I love music. I listen to a lot of music and have very eclectic taste when it comes to music. I think I have somewhere in the range of 900+ artists in my music library. I can't come close to my wife's musical talents, but I really do enjoy listening to music. One thing I've found a bit hard though is finding Christian artists that I truly enjoy. I suppose its no different than the secular music scene. If you listen to the 'Top 40' type music you are stuck with pretty simple generic music (hopefully no Beiber fan kills me). Its not often that you come across truly artistic music. One of the things I really regret is the lack of artistry in lyrics. I suppose I'm a bit of a sucker for a song with powerful, compelling, thought-provoking lyrics.
I have recently come across a couple of artists that have this kind of lyrical brilliance and one of them is Andrew Peterson. The song embedded below illustrates this very well. Listen to it or read through these lyrics. There is so much in this song. Overtly it is of course about marriage, but I think it can apply to all parts of life. Life is a possible minefield of troubles. As Job says, man is prone to trouble as the sparks fly upwards, but that's what the promise is for! We can dance through this minefield of life if we go forward trusting in the promises
Well I was 19 you were 21
The year we got engaged
Everyone said we were much to young
But we did it anyway
We got the rings for 40 each from a pawn shop down the road
We said our vows and took the leap now 15 years ago
Chorus:
We went dancing in the minefields
We went sailing in the storm
And it was harder than we dreamed
But I believe that's what the promise is for
Well 'I do' are the two most famous last words
The beginning of the end
But to lose your life for another I've heard is a good place to begin
Cause the only way to find your life is to lay your own life down
And I believe it's an easy price for the life that we have found
Chorus:
And we're dancing in the minefields
We're went sailing in the storm
And it was harder than we dreamed
But I believe that's what the promise was for
That's what the promise is for
Bridge:
So when I lose my way, find me
When I lose loves chains, bind me
At the end of all my faith
to the end of all my days
when I forget my name, remind me
Cause we bear the light of the son of man
So there's nothing left to fear
So I'll walk with you in the shadow lands
Till the shadows disappear
Cause he promised not to leave us
And his promises are true
So in the face of this chaos baby
I can dance with you
Chorus:
So lets go dancing in the minefields
Lets go sailing in the storms
Oh lets go dancing in the minefields
And kicking down the doors
Oh lets go dancing in the minefields
And sailing in the storms
Oh this is harder than we dreamed
But I believe that's what the promise if for
That's what the promise is for
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