I'm listening to this song by Nada Surf called, "Always Love" and there's this lyric..."To make a mountain of your life is just a choice." How true is that, lately I've been making mine into Mount Everest. There's a lot of stuff happening and I've been letting it get to me. Have you ever had something that you just knew it was true, so then you never wondered about - it just is, and then all of sudden, it turns out to be a lie?
So Nada Surf was like that for me. There's this cd called, "The Weight Is A Gift." It's been on my iPod like forever, I really, really like that song, "Always Love." I got this theory that there's two kinds of people in the world: There are lyric people and music people. You know, the lyric people tend to be "analytical," all about the meaning of the song. They're the ones you see with the CD insert out like five minutes after buying it, pouring over the lyrics... interpreting everything. Then there's the music people, who could care less obout the lyrics, just as long as it's got like, a good beat and you could dance to it. I don't know, sometimes it might be easier to be a music girl and not a lyric girl, but since I'm not, let me just say this: sometimes things find you when you need them to find you. I believe that. And for me, it's usually song lyrics.
So... I'm in the middle of a good life, but a rough few days/weeks and what shows up among all this stuff ? A Nada Surf album called, "The Weight Is A Gift." Weight like, W-E-I-G-H-T weight, as in heaviness. And just like that, I'm reminded that - you know what, it's probably gonna be okay. If it doesn't kill me - and it won't, then it'll make me stronger. So listen, I don't know anything about your world, wow I barely know about mine but if you're carrying around something difficult or something that nobody seems to see or get or can help you with... just remember: The weight is a gift, and we're not going out like that.
Listen to the song: http://www.melindacluster.zoomshare.com/files/04_Always_Love.m4a
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Girl, that is awesome! I can totally hear your sweet South African voice saying the words! I really like the music/lyrics thing. I think I tend to be more of a lyrics person myself. What you wrote reminded me of James 1:2-4,"Consider it pure joy, my brethren, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." Check it out in your Bible because the verses following these verses are about asking God for wisdom. Thanks for sharing last night...Cling to the Father!
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