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Sunday, July 06, 2008

Burn Out Bright

At the start of this year, I knew big things would happen. Half the year has gone by and true enough, massive things have taken place not just in my life, but also in the lives of people around me. When 2008 began, I can distinctly remember a good friend of mine saying, "2008 is the year to end all years." He was so right on that!
Most of my peers are going through the same thing I went through a couple of months back: we're all looking for something more, a bigger purpose for our existence, and we become restless with mediocrity.

When I took that leap by leaving my comfort zone at the start of this year, I had nothing to hold on to save for God's promise that we, His children, were meant for so much more.
Switchfoot captures this sentiment so well in their song Burn Out Bright.

Does it have to start with a broken heart
Broken dreams and bleeding parts
We were young and world was clear
But young ambition disappears

I swore it would never come to this
The average, the obvious
I'm still discontented down here
I'm still discontented

If we've only got one try
If we've only got one life
If time was never on our side
Then before I die
I want to burn out bright

A spark ignites
In time and space
Limping through this human race
You bite and claw your way back home
But you're running the wrong way

The future is a question mark
Of kerosene and electric sparks
There's still fire in you yet
Yeah there's still fire in you!

I keep cleaning up the mess I've made
I won't run away
I can't sleep in the bed I've made

I guess we just know we're made for eternity and we want to live like it. There's so much we can do in this life. We want to truly LIVE, and not merely exist.

Labels: faith, Switchfoot