On my playlist this week: Sara Groves
Sun Jan 13, 08 12:55 am
One of my brothers has been a Sara Groves fan since her first album, but I had kind of forgotten her from my playlist until last week. I've been listening to her latest album here though, and she's just amazing - perhaps more so than ever. I'm looking forward to catching up with her last couple albums when I can.
A few albums back, my favorite song from her was called Jeremiah. Contrasting the fire that burned in Jeremiah's bones (see Jer 20:9) she says...
- I was looking to myself and I forgot the power of God.
I was standing... with a sparkler in my hand.
Those lines painted the mental image that have accompanied Isaiah 50:11 in my mind since the first time I heard it. There have been (and are occasionally still) times when I felt myself standing there like that, lighting my own way fueled by ambition and desire... and whenever I've been able to come out of that dimly light funk it's been by breaking down and meditating on the hope that's described in those next verses...
- Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, Who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn And to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; When he was but one I called him, then I blessed him and multiplied him... the sky will vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not wane.
- Isaiah 51:1-5
The new album is good, so check it out when you can:
Oh, and our own Mercy Hope did an interview with her a while back so check that out too
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