Fallen

Why is it that we wait until the bottom falls out before turning our lives over to Christ? This life would be a little easier if we did it before that. But I of course learned the hard way like a lot of others. This song by Sarah Mclaughlin, "Fallen", so accurately describes what it feels like to be at the end of your rope. It's been playing over and over in my head (and on my IPod) all day. I pray that we as Christian brothers and sisters, are sensitive and supportive to those who struggle looking for the answer. And that we can lead them lovingly there...

Fallen by Sarah Mclaughlin

Heaven bent to take my hand and lead me through the fire.
Be the long awaited answer to a long and painful fight.
Truth be told I've tried my best, but somewhere along the way,
I got caught up in all there was to offer.
And the cost was so much more than I could bear.

Though I've tried, fallen, I have sunk so low,
I messed up, better I should know.
So don't come around here and tell me I told you so.

We all begin with good intents when love was raw and young.
We believe that we could change ourselves, the past can be undone.
Though we carry on our back the burden time always reveals.
In the lonely light of morning, in the wound that would not heal.
It's the bitter taste of losing everything that I held so dear.

I've fallen. I have sunk so low.
I messed up, better I should know.
So don't come around here and tell me I told you so.

Heaven bent to take my hand, I've nowhere left to turn.
I'm lost to those I thought were friends, to everyone I know.
Oh they turn their heads embarrassed, pretend that they don't see.
That it's one misstep, one slip before you know it.
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed.

Though I've tried, fallen, I have sunk so low.
I messed up, better I should know.
So don't come around here and tell me I told you so.