As I found out last week, the 40 days of lent don’t include Sundays so I don’t have a long post today. What I do have are 2 songs which I really connected with when I first heard them. The songwriter, Matthew West, uses real people and real experiences to influence his songs, and the lyrics of these two songs have really connected with me over the past few years.
One is a song called ‘Truth be told’ about how we hide behind being fine when actually we’re not. Been there, done that… And the things about God is he already knows we’re broken so we don’t need to hide from him. Longer post on that later in the week (I’ve got 40 days to fill, can’t put it all out there too soon!)
The other is called ‘Tryin” about no longer trying to be like another person, but to be who God made us to be. Big journey for me, to realise that I am enough in God’s eyes, just as I am. We are each unique, the mould is broken after we’re made. Trying to be someone else defeats the point of being made uniquely… Again, more on that later (probably…)
The 2 songs are kind of complete opposites, but the first step to reaching the point of being enough as you are (song 2) is to stop pretending that everything is OK (song 1).
So nothing too deep, just a couple of songs to listen to and reflect on and see what God says through them:
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