I know we normally like to blame our messes on our kids, lol! This time though, it is no one’s fault but my own!
Songs have so much meaning to me. It amazes me that lyrics can reach so deep within me. This past Saturday, we saw Switchfoot, an alternative Christian band in concert.They have several songs that speak to where I have been lately. I want to only tell about one at a time so you have an opportunity to benefit from each one individually.
The first one is Mess of Me.
I have pasted the main lyrics below so you know what they are saying, but there is a lot of repetition, so I did not post all of it. Jump to the bottom to get my take on this song!
Mess of Me
I am my own affliction
I am my own disease
There ain’t no drug they could sell,
Ah, there ain’t no drug to make me well
There ain’t no drug
There ain’t no drug
There ain’t no drug, it’s not enough
The sickness is myself
I made a mess of me
I wanna get back the rest of me
I made a mess of me
I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
We lock our souls in cages
We hide inside our shells
It hard to free the ones you love,
When you can’t forgive yourself
I made a mess of me
I wanna reverse this tragedy
I made a mess of me
I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
My personal Mess
If you have read some of my other posts, you know that I have been through some major emotional and mental trials lately. I also feel that a lot of them are spiritual as well. You can read about some of them here.
I tend to want to be in control of my life, but when I fight so hard for that, this is what I get, a mess! I have to learn, over and over again, that while, yes, I do have some control over my life, that God is ultimately in control. If I try too hard to hold on, He has to show me that I cannot do and be everything to everybody, that I have to depend on Him. I am a strong woman, but what I must not forget is that the strength I have comes from Him.
The more stubborn I am, the bigger mess I get and this time it has been a DOOZIE! I am hoping that this time I will learn a little more than I have in the past so that I can avoid winding up in this same mess again. As human beings though, we tend to have a bad memory when it comes to matters of the soul and spirit!
The cool thing is, He is standing by, waiting and watching over me, for me to finally reach out to Him and say,
‘I made a mess of me, I can’t fix this, I can’t do it on my own, I need You!
What about you? Have you made a mess of things in your life? Have you reached out to Him for help?
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Very inspirational!
It’s amazing how certain songs have the ability to change us and make us realize things. My “realization song” was also Switchfoot – “Meant to Live”
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LOVE LOVE LOVE SWITCHFOOT!!!! “This is your life” is my song – It really prompted me to Seize the day – Savor the moment – Make it count – the lyrics are so profound to me, love this excerpt:
“Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
Yesterday is a promise that you’ve broken
Don’t close your eyes, don’t close your eyes
This is your life…….and today is all you’ve got now
Yeah, and today is all you’ll ever have
Don’t close your eyes….Don’t close your eyes
This is YOUR life, are you who you want to be??”
awesome – huh…..also love “dare you to move” and “meant to live”
I’ll leave you with a quote to chew on my dear:
“Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change.” (-Jim Rohn)
have a glorious day, stop by and visit me at mangiabella any time!
So so so true! The more I want to control, the bigger mess I make. You’d think I’d learn by now in my life. But thankfully my God is a gracious God!
Very inspiring post. I make some kind of a mess of my life everyday..and I just look up at the sky and say please take my hand and help me clean it up!
I have made so many messes that I couldn’t clean up. I would be completely lost without Him.
When my life gets hard I have to remember that it’s because I’m trying to do it alone. And I’m not meant to. I experience these difficulties in order to cause me to draw unto Him. When I remember to remain close to Him, I don’t need the tough stuff as much.
Why is that such a hard lesson to remember?
I can’t watch the song as Warner has blocked it in Egypt (who knows why!).
Anyway I can relate, I love song lyrics and have many songs that mean a lot to me.
I’m not on the same spiritual plane as you. I am on the Athiest side of agnostic…. However that does not mean I am a selfish git and I do believe in karma of sorts (not sure if it’s a mechanical thing or spiritual). If you just keep doing the right thing and keep the right attitude you can rid the surf through any storm that hits. Sometimes you will get knocked off the board but you just have to climb back on it and stand up again.
Blogging is probably one of the best things to help keep that attitude in check too!
Stopping by from SITS. Great post. LOVE Switchfoot and the lyrics you posted are powerful. I have definitely made a mess of a lot of things in my life, but Praise God He always uses fools to shame the wise, and make any tragedy useful to bless someone else, including myself!
Praying everything irons out for you!
Vee
Love this post!!! I am such a messy messy girl, and make more of a mess of myself frequently, LOL! So glad Jesus is there to pick up the pieces when I fall apart 🙂