Words

I have always been told and truly believe that words are powerful. Words have the power to breathe life and death, hope or hate. I am the type of person that words make or break me. A word of encouragement is fuel to my fire of motivation and words of negativity quickly squash the flame. I was reminded last night of the power of words at a concert last night. J. Ed and I went to see Mumford & Sons for his birthday last night and it was great. I have been really struggling with guilt over leaving the kids after work(another post in itself:)) but we got these tickets ages ago and any band at the Ryman, the mother church of Country music, is always great.

J.Ed makes fun of me because I base how much I like a band more by what they say then by what they sound like. Don't get me wrong if someone can't sing they can't sing but nothing moves me more then a beautiful voice singing beautiful words. I mean I literally cry every Sunday during worship, the words just move me. Back to my point though, M&S is known for their great sounds and very deep lyrics. Some I agree with and some I don't. But last night during a few of their songs I was reminded of the power words have over people. While I am not sure they mean for their lyrics to breathe spiritual life, they do for me. I googled them to see their spiritual stance and this is what they say.:

"The lyrics for Sigh No More he describes as "a ­deliberately spiritual thing but ­deliberately not a ­religious thing. I think faith is ­something beautiful, and ­something real, and ­something ­universal, or it can be." He ­gestures around the table at his ­bandmates. "We all have our ­separate views on religion, but I think faith is something to be celebrated. I have my own personal views, they're still real to me, and I want to write about them."

So I am not sure if we are thinking of the same thing when he and I sing the lyrics but last night I saw an entire room of people captured by the words talking about the greatest love and it will not betray you but set you free, for me it became a time of worship, not of the band in front of me and their immense talent on stage but of my heavenly father who whether that crowd realized it or not was there. Why so serious today you ask? I don't know but something last night moved me and I felt compelled to share. I think it is a good reminder to me of the power my words hold over other people and the effect they can have. I hope today I choose to breathe life and encouragement into others as opposed to the contrary. Below are some of their lyrics that really stick with me.

Sigh No More

Serve God, love me and mend

This is not the end

Lived unbruised, we are friends

And I'm sorry I'm sorry

Sigh no more, no more

Love, it will not betray you

Dismay or enslave you, it will set you free

Be more like the man you were made to be

There is a design, an alignment, a cry

Of my heart to see

The beauty of love as it was made to be

Awake My Soul

Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all

But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall

Lend me your eyes I can change what you see

But your soul you must keep, totally

In these bodies we will live,

in these bodies we will die

Where you invest your love,

you invest your life

awake my soul...awake my soul...awake my soul...

All acoustic in the Ryman-yes please