Friday Food For Thought #3

The other day I woke up already pretty tired. Work has been crazy and stressful. Outside it was foggy and in general, the day had a general "blah" feeling. Accompanying this was the news talking about the murder of the news reporter and her camera man which was deeply troubling to me.

I think God knew that I was feeling a little worn down because as I reached into a laundry basket in the laundry room I pulled out a white shirt I had been missing for a few weeks though I had gone to look for it. It was my Tenth Avenue North "Worn" t-shirt I got at Lifest.

After I got dressed, I played the song on my phone. The first chorus going like this
"I’m Tired I’m worn
My heart is heavy
From the work it takes
To keep on breathing
I’ve made mistakes
I’ve let my hope fail
My soul feels crushed
By the weight of this world"

My heart was heavy. The world was definitely crushing me at that point, but I knew when I found that shirt that God was speaking to me. 

The next line goes like this

"And I know that you can give me rest

So I cry out with all that I have left" 

So I did cry out (in my mind) as I played the song. As I drove to work the station I was on was talking about the event, and I drove on through the fog gently crying. I thought about how life is so much like driving through a fog. We really do not ever know what is going to happen. That morning Alison Parker did not know what was going to happen when she reported to work. There is no way of knowing what is going to happen, and that is scary. As unclear as the fog is, it also has a trance like affect  as though it makes you sleepy/tired/worn.

Throughout these foggy days of Fall something has been just as strong as I drive to school. The sun behind the fog. The sun fought so hard to get out, and it illuminated my path all the way to school where the fog was virtually gone. 

The chorus of the song goes

"Let me see redemption win
Let me know the struggle ends
That you can mend a heart
That’s frail and torn
I wanna know a song can rise
From the ashes of a broken life
And all that’s dead inside can be reborn
Cause I’m worn"

After getting the shirt on a day I needed it, and having the sun shine so bright through the fog, I can tell you that God has an answer to the singers requests. Redemption will win, the struggle will end, hearts will be mended, and the dead will be reborn.

Is there a fog that you are going through?  Is there something wearing you down? Is there a way that God shines like the sun through the fog for you?

Let me know in the comments or by using the email option to the right.

Breanna