Good morning!
This song is one of my favorites. I am constantly re-learning this--re-realizing that the things my heart needs (faith, healing, trust) are gonna come as a result of God's work in me. At times I have doubted if God really had a hand in these processes--if he really was actually on the other side of our relationship, helping me build a deeper faith, healing my heart from disappointment, teaching me to set down my worry about the future. Sometimes I've felt like if I was going to get anywhere in these things, that it was going to be by my hard work and personal reflection. But there have also been points of growth, movement, and change that I know have come by way of God's grace and compassion. Certain change didn't come directly through talking to a good counselor, or by my own wise realizations, but the change, as this song talks about, came as a gift. And I do not understand the passage of time and how maybe its okay to have time wash over us in periods of waiting (we are never okay with unproductive time), but I want to rest in the belief that the things I truly need will come. Okay, listen to my this song! It's one of my favorites!
Something changed inside me broke wide open all spilled out
Till I had no doubt that something changed
Never would have believed it till I felt it in my own heart
In the deepest part the healing came
And I cannot make it
And I cannot fake it
And I can't afford it
But it's mine
Something so amazing in a heart so dark and dim
When a wall falls down and the light comes in
And I cannot make it
And I cannot fake it
And I can't afford it
But it's mine
Till I had no doubt that something changed
Never would have believed it till I felt it in my own heart
In the deepest part the healing came
And I cannot make it
And I cannot fake it
And I can't afford it
But it's mine
Something so amazing in a heart so dark and dim
When a wall falls down and the light comes in
And I cannot make it
And I cannot fake it
And I can't afford it
But it's mine
Needed this tonight. Mesi anpil Emily. Always amazed at how Sara's lyrics cut through the BS and get to the heart of the Good News.
ReplyDeleteI know, I know, they DO!
Delete"I want to rest in the belief that the things I truly need will come." Amen. I miss listening to Sara Groves with you. Please come visit soon! If not I'll see you when I come visit in March : )
ReplyDeleteI really like the "gift" part.. like it alot... Puts a smile on my face - a gift for me:) then to believe - not look for affirmation from others that change has occurred but simply believing :) Resting in that belief:) Thanks Em!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly what I needed this morning!
ReplyDeleteUgh that is something I have been fighting and struggling with for months now. You want change and you strive to get it, you search for it, try new things. But sometimes it is waiting. Sometimes you have to wait for that gift to be passed to you. But in the mean time what do you do? I'm waiting for that gift.
I love this song.