Music blog numbero two!! Where I Belong by
Building 429
Sometimes
it feels like I’m watching from the outside
Sometimes
it feels like I’m breathing but am I alive
I will
keep searching for answers that aren’t here to find
All I
know is I’m not home yet
This is
not where I belong
Take this
world and give me Jesus
This is
not where I belong
So when
the walls come falling down on me
And when
I’m lost in the current of a raging sea
I have
this blessed assurance holding me
All I
know is I’m not home yet
This is
not where I belong
Take this
world and give me Jesus
This is
not where I belong
When the
earth shakes I wanna be found in You
When the
lights fade I wanna be found in You
All I
know is I’m not home yet
This is
not where I belong
Take this
world and give me Jesus
This is
not where I belong
Our world today is not in the best shape these
days and that reality became especially clear to many people I think after the
explosions in Boston yesterday. For
those who do not really know what happened there is the Boston marathon that is
a huge event that I think every marathon runner wants to get in to. At the finish line yesterday as runners were
finishing the race there was one explosion and a few seconds after a second explosion. By now I have heard that 3 are dead and over
140 people injured and there are a lot of amputees and the explosive had ball
bearings in them to injure more people.
I think people recognize that there are explosions happening very often
injuring and killing people regularly but since it is not close to home (aka
North America) we do not really understand the impact or reality of the tragedy
of an explosive. After this happened my
Facebook and Twitter exploded with thoughts and speculation about the explosion
and prayers being sent but I personally did not put any reaction on a social
network site (well until now) for two reasons. One, I do not like making
assumptions or speculations or point any fingers especially so early after it
happened before any investigation could be done and two because I don’t like
“following trends” #prayforBoston, they have great intentions but I feel like
it is not worth publicizing if you aren’t actually going to do anything about
it and that if you are going to pray about an event you don’t need to publicize
it, just my opinions. I saw mostly
positive things but there were some that automatically start pointing fingers
which I do not think is totally fair and this is where the song kind of makes a
connection. It is a Christian song if
you hadn’t picked up on that and I find it incredibly reassuring as a
believer. The song talks about how we
were not created for this earth but for something much greater. I find it super easy to get caught up in
society and feel overwhelmed and stressed about things that I cannot handle and
forget that I have been created for a greater purpose and that I was not meant
to stay on earth forever. Just because
somebody is breathing does not mean they are alive, it does mean physically
living but also “full of energy and spirit; lively” (dictionary.com) and I find
that hard to come by on a regular basis in people. We have our moments of being “alive” probably
when we are talking about something we are incredibly passionate about or
something important to us but that feeling never stays around for long. To me this song is a daily reminder to truly
live life and do what we can while we can but that there is also something way
better for us that is being created for us.
After events like yesterday that have a national impact or smaller more
personal events like someone close getting sick or dying this song is usually
on repeat as a reminder of the beacon of hope that we can have.
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