You're the Voice

An awesome song from 1986, John Farnham.
This is him singing it at a Coldplay concert in Aussie recently.
Love.This.Song. Put those lyrics to use, in acTION! :)

Cuts out for about 10seconds in the middle, but listen to the end, Coldplay joins in. :)



We have the chance to turn the pages over,
We can write what we wanna write,
We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older.

We're all someones daughter, we're all someones son.
How longggggg can we look at each other...
Down the barrel of a gun?!

You're the voice, try and understand it,
Make a noise and make it clear,
Wohhh a wohhh a wohhh ohhh x2
We're not gonna sit in silence, we're not gonna live with fear.
Wohhh a wohhh a wohhh ohhh x2

This time, you know we all can stand togetherrrrrr,
We have the power to be powerful;
Believin we can make it better...

We're all someones daughter, we're all someones son,
HOW LONGGGGG can we look at each otherrrrrrrr,
Down the barrell of a guuuuuuuun?

You're the voice, try and understand it,
Make a NOISE and make it CLEARRRRR,
Wohhh a wohhh a wohhh ohhh x2
We're not gonna sit in silence, we not gonna live with fear,
Wohhh a wohhh a wohhh ohhh x2 (repeat chorus x a jillion)


*P.S ''You're the voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!'' USE it! :)

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The Power of the VOICE :)

Prostitution

I HATE that this is legal in New Zealand. What kind of country makes that legal? Frick frick frick. AND what kinda guys actually 'use' these services. AGHHHHH!!!!

Makes me sick when I think about the guys that use them, and breaks my heart when I see a prostitute just waiting on a corner.

Came face to face with it tonight, talked to a girl my age, waiting.......

OH why do they resort to this....is it horrible and terrible for them? Are they so numb that it's just a 'ordinary' job to them, what drives them to do this....last resort? Screwed up childhood, abuse, the recession????? Pressure for finances, for all I/we know they might have a office job, where they get in their corporate gear, get their morning coffee, sit at their desk every day, but at night, they become someone else, to get the extra cash.........I just DONT know. I HATE that it's legal so much. There are so many other options out there for woman, if they only had the support around them or someone close enough to them that just cares and loves them enough to try everything they can to just....protect them from going to jobs like this.

Horrible. Ask me about tonight if you want....in person. I could have done more. I hate that I didn't, my mind hasn't stopped thinking of all the things I could have done to stop her from getting in that car, sooner. I dont understand why God didn't answer my prayers for that hour or two following, and I'm not supposed to understand, I'm beyond disappointed, way beyond. Anything could happen to her, not saying I'm miss 'Life Saver' and that any chat that I would have had with her would be like this genius life changing chat where she broke down in front of me, admitted it was a last resort, pleaded for help, I find her a job or course to do, somewhere cheap to live, financial support and get her on an awesome new path of life.....as amazing as that would have been....it could have been totally possible...jesus could have given me all the right words to pull on her heartstrings and that could have happened. Could have. Didn't.

Too late....

Fresh Perspective

So a lady came to my church the other night, a guest speaker from an organisation called 'Fresh Perspective'. We never have guest speakers coming to talk to us about organisations (except Mercy Ships, yus) so I knew they must be good.

It's aimed at anyone with children. Basically they have a contact center-ish type thing. Whenever a man/woman is struggling they call this centre and they are matched up with someone, of the same gender, roughly the same age, similar background, who can walk alongside them, be a mentor, a friend, just SOMEONE so that the person just doesn't have to go through the situation or just LIFE in general alone. The guest speaker (I forget her name now) told us one story of a 60 year old woman, just alone, with no-one to talk to, she had grandchildren, called up Fresh Perspective, and was matched up with a lady the same age, same amount of grandchildren AND also the grandchildren were of the same age, same pets, same background, both husbands had just passed away, and even better, the ladies lived only walking distance away from each other. Now they can share life together, mentor and support each other, and just have a friend. They take alot of consideration in who they match people up with - so people have been through the same thing, from loved ones passing away, to health struggles, to addictions, whatever.

Soooo many people are alone. They think they have to go through everything by themselves, and it honestly sucks. I dont know a way of reaching these people, only to be Jesus to everyone you meet. There is that quote 'be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle'. I hate knowing there may be some people out there that dont have someone they can text or call up when they need someone to talk to, that dont have someone they can ask for help, that get forgotton, feel unloved and just struggle hour by hour, day by day through a horrible dark life.

So, obviously I am a big fan of this organisation.

There is a training weekend coming up, which I wanted to attend, so I can be on the list of mentors that can possibly be matched up with somebody, should somebody call up. BUT, because I dont have kids, I could never be a mentor for this organisation. Makes me wanna go out and have a baby of my own....but not quite enough.

If you know of anyone struggling, or you yourself have kids/grandchildren and either need a mentor/friend, and/or can be one yourself for another person, take a look. http://www.freshperspective.org.nz/

For those of you who dont have kids, like me:
I've JUST found this link for people like us, so take a look http://www.brothersinarms.co.nz/
Brothers in Arms - Organisation for children who need a positive role model in their lives - 1/2 a day a week.

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Organisations that help people not to be alone.