Rough Day

Please pray for Andrew. He had a rough afternoon and ended up not making it to Liberty University to the meet he has really looked forward to running in this weekend. He is home now - I picked him up in Wilkesboro. The team turned around and ate at the new Chick-fil-A so he could rest and wait for me.

Thanks. I just talked to Sam's doctor's office in Charlotte and changed some of his stuff yet again. He just does not feel or look good a lot. So I thought we would be on a better track this weekend. This all came out of the blue with Andrew. I saw him after school to get his computer, and I remember thinking how good he looked today. And I know he is so disappointed. I know I am.

I had my little fit and cried "It's not fair" many times before calming down on my drive there. I thought I was "running on empty" earlier this week, so I am not sure what I am running on now. I am trying to keep looking up. I know I will. It's just hard to keep getting off track - in so many ways. I have really been encouraged by Casting Crowns' new CD "Come to the Well" - it talks about running on empty and coming to the well where He has already done all of the work and paid the price for us. I will write more on my blog this weekend - www.sixvandenbergs.blogspot.com so I won't clog up so many email accounts. I was going to write some funny stories of Christmases past. Maybe I will do that still.

Thanks for praying.


The Well (Casting Crowns)


Leave it all behind,
Leave it all behind,
Leave it all behind,
Leave it all behind,
I have what you need,
But you keep on searchin,
I've done all the work,
But you keep on workin,
When you're runnin on empty,
And you can't find the remedy,
Just come to the well.

You can spend your whole life,
Chasin what's missing,
But that empty inside,
It just ain't gonna listen.
When nothing can satisfy,
And the world leaves you high and dry,
Just come to the well

[CHORUS:]
And all who thirst will thirst no more,
And all who search will find what their souls long for,
The world will try, but it can never fill,
So leave it all behind, and come to the well

So bring me your heart
No matter how broken,
Just come as you are,
When your last prayer is spoken,
Just rest in my arms a while,
You'll feel the change my child,
When you come to the well

[CHORUS:]
And all who thirst will thirst no more,
And all who search will find what their souls long for,
The world will try, but it can never fill,
So leave it all behind, and come to the well
Yeah
Leave it all behind
The world will try, but it can never fill... leave it all behind

And now that you're full,
Of love beyond measure,
Your joy's gonna flow,
Like a stream in the desert,
Soon all the world will see that living water is found in me,
Cause you came to the well

[CHORUS:]
And all who thirst will thirst no more,
And all who search will find what their souls long for,
The world will try, but it can never fill,
So leave it all behind, and come to the well