#matthew mole

[esoteric-aesthetic-lyrics]

Always By My Side - Matthew Mole

[nofatclips]

Up & Out by Joshua Stocker (featuring the song I Couldn’t Help Myself by Scanners)

[popgoesthemusique]

Une chanson inspirée par l'absurdité du monde dans lequel on vit, une sur le confinement, une autre pour vous remonter le moral et une dernière pour vous faire un peu danser, ce sont nos recommandations de la semaine ! Avec mazie, Courtney Barnett, Matthew Mole et Omar Apollo. Pour regarder tous les clips et/ou écouter notre playlist de nouveautés musicales, mise à jour hebdomadairement, rendez-vous sur le lien en source de ce post.

[playlists-in-fall]

-the overthinking that accompanies love

requested

are you bored yet?-wallows

bad to worse-ra ra riot

boys like you-dodie

did it to myself-orla gartland

the fall-half•alive

if i’m being honest-dodie

i go crazy-orla gartland

let’s talk about feelings-joywave

married in a gold rush-vampire weekend

maybe i’m afraid-lovelytheband

monster-dodie

oh god-orla gartland

running away-vulfpeck

songbirds-ben thornewill

take yours, i’ll take mine-matthew mole

[la-my-am]

trong tất cả những cảnh vật và khung cảnh anh từng được xem và anh từng được đến, thì có một sự thật là...

dù anh dạo bước khắp các phố nơi anh nghĩ chỉ tồn tại trong mơ nhưng cảnh vật xung quanh với anh không gợi lấy một xúc cảm, trong mắt anh chỉ có em.

nơi có em, là nơi anh luôn muốn thuộc về, ở đâu cũng được, miễn là ở cùng nhau. anh sẽ dẫn em đến những nơi anh từng qua. cầm chặt tim anh và chạy cùng anh nào.

vì anh đang đuổi theo em, anh đang chạy theo em và anh sẽ làm tất cả có thể để anh có thể làm tất cả vì em.

chúng ta sẽ về nhà, rồi một ngày nào đó chúng ta sẽ về nhà. nhưng ngay bây giờ hai ta được kêu gọi để đến một nơi nơi mà em và anh sẽ thay đổi cả thế giới mà ta biết. bất cứ nơi nào, chỉ cần anh bên em thì là nhà.

nơi có em, là nơi anh luôn muốn thuộc về, ở đâu cũng được, miễn là em cạnh anh. anh sẽ dẫn em đến những nơi anh từng qua. cầm chặt tim anh và chạy cùng anh nào.

-hạnh- dịch vì chị mỹ âm mệt quá ngủ mất rồi :))))

[confettisailing]

“You are the puddle of mud in the pigsty of my life And I hope that you know what I'm trying to say to you I guess that I love you”  

                                      - Matthew Mole, Have I Told You

[gyufilms]

you know those songs that when you listen to them, doesnt matter when, you chest kinda tightens and you feel at peace, kinda warm and happy, and this is what you want to feel like for the rest of your life?

i think love feels like that

and the fact that music can make you feel the same way is beautiful

[buggie-hagen]

Sermon for Third Sunday in Lent (3/15/20)

Primary Text | Exodus 17:1-7

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Dear People of God,

The Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” There was reason to doubt. They were in the wilderness, they were thirsty and had no water. It certainly is easy to doubt God’s loving presence when things are going badly. During this time of the COVID-19 virus, there is potential for things to be going badly for us. I saw for myself that there has been of all things, no toilet paper in grocery stores (not to mention many other essentials and foods). I have to admit, that in my lifetime I don’t recall this large-scale of prepping ever—not for H1N1, or any other pandemic.

Luther, in the time of the plague, had said, “I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of my negligence…If my neighbor needs me however I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely...See this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God.” With these words Luther offers us an approach to pandemic that is at once calm and balanced. Clearly, panic and fear tempt us to do things we wouldn’t do otherwise. We must not succumb. Our mission as the Church of God in Jesus Christ has not changed. In times like these, we still have a responsibility to our neighbor—especially the most vulnerable. That is, both to prevent their deaths and to promote their wellbeing. If we get caught up in fear and anxiety it does not bode well for anyone. Therefore, we pray God prevent us feeding fear and give us courage to love one another.

So, how does God encourage us? Through the Word, but not just any word, but that Word about Christ. The Israelites had complained against the LORD while they were in the wilderness when they said, “Is the LORD among us or not?” Again, there was no water, and they were thirsty. They complained to Moses: “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” The Israelites could only see the outward appearance of things, and concluded God was not doing enough to help them. Not only did they doubt the LORD, but in doing so they despised what he had already accomplished for them. No doubt this angered the LORD. After all, he had brought them out of slavery from the land of Egypt, and he was leading them to the Promised Land. Despite this, God had responded with mercy and kindness. For he instructed Moses to go on ahead with the elders and to “strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so the people may drink.” (pause) This rock was Christ.

The LORD Christ is a sacramentum, meaning, he is God’s saving gift for you. When you are thirsty, when you are afraid, when the world is in chaos, you have the comfort that God is most definitely with you. For the sake of Christ, you can know with certainty that God is faithful, that God has forgiven you all your sins, that God promises to be your God through all things. The promise of God’s grace is not dependent on your worthiness, but on Christ who is gracious and merciful. And because this is so, nothing can get in the way of it, not your sins, not your own feelings of unworthiness, not what other people think of you, not even the Corona Virus. When God makes a promise, it is unbreakable. When the world was in chaos, Christ was crucified for you. When death is in the air, and holds the world in bondage, remember Christ was raised for you. Christ continues to be God-for-you through the Word proclaimed and the sacraments administered. (pause) Baptism is only done once, yet its benefits remain forever. Not as an “outward sign of an inner change”, but because it is there that God claimed you as his own and promised to be there with you forever, as the Creed testifies, “one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.” In the Lord’s Supper, God is there again, creating in you life and hope and salvation. In the Word about Christ, God strengthens you and gives you courage to face every challenge. Is the LORD among us or not? Don’t listen to the naysayers, the LORD Christ is among us.

There’s a favorite song of mine. One of those that I have the habit of listening to repeatedly. It is called You Are Loved by Matthew Mole. His words are comforting words that are spot on for us today. For our purposes, I want you to hear these words as God’s Word spoken for you, to comfort you, I want you to hear these words as God’s certain love for you in Jesus Christ, whenever you face the time of fear and anxiety, such as now in the time of COVID-19, he sings: “Don’t be scared, it’s alright, God has given us this love, and he will never let it fall apart, he will never leave our side.”