor of the downtown Hilton. Watching video Saturday night of Louisville against Villanova, Izzo had noticed a better way to crack the Cardinals’ press. He installed that wrinkle, and the players spent the rest of their walkthrough proving they had digested the game plan. Izzo hated his team’s attitude during these walkthroughs in recent weeks. Sunday, the Spartans were crisp as a starched shirt. “I left that room saying we were going to win the game,” Izzo said. “I really believed that.”
In turn, Izzo would keep his promise to Walton. “One thing Coach does is stick to his promises,” Walton said. “He said, ‘You get me through Friday, I’ll do my best to get you through Sunday.’” Walton had whipped his teammates through a Sweet 16 win Friday against Kansas. Now Izzo and the rest of the Spartans had to make sure Walton wasn’t the player who snapped the streak.
The Cardinals didn’t make it easy. Neither team had more than a three-point lead until Summers dunked with 12:50 remaining to give the Spartans a five-point edge. The dunk came in the midst of a Michigan State streak of 11 consecutive scoring possessions that began when Walton hit a jumper to put the Spartans up, 37-34, and ended when Draymond scored on a putback to give them a 55-43 lead. By that point, Louisville had tapped out. “They were quicker than us,” said Louisville forward Terrence Williams, who scored five points on 1-of-7 shooting. “Their defense was more physical, and we really couldn’t turn them over like we wanted to.”
Michigan State center Goran Suton scored 17 of his game-high 19 in the first 18 minutes. Summers scored 10 of his 12 in the second half. Meanwhile, Izzo sent wave after wave of Spartans to wear down the Cardinals with man-to-man defense. Ten Michigan State players logged more than five minutes Sunday.
In other words, they played IzzoBall, which, while decidedly unsexy, gets results. The upshot of Sunday’s bludgeoning? Walton cut his net, and Izzo kept his streak alive. Legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler once said that those who stayed would be champions. Izzo can tell recruits that those who come to Michigan State will play in the Final Four.
“Now he can say that to every person.” Walton said, “(He can) look them in the eyes and not have to say, ‘There was one player I did not get (there).’ He can say, ‘I got every player to a Final Four that gave his all. If you come and work hard for me, do what you’re supposed to do, we’re going to get you to a Final Four.’” Walton, who didn’t always understand why Izzo made practices so tough, offered his gratitude Sunday. “He probably wants more for me than I want for myself,” Walton said. “I love him. I’m pretty sure he loves me the same.”
Hollis, who roomed with Izzo in the mid-’80s when the future A.D. was a Michigan State student manager and the future coach was a graduate assistant, believes that after a national title (2000) and five Final Fours in 14 years at the helm, Izzo may have climbed into some rare air.
“You ask yourself, when does he become a legend? When does our program become elite?” Hollis said. “If you look at the number of Elite Eights, you look at the number of Final Fours, this program is on the brink if not already in the same breath as the Kentuckys and Dukes. We’re approaching it. I don’t think we’re quite there yet, but we’re right on the brink.”
Funny that Hollis should mention Kentucky, because there is a job opening in Lexington. Sunday, Hollis delivered a clear message. Bring on the offer. “Nobody’s going to touch him,” Hollis said. “He’s a Spartan. He’ll always be a Spartan. We’ll make sure of that.”
As Izzo keeps taking tough, defense-minded teams to Final Fours, Hollis expects schools to keep offering Izzo jobs. “I like that,” Hollis said. “The more Tom Izzo is talked about for every job in America, I think it’s a positive. It means he’s doing a great job and he’s desired. People want him. That’s the one side of it. The other side is we make sure he’s embraced on our campus in every possible way.”
And then the A.D., who had just watched his old friend coach a game that left him crying tears of joy, revealed his ace in the hole.
“Being his old roommate, I’ve got a few pictures of him,” Hollis said. “I guarantee he’s not going anywhere.”
Photo of the Day:
currently listening to “Cities” by Anberlin
Verse of the Day:
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. ”
~Col 3:12-14
Quote of the Day:
“We allow doubt to cause us to hide, when it should cause us to seek”
~Scott Nickel, Flatirons Community Church
Lyrics of the Day:
“Oh, how I’ve tried to get you out of my head.
And I lied, broken words I said.
Never thought I’d walk on this street again.
Standing where it all began.
Tried to forget when I left this town,
But it takes me right back when I come back around.
Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night.
I’m back there by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards while the stars are falling. ”
~ “Retrace” by Anberlin
currently listening to “Feel that Fire” by Dierks Bentley
Verse of the Day:
“This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”
~Rom 1:17
Photo of the Day:
“Indian Schoolboys” by h.wilson
Lyrics of the Day:
“Half way around the world lies the one thing that you want
Buried in the ground, hundreds of miles down
The first thing that arises in your mind when you awake
Is bending you til you break, let me hold you now
Baby close your eyes, don’t open til the morning light
Baby don’t forget, we haven’t lost it all yet
Don’t know what you’re made of til the one thing that you want
Is coming with the dawn and suddenly changes
The Monday syndicate meets everyone the same
All we’ve lost to the flame, listen to me now
Baby close your eyes, don’t open til the morning light
Don’t ever forget, we haven’t lost it all yet
All we know for sure is all that we are fighting for
Baby don’t forget we haven’t lost it all yet
Someday when this is over
We may still have no answer
For now its when I hold her
We are closer, we are closer
Baby close your eyes, don’t open til the morning light
Don’t ever forget, we haven’t lost it all yet
All we know for sure is all that we are fighting for
Baby don’t forget we haven’t lost it all yet
We haven’t lost it all yet
We are closer, we are closer”
~ “Syndicate” by the fray
GO OUT TOMORROW AND PICK UP YOUR VERY OWN COPY OF “THE FRAY” SELF-TITLED ALBUM. TRUST ME…IT’S WORTH IT.
currently listening to “New Surrender” by Anberlin
Verse of the Day:
“For the king trusts in the LORD;
through the unfailing love of the Most High
he will not be shaken. ”
~Ps 21:7
Quote of the Day:
“Childhood is short, maturity is forever.”
