Lifesong Tour

If you get a chance to go to see the Lifesong Tour, do it!! We went last night and it was amazing! I wanted to take pictures, but the rules on the website for the venue stated "no cameras or recording devices" so we didn't take our cameras. Of course, EVERYONE else was taking pictures, so we were a little ticked. Oh well. Anyway, the concert was an incredibly worshipful and powerful experience. So many of the songs spoke to me but one especially that Nichole Nordeman did was especially meaningful. Here are the lyrics. Listen to it sometime if you can, because the music is also powerful. (You can read the story that this song is based on here.)

Lay It Down
To every son and daughter
Wayward and long gone
The love of a Father will leave the light on
I tried to throw you off track
A needle in the haystack
And I don't know how you found me
Or why you let me come back
Cuz it's a long way home when all you're left to carry
Is a heart of stone
And the weight of most the world
And I'd like to

Chorus:
Lay it down a little
Lay it down a lot
I don't want to hold it anymore
Lay it down in pieces or
Lay it down in whole
Everything I've carried on my own
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down

I spent your money
Living on the fringes
But you threw a party for me
Invited all your big friends
And I have learned a little bit about a heavy load
All that gleams and glitters is not worth its weight in gold
And I know I should

Chorus
Lay it down a little
Lay it down a lot
I don't want to hold it anymore
Lay it down in pieces or
Lay it down in whole
Everything I've carried on my own
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down a little
Lay it down a lot
I don't want to hold it anymore
Lay it down in pieces or
Lay it down in whole
Everything I've carried on my own
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
To every son and daughter, wayward and long gone...

So I know there are a lot of things that I need to lay down. God has been convicting me in a lot of areas, and trying to get me to the place that I can lay some stuff down. I don't want anything to clutter my life so that it becomes a hindrance in my relationship with Him. I'm sure we can all think of things that we need to give God control over. Why is it so hard? When we know that the safest place for all of those things is in God's hands. It must be human pride and stubborness, and perhaps a little stupidity -- at least in my case! As Nichole sang this song last night, I told God that all of the issues in my life are His. I am laying them down at His feet. I know that He will pick them up and use them. I trust Him that much. I just need to keep my hands off and let Him be God!