Categories: music, spirituality
Date: 05 March 2007 20:15:17
So turn me tender again
Fold me into you
Turn me tender again
And mould me to new
Faith lost its promise
And bruised me deep blue
Turn me tender again
Through union with you
(Martyn Joseph, Turn me Tender)
Faith is a funny thing. You can have faith, enough to pass all your burdens, troubles and worries over to Him. So that your load is lighter and to build your strength and coping power up. But you need a lot more faith and self control, to stop it coming back on your own shoulders. Its a vicious circle.
In recent weeks I have handed over my worries to Him countless times. Said 'there you go, you can carry that bag for me', and felt better for it everytime. I just can't keep it off. Within several days, I'm back to worrying about stuff again. So I have to ask Him to relieve me again. Which is fine, because it works, and its amazing that I *can* take the weight off reasonably easily.
The other morning I woke up with the song words at the top of this post in my head. And they'd never really meant anything to me before, but just then they did. 'Turn me tender again, and mould me to new. Faith lost its promise and bruised me deep blue. Turn me tender again, through union with you.' It just summed up what I needed to do. I just wish I had stronger faith, so I didn't have to keep on renewing it.