Neat thing about the “Slow Revival” album mentioned in the last post…. the very next song is called “Things are Gonna Change”. Cool.

Here’s a song that really touches me when I’m in a place where I have faith that God is in complete control… but still struggle with the reasons of a particular situation.

Hope it touches you too. (Works best when repeated about 50 times in a row.)

From the album “Slow Revival” by Bryan Duncan

Lonely Tonight (click if you want to preview/buy the mp3 at Amazon)

Don’t belittle me, don’t be light
Hear me truly and hear me right
I know You love me and I know You care
I know You’re always there
But I’m lonely tonight

The sun has set in a misty grey
All the color has passed away
I watch the moon as it clears the wall
‘Life is good,’ I’m sayin’, ‘all in all,
But I’m lonely tonight’
Yeah, my faith is gonna see me through
You know I trust in You
But I’m lonely tonight

It’s not a simple need for company
I don’t know
where I belong in the world I see
and I’m lonely tonight

Rest assured in amazing grace
I’d feel safe in a safer place
It’s true I love You and my love is true
You know I’m thankful, too
But I’m lonely tonight
I can gather all the power to choose
And I can take it if I win or lose
But I’m lonely tonight
I’m lonely tonight

I don’t know
where I belong in the world I see
And I’m lonely tonight

A silhouette in a garden gate
A single prayer in a solemn state
A place for me I’m gonna recognize
Someday in paradise
‘Cause I’m lonely tonight

Oh, it’s not a simple need for company
I know now
that I don’t belong in this world I see
And I’m lonely tonight
Lonely tonight
Lonely
Lonely
Tonight

There aren’t many times in my life when the words “Neener, Neener” come to mind… but Valentine’s Day is one of them. When I think of my wife, and realize that she picked me over all the other choices she had…. I just can’t help it.

What a lucky and blessed man I am!!!

Let’s assume there was a health problem. Let’s assume that some doctors thought that 70% of the instances of that problem was caused by a specific virus, but no one is sure. Let’s assume that some researchers had a drug that some people thought stopped that virus, but no one is for sure…. and in those instances where everything was right, it might not provide protection in all cases, plus it has the possibility of side effects.

Do those sound like good odds? Let’s just say that the unknowns were actually correct 75% of the time. That means that it would help less than 40% of the people who take it…. and that’s only if they’re right.

I know that sounds like a far-fetched scenario… but keep this in mind when you watch TV ads for all the drugs being pushed to market.

(Of course my personal favorite is when they try to sell a drug to cure depression.. oh, but by the way, the drug has a very good chance of causing people to become suicidal….. Huh?)

Stop This Train
John Mayer

No, I’m not colorblind
I know the world is black and white
I try to keep an open mind
But I just can’t sleep on this tonight

Stop this train
I wanna get off
And go home again
I can’t take the speed it’s moving in
I know I can
But honestly, won’t someone stop this train?

Don’t know how else to say it
I don’t want to see my parents go
I’m one generation’s length away
From fighting life out on my own

No really, stop this train
I wanna get off
And go home again
I can’t take the speed it’s moving in
I know I can
But honestly, won’t someone stop this train?

I’m so scared of getting older
I’m only good at being young, and dumb
So I play the numbers game
To find a way to say that life has just begun
But the game is done

Had a talk with my old man
Said “help me understand”
He said “turn sixty-eight
You renegotiate”

“Don’t stop this train
Don’t for a minute change the place you’re in
And don’t think I couldn’t ever understand
Oh, I tried my hand
John, honestly we’ll never stop this train”

Oh now, once in awhile, when it’s good
It’ll feel like it should
And they’re all still around
And you’re still safe and sound
And you don’t miss a thing
Till you cry when you’re driving away in the dark
Singing

Stop this train
I wanna get off
And go back home again
I can’t take the speed this thing is moving in
I know I can
Cause now I see I’ll never stop this train

I’m never gonna stop this train
Oh I’m never gonna stop this train