Right Here

I haven't heard of Ashes Remain before, but they kept coming up on my Pandora, and then I found a video that I loved that was to their song. I am actually going to write about the song that was used in the video, "Right Here." When I first heard this song, I couldn't help but get emotional because it speaks so much truth in it. The song “Right Here” talks about that no matter how much your life is changing, God’s love is always constant and he is always by your side.

The first verse of the song sets up nicely that we all struggle in life. We break down and cry because of the scars and the brokenness. We become fearful for we don’t know what is up ahead of us. The first verse goes: “I can see every tear you've cried / like an ocean in your eyes / All the pain and the scars have left you cold / I can see all the fears you face / through a storm that never goes away / Don’t believe all the lies that you’ve been told” God sees the pain you are going through, and he understands it because he was here on Earth and he dealt with pain, betrayal, you name it, he faced it. He understands all the pain that you are going through, and he can see all the hurt that the storm is creating for you. This happen suddenly and our lives can change in an instant and God understands that and the pain that comes with it.

The second verse, however, shows us God’s love for us. The last line of the second verse is “Let me love you when you come undone.” God wants to love you, and the song describes some of the ways he demonstrates his love: “I will show you the way back home / never leave you all alone / I will stay until the morning comes / I’ll show you how to live again / and heal the brokenness within” He wants to guide you back home. He wants to stay with you until the storm clears. He wants you to live your life, and not be chained to the brokenness. He is willing and waiting to do all this for you, but you have to let him. I know that it is difficult when everything else is changing to put you trust in God, but no matter the situation, he still wants to love on you.

Now the chorus is my favorite part. “I’ll be right here now / to hold you when the sky falls down / I will always / be the One who took your place / When the rain falls / I won’t let go / I’ll be right here” I love it because there is so much truth in there and there is verses in the Bible to back it up. My favorite part is “I will always / be the One who took your place” because he is the only one who can take your sins away, which is what he did on the cross. John 19:30 says, “When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” When Jesus died, all you sins were taken from you. Jesus said that it is finished, because he took away all your sins, and replaced it with his love which is never changing. Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” God always loves you, and there is nothing that can change his love for it is always constant. And finally Hebrews 13:5b says, “For he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” God love is never changing, and he is never leaving your side. The words “right here” have a connotation of being in closeness to an object. By God being “right here” he is close to you, and he is never going to leave that closeness, no matter how much your life changes or how far you try to push him away.  

God loves you, and he wants to love you through the storms in your life. There is a line in the bridge that I love: “reach for my hand.” You have the choice to take God’s love or not, but know that all you have to do is reach out to him, for he is right there ready to love on you. 

Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for always being right beside me during the storms in my life. I know that I can always reach out to you and you will be there. Thank you for you constant love and forgiveness. Amen. 

Audio Video
Right Here

Anchor

This week I am going to write about "Anchor" by Colton Dixon. The song is great in getting it's message across that we all need an anchor to hold us through the storm. And a cool thing about this song is that it fits perfectly with Hebrews 6:19a which goes, "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul firm and secure." I don't know if that was Colton's intention to get the song to match so well with the verse or not.
In the first part of Hebrews 6:19a it talks about having hope. There is a line the song that specifically relates to hope. "This is my only hope/ that you'll never let me go." The hope in the verse is talking about having hope in something that is secure, like the anchor. In the song, it talks about how our only hope is that God will hold you and never let go of you. The use of the word "only" makes me think that up until this point you have tried other things to keep you in your place during the storm, but they let you keep floating and they didn't help. God is the only one who can hold us strong through the storm when we place our hope in him.
The next part talks about the anchor. Before I can go any father, I think it is important to think about what an anchor does. An anchor is something that you drop in the water to keep a ship in one place. The anchor is buried in the ground from the weight, and it is unmovable. If you think about God as our anchor, he is something that is unchanging, and he is there to keep you in place. He is always there for you and he is something you can always depend on and put your hope in.
The last part talks about the soul that is anchored. Like the ship, you need something to hold your soul in place, or else you can float away and crash into objects that will harm you. I love the bridge of the song which is "Save our soul, save our soul, save our soul." over and over again. It is a cry out to God that we do need an anchor, and we need the anchor to save us from the danger up ahead.
In the verse and in the song we can see how when we place our hope in God as our anchor, he is going to hold us through the storm. He is the one who is going to keep us from hitting dangerous objects or completely falling over a waterfall.

Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you so much for being our anchor through the storm. I place my hope in you first becasue I know that you will be there, secure and firm. Thank you for this song as a reminder that we always have someone to hold us through the storm. Amen.

Anchor Lyric Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0v2ewdh4Hs

Casting Crowns Songs

I have to admit that I am still trying to get use to having a post Sunday night. today's post is going to be the links to the other Casting Crowns songs that I did on my other blog. Take the time to read them during this week. Enjoy!

Praise You in This Storm
http://thekaitlynshow.blogspot.com/2013/11/song-break-down-praise-you-in-this-storm.html
East to West
http://thekaitlynshow.blogspot.com/2013/11/song-break-down-east-to-west.html
Who Am I
http://thekaitlynshow.blogspot.com/2013/12/song-break-down-who-am-i.html
My Own Worst Enemy
http://thekaitlynshow.blogspot.com/2013/12/song-break-down-my-own-worst-enemy.html
Stained Glass Masquerade
http://thekaitlynshow.blogspot.com/2013/12/song-break-down-stained-glass-maquerade.html
Set Me Free
http://thekaitlynshow.blogspot.com/2013/12/song-break-down-set-me-free.html
Does Anybody Hear Her
http://thekaitlynshow.blogspot.com/2013/12/song-break-down-does-anybody-hear-her.html
Thrive
http://thekaitlynshow.blogspot.com/2013/12/song-break-down-thrive.html

Praise You In This Storm

The first song that I am going to write about is “Praise You in the Storm” by Casting Crowns. I know I covered this song on my other blog a little over a year ago, but between then and now so much has happened and I have done more research on this song that I need to write about it again.

What I love about this song is how versatile it is. You can fit it to any trial, or storm, or situation. For those who don’t know, the song stemmed from a memory that Mark Hall, lead singer of Casting Crowns, had of a girl named Erin Browning. Erin did a dance to “Here I Go Again”, another song by Casting Crowns, and her public school. Erin had cancer, and this song was penned for her about her experience, and her faith. Erin passed away before Casting Crowns could play the song for her, but the song is about her and her family, still praising God through the storm. The reason why this song caught my attention again is that doctors are 90% sure that Mark Hall now has a cancer in his kidney, and he is going into surgery to have his kidney removed. Now when this first came out, he posted about it on Facebook and social media, and on the bottom of the post was “Praise Him in this Storm,” and really on any other posts that they have had, it ends with that same theme of praising God in the storm. It blows my mind that they receive news like this, but they are still praising God, for that doesn’t happen in society. If something goes wrong, we get angry and we want to blame anyone, even God for our problems. The thing is that we need to continue to praise God in our storms and Mark Hall, and his family, and Casting Crowns aren’t the first ones to put this idea into practice. We can look at Job for another example of this. Job lost pretty much everything, his crops, animals, servants, and family. Job had nothing, and through all this he praised God.

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,

And naked I depart.

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;

May the name of the Lord be praised. (Job 1:21)”

To praise God like this when he just lost everything, takes incredible faith. But the story continues and verse 22 says, “In all of this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.” Job lost everything, and it would have been super easy to blame God, but he didn’t and neither should we. We need to become more like Job or Mark, and praise God whenever we go through storms, and that is the point of this song. We have the ability to turn to this song and praise God, even when we don’t feel like doing so. It also blows my mind how Casting Crowns worked in a couple of verse from the Bible that goes,

I lift my eyes unto the hills

Where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord

The Maker of Heaven and Earth (Psalms 121:1-2)

Not only are we able to praise God through this song, but it comes as a great reminder that our help comes from God. The same God who made the universe and everything inside, the same God who died for our sins, is here to help us through the storms. We can find peace in the fact that he is with us through the storm, and it makes it that much easier to praise Him.

Dear Heavenly Father,

I want to praise you for all that you have done for me, for dying on the cross for my sins, and for you love and grace that is new every day. Thank you for being with me in the storms of my life. I pray for Mark Hall that you will allow the surgery to go well, and that the cancer doesn’t spread out of his kidney. Thank you for this song and for you constant love. Amen.  

Introduction

This is my first post on this blog. If you follow me then you know that I write the Kaitlyn Show, which is another Christian blog for teens. On that blog, I did a series called Song Break Down, where I would break down a song, and relate it to the Bible. I love writing those posts, but I didn't want them to take over my other blog, so I created this one. This will just focus on music and how it relates to the Bible, and life. I will post once a week, on Sunday night, so that way you can start your week off on a positive note.