Painting Pictures of Egypt
by Sarah Groves
I don’t want to leave here
I don’t want to stay
It feels like pinching to me either way
The places I long for the most
Are the places where I’ve been
They are calling after me like a long lost friend
It’s not about losing faith
It’s not about trust
It’s all about comfortable
When you move so much
The place I was wasn’t perfect
But I had found a way to live
It wasn’t milk or honey
But then neither is this
CHORUS:
I’ve been painting pictures of Egypt
Leaving out what it lacked
The future seems so hard
And I want to go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I"ve learned
And those roads closed off to me
While my back was turned
The past is so tangible
I know it by heart
Familiar things are never easy to discard
I was dying for some freedom
But now I hesitate to go
Caught between the promise
And the things I know
BRIDGE:
If it comes too quick
I may not recognize it
Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?
If it comes too quick
I may not appreciate it
Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?
So I usually don't like putting song lyrics up here. But this was sung for us last night at church at our wonderful Pastor's request because it directly applies (and is actually inspired by) what we are talking about in church now as we walk through Exodus.
I can't even begin to explain to you how much this song is about my life and where I've been and where I'm going. And the faulty mindset that this song so aptly describes about God moving us. I'm not much of a crier most of the time, but as this song was sung for us last night, my eyes just filled with tears because I knew I have been exactly where those Israelites were in their thought patterns. I think I might have sobbed had I not been holding it together because I wasn't able to sit by my girlfriends last night and was sitting next to a really cute guy (I know him, but not super well - certainly not well enough to sob in front of).
Anyways, just wanted to share how the Lord spoke to my heart as of late. Here's a link to the youtube video of this song...I promise it won't be a waste of your time to listen to it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSXciv06218&feature=related
1 comment:
Hi Lara. This might sound a little random but I want to tell you how I came across your blog. My mom and dad serve the Lord in China and my mom loves surfing the web to stay connected with life back here and evidently she likes reading blogs too :). So she sent me yours titled "tilling the soil" because she said it sounded like me and some things I was working out in life about a year ago. I also live in Houston (almost 2 years now) and love my dog, so she thought we might have things in common. I read it and agreed. I thought, oh wouldnt it be random if we met one day. That was a month ago and just today I opened the email again and noticed that you seem to be moved by the song 'sweetly broken' which I absolutely love. So I clicked on your link to find out more about you and your walk with the Lord. I noticed your June archive and right there before my eyes was a post titled 'Painting Pictures of Egypt'. I was like, oh my gosh, she goes to my church! It is totally crazy for me to comprehend how these things can even line up, but thats God! So anyway, that is just way too many coincidences for me so its got to be the Lord. I've enjoyed reading your blog and I would love to meet up with you at church one day and share how He's is working in our lives. Kate
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