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Acoustic Cover of 3 AM by Matchbox 20. This song was written by Rob Thomas about his mother, who had cancer when he was a child.

I’m feeling a bit like Abraham lately. By Abraham, I mean Father Abraham from the Old Testament. Why do I say this? Well, my wife and I moved. We moved to a place where we had never really been before, and both of us moved into situations that we’ve never experienced before. Abraham did the same thing. One day God told Abraham to go – God didn’t say where to go, but just to go. And Abraham went. This all takes place in Genesis 12.

I’ve often wondered how Abraham (he went by Abram at the time) felt about moving. He left everything he knew and set out to something foreign. Something unknown. God made him a great promise – he promised Abraham that he would make him the father of a great nation, but Abraham had to have wondered about that, because his wife was barren. I’m sure Abraham was scared, confused, worried…

So Angela and I have moved. We felt it was God’s calling in our lives to take this step, and we know that God will take care of us, but we are still in a place we don’t know. We can take comfort in the story of Abraham. God came through on his promise (He always does). He came through in Abraham’s life, and He’ll come through on his promise in our lives as well. It’s hard to go through times of uncertainty and times of displacement, but we know that we serve a God who makes all things happen for his Glory, and we serve a God who loves us and who has really awesome plans for our futures.

Well, Abraham left, and so did I. I wonder if Abraham wrote a song about it – ’cause you better believe I did…

I don’t know where I’m going
I don’t know, but I’ve been here before
I don’t know where I’m going
Walk out the door

Would you tell me if I asked you?
Would you tell me what you see in me?
Would you tell me if I wanted everything?

It’s the hard part of leaving
All you know, it just fades away
And you just want to see it never change
But you change

Going, not knowing
It’s just so hard to let go

Here’s a bit of an explanation of the lyrics…

“I don’t know where I’m going, but I’ve been here before”

• While I might not know exactly what’s going to happen in the future here in North Carolina for me, I can read about others (like Abraham) that have gone through similar situations in life. I can read their stories and understand how God worked in their lives.

“Would you tell me if I asked you”
“Would you tell me what you see in me”
“Would you tell me if I wanted everything”

• It’s no secret that God sees more than we do. I’ve heard so many illustrations about this, but the bottom line is that God knows more than we do, and he knows more than we do for a reason.
• I’m asking the question here – if I were face-to-face with God, and I could ask him anything – would He tell me what my future had in store? Would he tell me what he had planned? I think so many times the journey makes us who we are, and that if we knew everything we were going to be or amount to in the end, something would be lost.
• I suppose that in asking these questions, I’m saying that I think I understand why there is uncertainty, and why there is a journey and not just a destination.

The song “Leaving” is on the “Strings EP”, and you can get it here.

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Might not be exactly how Coldplay does it, but sounds close. Use a capo to raise the key up to where they sing it.

Written June 2009

Lyrics:

We hold our Bibles high
And we say we’re right
We’ll give you the perfect lines then run and hide

Cant we see we’ve lost the way
Cant we see that its all just fake
As long as they’re watching everything’s fine

Where are you in all of this
We use your name but destroy your image

I say I’m different but I just look the same
So I am over all this empty faith
I’ve been changed by a love I cant explain
So I am over all this empty faith

We’ll white-wash the outside
We’ll do everything right
As long as they’re watching everything’s fine

You ask for more
You search the heart of me
Change the heart of me

To read more about this song and my blog post “Empty Faith: Thoughts on the ‘American Gospel’”.

“Seasons” by Brian Wahl. Strings version, in 720p HD.

Song written May 2009.

This is a song I wrote for my wife, Angela. It says that no matter what life throws at us – whether we go through good times or hard times, love will always remain.

Lyrics:

You are mine
And I am yours
It’s all I’ve ever wanted

This will be
Forever more
It’s all I’ve ever wanted

Nothing could ever take that away
I am here to stay

Seasons come and seasons go
There is winter, summer, spring and fall
There is one thing I’ll always know
That you love me, and I love you