It happens all the time.
This morning I was a witness to one of the best lessons in NewSong history. It centered around our time here on earth, and using it wisely (this was the intro bumper video).
It was very inspirational, and a call to action.
So being on the A/V team I qued up Dare You To Move by Switchfoot to play as church let out. I love that song and wanted to subtly encourage people to move. To act on what they just heard. Anyway, I was sitting there smiling and listening to the lyrics, and glanced over toward one of the doors and saw someone I had never seen before standing all by herself. She looked like she was in her 20′s and had a disability that required her to use crutches to walk.
I watched as, one by one, people kept walking past her. I allowed myself to judge those ignoring her for almost a full minute. But those haunting lyrics stopped being a gorgeous melody, and became self-convicting.
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
I dare you to move
I smacked myself in the head and went over and said hello. I swear that three minute conversation was life-changing. I’m having a hard time describing in words the smile on her face as we chatted about college and ice storms. I have no doubt in my mind that God placed her there for me this morning.
For me to encourage her.
For her to encourage me.
For God to teach me to move.
Filed under: Conviction, Hope, Jesus, Love, Lyrics, Music, Switchfoot, Time
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