Learning to Breathe

I felt renewed after church service this morning.

I love when you are reminded that there is restoration found in Christ.

I tend to forget this and come to the point of growing weary, dragging my feet around, KNOWING I am weak and that my weakness is getting the best of me.

Palm sunday and this morning's church service could not have come at a better time for me.

I found myself singing this song tonight:

Hello, good morning, how ya do?
What makes your rising sun so new?
I could use a fresh beginning too
All of my regrets are nothing new

So this is the way
that I say I need You
This is the way
This is the way

That I'm learning to breathe
I'm learning to crawl
I'm finding that You and
You alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies

Hello, good morning, how ya been?
Yesterday left my head kicked in
I never thought I could fall like that
Never knew that I could hurt this bad

I'm learning to breathe
I'm learning to crawl
I'm finding that You and
You alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies

So this is the way
that I say that I need You
This is the way
That I say I love You
This is the way
That I say I'm Yours
This is the way
This is the way

As you all knooooooow, Switchfoot is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, my favorite band. With all the crap on the radio today and all I've been exposed to in the music business, they are the only hope I find in the good of music anymore. I was introduced to them when I was 14 after having just moved to Tennessee. It was a time when my heart needed to be nourished with something much deeper than I had been feeding it. Switchfoot's album literally landed in my hands with me not having a clue who they were and I've never looked back. I have never listened to more inspiring, raw, original, heartfelt music in my life. After watching their latest documentary, I think I fell 20 times more attached to their songs than ever before. It's as though every single song has spoken to me personally and gotten me through some kind of event in my life. I literally cannot think of another band that comes even close, and I thank God for their music and the passion He has placed inside of those men.

"Learning to Breathe" is a song that reminded me today that when I'm broken, full of regret, struggling, I am still learning to crawl and learning to "give up" and just admit "God, I need You."

Thank you, Switchfoot.

I hope you find restoration this Easter.