Life is strange, okay maybe it's just me, I am strange. This past month my favorite band, David Crowder Band, released a new album. I bought it the day it came out with great anticipation, watching it download eagerly, and when it came time to press play I couldn't do it. I still haven't listened to it. This is the last David Crowder Band album - EVER. When I listen to it will be the last time I ever hear one of their songs for the first time. I know it sounds crazy but their music has had a profound effect on my spiritual life. The first time I heard their debut album I was in a difficult place spiritually - drained, worried, lots of changes going on in my life. I popped in this random CD I got in the mail because I was helping lead a worship service and heard:
Lord I'm tired, so tired from walking and Lord I'm so alone.
And Lord the dark, is creeping in, creeping up to swallow me.
I think I'll stop, rest here a while.
Chorus:
And this is all that I can say right now and this is all that I can give.
And this is all that I can say right now and this is all that I can give.
That's my everything.
And didn't You see me cry'n and didn't You hear me call Your name?
Wasn't it You I gave my heart to?
I wish You'd remember where you sat it down.
Bridge:
I didn't notice You were standing here.
I didn't notice that that was You holding me.
I didn't notice You were cry'n too.
I didn't know that that was You washing my feet.
It was the first worship song I ever heard that acknowledged that sometimes life is hard and sometimes we have questions for God. Sometimes we cry out and call out and this song offered the hope that Jesus is right there with us even in those "sometimes."
That is good news folks! Jesus is with you - Jesus is with us! Jesus is working in our world and washing the feet of the tired, wiping away tears, binding up the broken hearted, and leading his church into mission and ministry! Jesus is working to transform us, to use us to make disciples that will transform this whole world. Get excited Tallassee FUMC your God is here! I think I'll go listen to that new album now.
Your Servant in Christ,
Dave
Your Servant in Christ,
Dave
