Music - Revisited

I've listened to the song many times, but isn't it interesting that even though I can sing the words, I've never really listened to the song or paid attention to the words and their meaning.

Jars of Clay is a great band, and their song "Two Hands" hit me for the first time today.  Here's some of the lyrics I pulled off the web:

I use one hand to pull closer 
The other to push you away 

If I had two hands doing the same thing 
Lifted high, lifted high 

I have a broken disposition 
I’m a liar who thirsts for the truth 
And while I ache for faith to hold me 
I need to feel the scars and see the proof 

And if we just keep digging we can reach the foundation 
Of our souls 
And if we just keep cutting all the chains from our hearts 
We’ll lose control 



This song reminds me of the call to integrity and authenticity - two things that are almost unheard of in post-modern America.  And the great part is, that God's got it under control.  If we can only give up that old, broken-down self, He has something new in mind for us - a new self that is based on the perfection of His Son.  Pretty cool!

Psalm 147 - Ian's Paraphrase

This is a response to Psalm 147 I once journaled that I turned into a song; well, half a song actually.  There really isn't a chorus yet.  But here you go none-the-less:

In my strength have I sought after life’s delights,

“If only these idiots would listen to me.”

Yet I have not the strength to change the one life

I have power over my own.

Oh to echo Paul’s sentiment, 

“Why do I do the things I do not wish to do!”

But in God, will I find my true strength,

to expose every one of my weaknesses.

He will make me strong, he will rebuild me,

with him as my footings, my foundations.

I will hope to put my hope in him,

Then will I be held in honor.

Praise the Lord!  I will praise His name!