My friend Katie Sue gave me a copy of Jill Phillips' self-titled CD a while back. If you've never heard of Jill Phillips I encourage you to look into this cd. It's really good. Although there are many songs on the album that I find poignant, I keep coming back to one in particular. I heard it again this week on my ipod as I was walking to work from the train station. It describes my current state and answers the question of how am I better then I can articulate. Here are the lyrics to the song "Live By the Sword":
I don’t see why I don’t see what bothers me
And I don’t know why I don’t know won’t let me go
I should have listened to myself when I had it down
This dose of my own medicine is too big to swallow now
This is the time when I find what’s inside of me
This is the time when I decide what I believe
CHORUS:
If I want to be real in this world
The I have to realize
If I am going to live by the sword
I'm gonna have to die by the sword
It’s easy to be calm when there’s no crashing tide
It’s easy to be quiet when it’s loud outside
It’s easy to be humble when you’re glorified
But now I’m out here on my own and screaming from inside
This is the time when I find what’s inside of me
This is the time when I decide what I believe
CHORUS
You stripped me down to basics
You left my heart exposed
There is no pride in times like this
No one said it was easy
No one said it was fair
But nobody’s happy when it is
Lord, I need your loving arms to carry me
When I look in the mirror and don’t like what I see
I know you know what I desire to do
So help me follow even when it’s not easy to
CHORUS
2 comments:
Dawn, I'm so happy this CD still resonates with you as it does with me. This song is so powerful mostly because it reveals that sometimes God rubs us raw so that He can shed wisdom on our lives. I love the bridge when he says it's easy to be humble when you're glorified. I hope that you feel comfort in knowing that you aren't the only one screaming from inside and that the Lord has purpose in it.
Wow! Another starfish blog! I love how the Lord answers prayers that aren't even spoken-He knows our heart needs and meets them. In other words, this is what the Great Physician ordered for me today!
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