האור עומד בחושך

"So you thought you had to keep this up. All the work that you do so we think that you're good. And you can't believe it's not enough. All the walls you built up are just glass on the outside. So let 'em fall down. There's freedom waiting in the sound when you let your walls fall to the ground. We're here now.

This is where the healing begins, this is where the healing starts. When you come to where you're broken within; the light meets the dark. The light meets the dark.

Afraid to let your secrets out. Everything that you hide can come crashing through the door now. But too scared to face all your fear. So you hide but you find that the shame won't disappear. So let it fall down. There's freedom waiting in the sound when you let your walls fall to the ground. We're here now.

Sparks will fly as grace collides with the dark inside of us. So please don't fight this coming light - let this blood come over us; His blood can cover us!

This is where the healing begins, this is where the healing starts. When you come to where you're broken within; the light meets the dark. The light meets the dark."

"Healing Begins" - Tenth Avenue North

One, I think that Tenth Avenue North is one of the most incredible bands ever. I mean it. If you haven't listened to their new CD, "The Light Meets the Dark", I would definately recommend it!! I had a hard time only posting thoughts about only one song. But this one really spoke to me. I think that as humans we tend to build up walls around us. We put in self protections so that we don't get hurt. Each time we get hurt, we contend with that by adding another brick to our wall. And it gets higher and higher until we can no longer see the truth that lies on the outside of the wall. I'm speaking from personal experience here. I have built some pretty high walls this past year. Every time I was hurt, one of the ways I would deal is by building my wall higher to the point where I didn't let people in. I didn't let them get to my heart. And instead of crying when I was hurt, I would become mad. Mad in an effort to protect myself. And when people told me that I had to tear my walls down, it scared me so bad! If I let go of everything that I controlled (or thought I did); if I let my walls come crashing down, I would be a sitting duck. I would just get hurt more. But in reality, healing can't begin until those walls are gone. As soon as I gave up; as soon as I quit fighting; as soon as I started to cooperate with what my Heavenly Father wanted to do in my life, He began to heal the wounds that had remained open for the past year. He started to fix them. But that couldnt happen until my walls came crashing down. Until those dark, brick, constricting walls of lies came crashing in and the light met the dark.