Brevity is not my gift.

This is my song for the day: http://www.myspace.com/caedmonscall. Make sure you have "There is a Reason" playing. Here are the lyrics. And, because I think I'm well-versed in musical interpretations, mine follows.

late at night I wonder why
sometimes I wonder why
sometimes I'm so tiredI don't even try
seems everything around me fails
but I hold on to the promise
that there is a reason

late at night, the darkness makes it hard to see
the history of the saints who've gone in front of me
through famine, plague and disbelief
His hand was still upon them
cause there is a reason
there is a reason

HE MAKES ALL THINGS GOOD
HE MAKES ALL THINGS GOOD
there's a time to live
and a time to die
A TIME FOR WONDER AND TO WONDER WHY
cause there is a reason
there is a reason

I believe in a God who sent His only son
to walk upon this world and give His life for us
with blood and tears on a long, dark night
we know that He believed
that there is a reason
there is a reason

for the lonely nights
and broken hearts
the widow's mite
in the rich man's hand
and the continent
whose blood becomes a traitor

for the child afraid to close their eyes
the prayers that seem unanswered
there is a reason
there is a reason

So God gave me this song today. And how often have we heard that "God works things to our good" and "There is a reason"? Yeah...me too...A LOT. So much so that it is, at times, the antithesis of helpful. It is nauseating. But not today, dear people. Today this song resonates in every line.

I drove away from a very important duty today with tears in my eyes and this song was on the radio. How do people have unbelief that God shows up through song, a breeze, a chance happening? I'm glad I'm not one of those people. I know he shows up. He just did.

Time and Reason. 'There's a time for everything' and 'There is a reason.' Two notions I won't soon forget.