There's a song by Third Day called San Angelo. It kinda sums up the don't-know-why-I-feel-a-bit-down feeling I get sometimes. I'm not sure why I experience such low feelings, I guess sometimes I just get overwhelmed by self-pity and forget that God's love for me is unchanging.
I think feelings like this can commonly be experienced if we don't monitor the internal thought processes we have. I think I remember reading somewhere that Mac Powell (who penned the lyrics) actually wrote this song during a time when they had been on tour for a while and he had started to feel a bit 'over it' and homesick. I can relate in a sense because often I feel just a bit over it - people don't act the way you want them to, decisions are made that you don't agree with and sometimes you just feel so different to everyone else that even though there are so many people in your life, you just feel alone.
I think feelings like this can commonly be experienced if we don't monitor the internal thought processes we have. I think I remember reading somewhere that Mac Powell (who penned the lyrics) actually wrote this song during a time when they had been on tour for a while and he had started to feel a bit 'over it' and homesick. I can relate in a sense because often I feel just a bit over it - people don't act the way you want them to, decisions are made that you don't agree with and sometimes you just feel so different to everyone else that even though there are so many people in your life, you just feel alone.
I think that's why this song speaks to me quite a lot. But at the same time, it's always good to remind myself of just how constant God is and how unchanging His nature is. As a Christian, that is so comforting, and even when the cloud of discouragement looms, I am just thankful that though all the people around me may forsake me, God will always be there for me until I meet Him face to face.
So back to the song that inspired this post! The lyrics go like this...
Forever seems so distant
Much further than today
You turn around and in an instant
You find that you are just as far from yesterday
The day it feels like winter
The night it feels like stone
You turn around and you remember
When you're surrounded
You can still feel so alone
But it's in between the start and end
I find myself once again
Questioning this place
Calling out your name
San Angelo
What do you know
And tell me do you have something to say
Don't get me wrong
But I miss my home
And it feels like I'm a million miles away
San Angelo
Why do I ask these questions
How come I have these doubts
Cause I find every situation
It always seems to have
It's way of working out
But it's in between the start and end
I find myself once again
Questioning this place
Calling out your name
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