The Ache of My Soul

     With everything that is happening around Baton Rouge, the flood, the shootings; a familiar question begs to be answered: 'Where is hope?'. Where is hope when those who stand for peace are shot? Where is hope when thousands of people's homes are flooded, when 10,000 are in shelters? This is my home! People I personally know are being evacuated, their homes are flooded, cars totaled. My soul aches for these people. Lyrics I know well are brought back to my memory: "My hope is anchored on the other side." And it seems so easy to say that. And part of me cries out, "BUT  IT DOESN'T FIX EVERYTHING! It still hurts! So many people still are crying for help, and may never get it!" But the thing is, the words in and of themselves are meaningless. It all depends on if your hope is actually anchored on the other side. If your hope is anchored in the Rock, in the rock of Jesus Christ.
      All that's left of what I would like to say to you, can be summed up in Switchfoot's song "I Won't Let You Go" I could never say it any better than Jon Foreman does in this song. Please listen to this song, and pray for Louisiana. Pray for those who are without homes, for those asking the question of where is hope. Pray, and do what you can to help.

When it feels like surgery And it burns like third degree And you wonder what is it worth? When your insides breaking in And you feel that ache again And you wonder What's giving birth? If you could let the pain of the past go Of your soul None of this is in your control If you could only let your guard down You could learn to trust me somehow I swear, that I won't let you go If you could only let go your doubts If you could just believe in me now I swear, that I won't let you go I won’t let you go When your fear is currency And you feel that urgency You want peace but there's war in your head Maybe that's where life is born When our façades are torn Pain gives birth to the promise ahead If you could let the pain of the past go Of your soul None of this is in your control If you could only let your guard down If you could learn to trust me somehow I swear, that I won't let you go If you could only let go your doubts If you could just believe in me now I swear, that I won't let you go I won’t let you go I'll always be by your side Yeah If you could only let your guard down If you could learn to trust me somehow I swear, that I won't let you go If you could only let go your doubts If you could just believe in me now I swear, that I won't let you go (I won’t let you go) I won’t let you go (I won’t let you go) There ain't no darkness strong enough that could tear you out from my heart There ain't no strength that's strong enough that could tear this love apart Never gonna let you go Never gonna let you go No I won’t let you go