I’ve been watching the skies
They’ve been turning blood red
Not a doubt in my mind anymore
There’s a storm up ahead
Hello hurricane
You’re not enough
Hello hurricane
You can’t silence my love
I’ve got doors and windows boarded up
All your dead end fury is not enough
You can’t silence my love
Everything I have I count as loss
Everything I have is stripped away
Before I started building
I counted up these costs
There’s nothing left for you to take away
Hello hurricane
You’re not enough
Hello hurricane
You can’t silence my love
I’ve got doors and windows boarded up
All your dead end fury is not enough
You can’t silence my love
My love
I’m a fighter fighting for control
I’m a fighter fighting for my soul
Everything inside of me surrenders
You can’t silence my love
Hello hurricane
You’re not enough
Hello hurricane
You can’t silence my love
I’ve got doors and windows boarded up
All your dead end fury is not enough
You can’t silence my love
This is my favorite song at the moment. Switchfoot seems to be able to get past my disdain for unnecessary screaming in a song and still surprise me with simple lyrics that mean something to me.
Maybe it’s the timing of it too. Kris and I were just discussing the storm that seems to hover near us of late. I tend to think it is not so much that a storm is coming but that a storm is near and threatening and the clouds are trying desperately to convince me to fear. I feel the wind and I see the colors in the sky but I do not trust in force of the wind, I trust in the one who the wind obeys.
I recently read this verse again…
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.” Psalm 91:7
And this morning it was this one…
“I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.” Psalm 16:7-9
That’s where I live.
Hello hurricane, you are certainly not enough.
Certainly. Not enough. Glad you don’t feel it’s approaching – hovering/threatening is much better than approaching.
Switchfoot generally has a knack for writing songs that hit the market and hit me at the exact right time. Except the last album. I’m looking forward to giving this one a good listen.
Times like this give us an opportunity to see where our faith is, I think. You’re not denying that the storm is there, you know it is but you also know that your Creator is enough. I have to say that it’s a really good place to be in. It’s certainly not fun and at times can be very painful but your perspective is right-on.
And if the hurricane ever did hit… HE is there. Isn’t it nice that *nothing changes*? What does or does not happen is not the indicator of a powerful, loving Lord. Great verses, Mary. I am always thrilled when friends pass along good words that I didn’t get to on my own. Here’s mine from this morning: Psalm 34:17,19-20 “the righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles…Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all. He guards all his bones; not one of them is broken” Love you!