day 4 - the shelter of each other.

Last night I had the opportunity to go see the Rock and Worship Roadshow at the ARCO arena in Sacramento with my youth. I admit that Christian music can sometimes be cheesy and repetitive, but it can also be so amazingly powerful. Great music speaks to souls in a way that spoken words just can't.

One of my favorite new songs of the night was a song called "Shelter" by Jars of Clay. It's incredibly simple, but I like the idea of having worship songs that express not only our communion with God, but also our communion with one another.

The lyrics go like this:

To all who are looking down
Holding onto hearts still wounded
For those who’ve yet to find it
The places near where love is moving
Cast off the robes you’re wearing
Set aside the names that you’ve been given
May this place of rest
In the fold of your journey
Bind you to hope
You will never walk alone

In the shelter of each other
We will live, we will live
Never walk alone
In the shelter of each other
We will live, we will live
Your arms are all around us

If our hearts are turned to stone
There is hope we know the rocks will cry out
And the tears aren’t ours alone
Let them fall into the hands that hold us
Come away from where you’re hiding
Set aside the lies that you’ve been living
May this place of rest
In the fold of your journey
Bind you to hope
We will never walk alone

In the shelter of each other
We will live, we will live
Never walk alone
In the shelter of each other
We will live, we will live
Your arms are all around us

Here's the video of Jars of Clay talking about it: