7:. New Todd Fields Song

So, this week Brooks decided to pull up this new song by Todd Fields called “Let Me Sing”. At first, my prejudice set in. I’m not a huge Todd Fields fan. As I said to Brooks, “He’s written some great stuff, but then there’s some stuff i’m not a huge fan of.” However, after giving this one a solid listen, I can say nothing but this is an awesome song. It’s language isn’t your typical cliche Christian worship song. It’s written very honestly and from the heart. I love when you can hear a song and just tell that this is exactly what this person is feeling right now. The one thing I couldn’t seem to get past is how he uses the passive phrase “Let me”. I feel like its just too, and i definitely made this word up, prepository. What I mean is that it just feels like he’s just proposing this and not doing it. Like let me do this, let me do that.

However, Brother Brooks had some wise words on this one. I told him what I was thinking, and he disagreed. He argued that its even stronger language than say the statement “I will sing”. I urged him to continue so he said its like this, its like a cry or a plea. Let me love my wife like You want me to. Let me fight for what I know is right. Let me holy like You are holy. Let me sing like I know how broken i was and how redeeming Your love is. Powerful stuff. With that, i just encourage you to think about what you’re singing. Why is grace so amazing to you? How is Salvation really here? Things to ponder.

Music Suggestion of the Day:
Hammock – Raising Your Voice…Trying to Stop an Echo: This is a great record to just kick back and enjoy a book or to get some studying done to. Great ambient feel mixed with ghostly vocals matched with clean guitar tones. Quite stellar.