lifeasmission

I promised Amy from David Ford’s label a while back that I would blog about his most recent video.

What can I say, it’s a great song and a great video.  The video didn’t quite strike me the way “Go to Hell” did, but it’s still go that simple-cool thing going for it.  I enjoyed the lyrics which communicated a sort of hopeful yet honest sense of regret.  Because of a recent conversation with a good friend, I got hung up on one line in particular.

Everybody wades through the same colored *$@%
But it doesn’t drag everyone down

The friend I was talking to feels absolutely broken.  Feelings of emptiness, loss, fear, doubt, and frustration are dominating this persons life right now.  This person has been far (at least from their perspective) from God for a good long while, but in the midst of this brokenness, their inclination is to run to, rather than away from, God.  I don’t know what to attribute this to other than grace.  There is often no telling what our reaction to adversity and trials will be, but David is right - since the pain of life is common to all, we must ask ourselves, how come some get drug down and others don’t? But I’ll tell you what, having a community that loves and supports you sure doesn’t hurt!