Lately I've been so blessed with an amazing life and I'm so happy. But every once in a while, just like most other people, I get in one of those sad, depressed moods where you just have to sit and cry it out while listening to sad music. Well last time this happened to me i decided to not listen to sad music, but to listen to Christian music, specifically Casting Crowns.
I've always loved their music. It's amazing music that you can just be alone and worship the Lord to. There are some specific songs that I like to listen to that always lift my spirits and remind me that I am a child of God and he loves me. Those songs are: Does Anybody Hear Her, Praise You In This Storm, East to West, Set Me Free, and Voice of Truth. They all have amazing, uplifting messages.
My favorites are Set Me Free and Does Anybody Hear Her because I can relate to them so well. Does Anybody Hear Her (in my opinion) is about a girl who is trying to find her way and find hope and feel loved but can't find it because she's not looking in the right place. This was something I've gone through and continue to go through sometimes. We try to find love in all of the wrong places when all we need to do is look up.
Set Me Free if my absolute favorite. My schools drama team did a human video to this song and it was so powerful. I just sat and listened to the lyrics and thought to myself "wow, this is me." The most powerful lyrics to me in this song are "It hasn't always been this way, I remember brighter days, before the dark ones came, stole my mind, wrapped my soul in chains, now I live among the dead, fighting voices in my head, hoping someone hears me crying in the night, and carries me away" and "All alone with my demons I am."
I suffered with thoughts of self harm my freshman year of high school and these lyrics brought back those memories. Because I was fighting voices in my head and I was alone with my demons. I was that girl who cried herself to sleep every night because of the voices. I remembered the days when I was happy and before I had the voices telling me that I wasn't good enough and I should just end it all. It's a hard thing to go through But at the end of this song is says "Do you want to be free? Lift your chains I hold the key, all power on Heaven and Earth belong to me. You are free" and every time I hear those words, they remind me that I was never alone through all of that and I'm still not alone.
God is always there and he holds the key to our happiness and eternal life with him in heaven. He unlocks the chains of sin and sets us free. We just have to trust in him and live our life for him. He holds all power in his hands. Have faith in him. He loves you more than anything.
XOXO
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