Music is a huge part of my life. I have music playing almost 24/7. My radio is playing while I fall asleep. I always have the radio or a CD playing in my car. I even listen to music at work--even though I maybe shouldn't :O. And I've found that music can be a great therapy. There's almost always a song that comes on at a particular time in my life that makes me say, "YES! That's what I'm going through!!" Often times, when I find a song like this, I blog the lyrics--they say just what I need to say without having to put much effort into them [yes, I'm sometimes lazy :P]. Having songs like this out there in the world just when I need them leads me to two conclusions: 1.) God works in many ways. 2.) I'm not the only one in the whole world to feel/praise/hurt/rejoice/grieve like I do. Brings the world back down to a manageable size, you know?
The song I'm feeling right now is Matthew West's The Motions [see below for lyrics]. It makes me realize that I'm not doing all that I could be doing, all that I should be doing. I'm all too often consumed with self-pity and sorrow to see the blessings in my life, to see the opportunities to share with others, to go out and make something of my life. I'm greatly humbled to realize how much I worry about myself instead of living out our greatest mission in this life: "to lead others to an active faith in Jesus Christ."
The Motions
This might hurt, it's not safe
But I know that I've gotta make a change
I don't care if I break,
At least I'll be feeling something
'Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of life
I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?
"No regrets, not this time
I'm gonna let my heart defeat my mind
Let Your love make me whole
I think I'm finally feeling something
'Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of this life'
Cause I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"
take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way ('cause I don't wanna go through the motions)
take me all the way (I know I'm finally feeling something real)
take me all the way
I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"
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