As this goes live, it’s 1 January 2010 for most of the world.

And this is the last post on Shaping The Space.

The first post was on 1 January 2009. You can see it in its entirety here, but I’m going to repost part of it below because I think it’s a good way to wrap up the year of space shaping that has now ended.

Why am I shutting this down?

It’s purely a consolidation thing. For the past 5 months, virtually all posts on this blog have also been on at least one other, and that’s the one I’m going to keep.

And to say I’m shutting down is a little strong…it’s all going to be here, collecting Cyrillic spam comments (though French seems to have become the current vogue spam language), and searchable for all who care about my Hillsong album review.

So, to continue following my space shaping adventures, come find me:

http://www.davidgoodwin.com – my home page, and definitely still a work in progress
http://words.davidgoodwin.com – I started telling my story on various blogs late in 2009. I’m consolidating all of that, and probably more.
http://music.davidgoodwin.com – a new page where you can listen to (and download, if you’re mad) some of my music from over the years
http://blog.davidgoodwin.com – the blog that will be continuing…you’ll need to update your RSS feed, or you can subscribe via email, but you can be sure all the inanity you’ve come to know and love will still be going on over there.

Thanks for being part of these space shaping adventures during 2009. Love you all!

One of my favourite ever lyrics from one of my favourite ever singers. It’s one of my favourite ever songs really: Kevin Max “Shaping Space”, which obviously has inspired the name of this blog. I was really saddened when Kevin’s solo career just didn’t happen (well, not in the way it deserved to), and to read about all the personal turmoil he endured ‘back in the day’. But I love that God uses the most fallible of humans for his greatest works, as so often they (we) are the most malleable. Just look at all the stuff-ups that Abraham, David and Solomon did, just for starters! Yet it’s their steadfast faith we remember – not the failings of their human frailty. God’s grace is absolutely amazing! And it gives me great great comfort.

And they said we wouldn’t last
And they said the years would break our backs
So here we are again my friend
To mystify their narrow plans
You and I were meant to be
Much more than they could see
You and I are made to stay
As they waste away

We are shaping the space
And harvesting places
We’re the princes of the universe
We are living together
In the here-everafter
In the temple of the evening Son
We’re the princes of the universe

It’s a prophecy of long ago
It’s a blueprint for the journey home
And we’re writing as we stumble on
Making history to build upon

You and I were meant to be
Much more than they could see
You and I are made to stay
As they waste away

We are shaping the space
And harvesting places
We’re the princes of the universe
We are living together
In the here-everafter
In the temple of the evening Son
We’re the princes of the universe

And the raven in the towerclock
Spins poetry and devil talk,

And the woman by the endless well
She’s drawing water from the mouth of hell
“And these are the days”, she says…