Brooke Fraser is hands down one of my favorite artists.
She captivates feelings and thoughts I can't verbalize at times, lately more so than ever.
One of my favorite Fraser songs is entitled "C. S. Lewis Song."
The moment I saw this song on an album of her's I purchased, I knew I would love it, if not only for the fact it concerned possibly my favorite author in the world.
The song opens with a series of lyrics that I will forever adore:
"If I find in myself desires nothing in this world can satisfy,
I can only conclude that I was not made for here
If the flesh that I fight is at best only light and momentary,
then of course I'll feel nude when to where I'm destined I'm compared."
This song became my inspiration lately.
I will be honest with you, my priorities found themselves rather out of whack the last couple months (wonder who's fault that might be :D) and one day it hit me like a ton of bricks.
Nothing that I was working towards, consuming my thoughts and time with...nothing would matter in eternity. At the end of months worth of full days, I could not pinpoint one that I felt utterly fulfilled by, because "I was not made for here."
We are made for more, more than momentary troubles, fleeting fancies, and unfulfilled wishes.
We are children of the Lord, set apart, and called out.
I realize that I will never be fully fulfilled until I am in the presence of my Father, but there is a fine line between the road I was walking and that of my potential.
All in all, the biggest thing that I took away from these past couple months is that I must understand that my priorities, my passions, and so on are not of this world, or at least they should not be. Christ is my fountain, and all my hopes and dreams must be found only in Him.
So, if this is my reality, what have I done or am I doing today to live out this reality?
That's the question that prompted me to make MANY changes in my life.
Let that resonate with you today, and then please act. Hearing from the Lord and remaining right where you are is a scary thing, trust me, I have tried it.
Just act, do it, take His command and run with it, all else will fall into place in His timing.
I believe this is the essence of peace.
"C.S. Lewis Song"
If I find in myself desires nothing in this world can satisfy,
I can only conclude that I was not made for here
If the flesh that I fight is at best only light and momentary,
then of course I'll feel nude when to where I'm destined I'm compared
Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan as I wait for hope to come for me
Am I lost or just less found? On the straight or on the roundabout of the wrong way?
is this a soul that stirs in me, is it breaking free, wanting to come alive?
Cos my comfort would prefer for me to be numb
And avoid the impending birth of who I was born to become
For we, we are not long here
Our time is but a breath, so we better breathe it
And I, I was made to live, I was made to love, I was made to know you
Hope is coming for me
Hope, He's coming
