Over break I spent some time talking to a leader from another team. One thing that was brought up was my struggle to express myself. I have a very difficult time putting how I feel into words. She mentioned several different forms of expression, and none of them fit me at all. But as soon as she mentioned music it hit me. That’s it. I can’t sing, dance, etc. I have no musical talent, but I always have a song of the moment. Many times I mention to people that “This is my song right now.” Well, I don’t plan on posting song lyrics with every entry, but it is where I’m at today.

I’ve been trying to write a new update for 2 weeks now. God has placed several different topics on my heart as I was out at my ministry site this week, but I haven’t been at the place where I can really write about them yet.
  As I’ve been sitting here tonight trying to figure out even something simple to write, this song was on my heart. It really ties into the previous entry. “Have I become a soul so numb/ All too familiar……Beautiful, You’re beautiful/ So why does it have to be so hard/ To see You in the sunrise?”

Of all the places to experience God, nature is definitely one of the easier ways for me to feel Him. I love storms. The power is amazing. I also love sunrises. They are simple and beautiful. I still see the beauty of them, but it’s not really experiential. This is another song sung by Bebo Norman. I have fallen in love with the lyrical content of his latest cd, because so many of the songs fit into my life experiences as of late.
  It’s called Time Takes its Toll on Us. When things get difficult, and life starts to wear you down, the title says it all. The more time that passes, the higher the toll. But as the last line says, love remains. No matter what the experiences are; no matter how extravagant or how bleak, love still remains.
  
  

Have I become a soul so numb

All too familiar

Words of gold have all grown cold

Over and over

I need to see you in the sunrise

Time takes its toll on us

And it tries its best just to steal our love

And we bend and we break but we don’t give up

Time takes its toll on us

From the start you touched my heart

And turned it in to something more

Beautiful, you’re beautiful

So why does it have to be so hard

To see you in the sunrise

Time takes, time takes away

Love remains, love remains

Written by Bebo Norman and Jason Ingram