I guess this is song week.  You might have noticed by my Tuesday selection that it was a bit of a wacky day.  The fact is I’ve been coasting the past few months.  My journey over the past few years has been a rollercoaster and I was tired of the ride.  I wanted a smooth ride with no bumps, no pain.  I quit reading while saying I just couldn’t focus.  I quit listening, saying I needed peace.  I was coasting with God, not growing with God.

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I’ve been blessed by some good friends who speak truth to me and their words were getting dangerously close to truth I didn’t want to hear.  I avoided the conversation or said it was something I needed to think about…but I didn’t.  So, I think God put some things in motion in my life that forced me to face truth, another 2X4 to the head.  Monday night and Tuesday were a night and day of brokenness.  Painful brokenness.  Brokenness that God used to bring me back to Him, to get me off the coasting ride and to put me on the ride that is headed closer to Him.  He put a book in front of me last week that I needed to start reading today…and I did.  And, I’ll give him credit for opening my ears to the words of this song today, a song I’ve listened to several times but didn’t LISTEN to what it was saying.  I hope you enjoy.

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Don’t Give Up performed by Third Day