this is your life
[my year in review station 15]
Listen to the song and read through the lyrics.
Underline the word or phrase that stand out as you listen.
Augustines ‘This Is Your Life’ (2016)
I ran till I was out of breath
I guess God took off again
And left me standing there in his tail lights
Life ain’t always roses
And every door that closes
Makes the fist in my heart come to life
Maybe we just got left here waiting
for something that will never come
But you got fight sometimes for anything in this life
Or just do what they taught you
Work all your life and then die
Then die, then die
This is your life
This is your life
Well, this is your life
You just forgot it in yourself
But you’re alright
You’re alright
I hope we meet again
But you forgot, my friend
How the world looked to us when we were young
The summer seemed so long
The radio played your favorite song
I guess we just got lost from where we started from
Maybe we’ll pull ourselves together
Burn forever in some fading summer night
But you got to find sometimes for anything in this life
Just forgot it in yourself,
but you’re alright
You’re alright
Hey you’re alright
Go ahead and knock me down my friend,
’cause I’ll just get back up again
Knock me down my friend,
I’ll just get back up again . . .
It seems the song is referring to the hope or dream one has. What dream or hope did it stir in you?
In what way was the past year a furthering of some desire, dream, or goal you have held deep inside?
Or was the past year more of a derailing or disheartening of that dream?
What might it mean to get back up? Is that a REASSESSMENT of dreams and hopes? Is it a REASSERTION of some original dreams and hopes? Or is it moving BEYOND some expectation that is holding you back from being present in your life?
Write a simple prayer asking God for the courage to REASSESS a deep desire or REASSERT a dream or MOVE BEYOND an expectation.
Now to the God who can do so many awe-inspiring things, immeasurable things, things greater than we ever could ask or imagine through the power at work in us, to Him be all glory in the church and in Jesus the Anointed from this generation to the next, forever and ever. Amen.
— Ephesians 3:20–21 (VOICE)
