When I am sad, music soothes my soul. The last several days I’ve found myself drawn and repelled by television news…we are again in a season of suffering, and images of floods, oil spills, and averted bombs flood the airwaves. Two days ago my husband and I headed to Pensacola Beach to take part in a pre-oil debris cleanup. I’ll be honest – I wasn’t sure our measly efforts to pick up a few plastic bottlecaps (our beach is kept fairly litter-free) would make much of a difference in the darkness spreading our way. But when a Canadian freelance reporter asked my husband and me why we were participating, I unhesitatingly affirmed what I believe, “Because it is a small way to take part in restoring beauty in the midst of brokenness.”
It is true, the light is coming SOON. Though SOON may not seem soon enough in our suffering, let’s remember daily that God has already redeemed and is continuing to restore until the day when there will be no more darkness ever again.
I couldn’t find a video link of this song, but it is beautiful as is the whole album. Click here if you want to play a sample:
Back Home
BY JJ AND DAVID HELLER
Don’t let your eyes get used to darkness
The light is coming soon
Don’t let your heart get used to sadness
Put your hope in what is true
No matter how the wind may blow
It cannot shake the sun
Lay your sorrows on the ground
It’s time to come back home
When the future seems uncertain
Like the coming of a storm
Your loving Father carries his children
When they can’t walk anymore
No matter how the wind may blow
It cannot shake the sun
Lay your sorrows on the ground
It’s time to come back home
Oh, back home…