~Calvin and Hobbs
Lyrics of the Day:
“Let’s, you and me, make our way just beyond Haight Street.
Lets leave this life behind, forgetting all they say.
The time we had is time well borrowed.
Stay out all night, forget tomorrow.
Let’s, you and me, make a night of it.
Old enough to know, but too young to care.
Let’s, you and me, make a night of it.
Old enough to know, but too young to care.
The rear view mirror shows the times we’re abandoning.
Let’s leave this night behind, forgetting all they say.
The time we had is time well borrowed.
Stay out all night; forget tomorrow.
Let’s, you and me, make a night of it…”
~ “Haight Street” by Anberlin
currently listening to “Limbs & Branches” by Jon Foreman
Verse of the Day:
“Don’t hurt your friend,
don’t blame your neighbor;
despise the despicable.
Keep your word even when it costs you
make an honest living,
never take a bribe.
You’ll never get blacklisted
if you live like this.”
Ps. 15:3
Quote of the Day:
“Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.”
Lyrics of the Day:
And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off you
I can’t take my eyes off you
I can’t take my eyes…
And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We’ll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower’s daughter
The pupil in denial”
~”Blowers Daughter” Damien Rice
currently listening to “New Surrender” by Anberlin
Verse of the Day:
“ I see God moving across the deserts from Edom,
the Holy One coming from Mount Paran.
His brilliant splendor fills the heavens,
and the earth is filled with his praise.
His coming is as brilliant as the sunrise.
Rays of light flash from his hands,
where his awesome power is hidden.”
~Hab. 3:3-4
Quote of the Day:
“The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I’ve seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.”
~Anthony Storr
Lyrics of the Day: – Jack’s Mannequin Concert Tonight….WITH Anberlin!!
“And out here
I watch the sun circle the earth
The marrows collide in rebirth
In God’s glory praise
The spirit calls out from the caves.
The walls fell and there I lay
Saved.
The walls are caving in
As far as I can see
The walls are caving in
The doors got locked for sure
There’s no one here but me”
~ “Caved”
“I keep waiting for my breath
To come back never
So take what I have left
Patterns in traffic
That pulls just like my heart
Race in the dark
In time to catch you
No one should let you
Go wandering off into the night
You’re not an orphan.
Right there to catch you
I won’t forget you.
Now you’re wandering to the night
But you’re no orphan
You’re not an orphan”
~ “Orphan”
“Yeah I’m alive
But I don’t need a witness
To know that I’ve survived
I’m not looking for forgiveness
Yeah I just need life
I’ll be lying in the dark
As I search for the resolution
And the bars are finally closed
So I try living in the moment
For the moment it just froze
And I felt sick and so alone
I could hear the sound
Of your voice still ringing in my ear
I’m going underground
But you’ll find me anywhere I fear
Yeah I’m alive
But I don’t need a witness
To know that I’ve survived
I’m not looking for forgiveness
Yeah I just need life
I’ll be lying in the dark
As I search for the resolution
I’ll be lying in the dark
As I search for the resolution”
~”Resolution”
currently listening to “Maybe This Christmas Tree” by Various Artists (including great stuff by: Death Cab, Ravonettes, Pedro the Lion, Jars of Clay,)
Art of the Day:
Running From the Truth by Shannon Plourde….http://www.thecollectivemark.com/
Poem of the Day:
“I love thy music, mellow bell,
I love thine iron chime,
To life or death, to heaven or hell,
Which calls the sons of Time.
Thy voice upon the deep
The home-bound sea-boy hails,
It charms his cares to sleep,
It cheers him as he sails.
To house of God and heavenly joys
Thy summons called our sires,
And good men thought thy sacred voice
Disarmed the thunder’s fires.
And soon thy music, sad death-bell,
Shall lift its notes once more,
And mix my requiem with the wind
That sweeps my native shore.”
~ “The Bell” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lyrics of the Day:
“This is surrender
to a wartorn life i’ve lived
scars and stripes forever
in need of change i can’t resist
no need to hide anything anymore
cant return to who i was before
i can finally breathe
suddenly alive
i can finally move
the world feels revived
this long of a struggle
finally opened up my eyes
revolutions not easy
with a civil war on the inside
no need to hide anything anymore
cant return to who i was before
i can finally breathe
suddenly alive
i can finally move
cause I realize”
~“Breathe” by Anberlin
currently listening to “Funhouse” by Pink
Verse of the Day:
“We’re depending on God;
he’s everything we need.
What’s more, our hearts brim with joy
since we’ve taken for our own his holy name.
Love us, God, with all you’ve got—
that’s what we’re depending on.”
~Ps 33:20-22
Quote of the Day:
“A missional life is active, not passive. A missional life is intentional and transformational. Missional is more than a word. It’s a lifestyle, a life given, a life sent.”
Lyrics of the Day:
“cause i have photographs and memories of the times
when you weren’t on my mind and i was alone.
and i have poetry and drawings of my life
when you weren’t on my side and i didn’t know
just what is love…
writing moments on the wall with different colors
keeps my mind away from missing you.
and i can’t wait to fall asleep to slip into my dreams
where we can dance upon a star..
and i will be as patient as a boy in love could ever be.
cause i don’t feel like i was real until you were
a part of me.”
~ “Photographs & Memories” Jason Reeves
currently listening to “New Surrender” by Anberlin – Especially “Retrace” “Breathe” “Burn Out Brighter”
