What’s on my IPod?
I first heard the song “How To Save A Life” by “The Fray” on my favorite radio station, Air 1. The melody and voices immediately caught my attention and pulled me from my thoughts of work and the bumper to bumper commute that is Eagle Road. In subsequent days, I would make sure the radio was on and the sound was up in hopes that “How To Save A Life” would be played. I began to hear this song in other places as well. The song is played on both secular and Christian radio stations. Of course the next step was to get it onto my IPod and a quick stop at the ITunes store made it a reality. The song spoke to me in two ways.
The first was Isaac Slade’s inspiration for writing the words of the song. Isaac worked as a counselor for a camp catering to troubled teens. On the song’s web site and in USA Today, Isaac expresses his feelings of inadequacy at trying to counsel kids who were younger than he was in years and yet had experienced so much more, most of which was not positive. A little investigation revealed that the song speaks to teens, and really people of all ages and in various walks of life. From this song has sprung the Save A Life Campaign, focusing on working with kids to make the right moral choices. Click here to read some of the most heart tugging stories you’ll ever read from posters on their info-board.
The second way this song spoke to me was more on a spiritual level. In fact when I first heard the song, without knowing the story behind it, I envisioned it referring to a believer sharing his/her faith with an unbeliever. If you think about it, there are many parallels to saving a physical life and saving a spiritual life. I likened it to the pain one feels when he or she bares his/her soul, sharing the faith that equates to saving a life and yet the person with whom they are sharing their faith closes his or her mind, puts up a wall, and with glazed over eyes changes the subject.
Paul puts it best in Romans 9:
I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit— I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel.
We as believers need to take action. I would humbly encourage you to look for an opportunity to make a difference in the life of our nation’s youth. There are many opportunities to help out, but two that are close to my heart are Royal Family Kids’ Camp and Southern Cross Kids’ Camp. These camps work with foster children and I’ve been told time and time again by foster parents that this one week of camp makes a big difference in these kids’ lives for years to come. Are you interested in learning more, click on these links, RFKC, SCKC or email webmaster@rfkcboise.org.
If you are not yet a believer in Christ, I would plead with you to actively seek him with an open mind, resisting the urge to fall back on preconceived biases and stereotypes.
I first heard the song “How To Save A Life” by “The Fray” on my favorite radio station, Air 1. The melody and voices immediately caught my attention and pulled me from my thoughts of work and the bumper to bumper commute that is Eagle Road. In subsequent days, I would make sure the radio was on and the sound was up in hopes that “How To Save A Life” would be played. I began to hear this song in other places as well. The song is played on both secular and Christian radio stations. Of course the next step was to get it onto my IPod and a quick stop at the ITunes store made it a reality. The song spoke to me in two ways.
The first was Isaac Slade’s inspiration for writing the words of the song. Isaac worked as a counselor for a camp catering to troubled teens. On the song’s web site and in USA Today, Isaac expresses his feelings of inadequacy at trying to counsel kids who were younger than he was in years and yet had experienced so much more, most of which was not positive. A little investigation revealed that the song speaks to teens, and really people of all ages and in various walks of life. From this song has sprung the Save A Life Campaign, focusing on working with kids to make the right moral choices. Click here to read some of the most heart tugging stories you’ll ever read from posters on their info-board.
The second way this song spoke to me was more on a spiritual level. In fact when I first heard the song, without knowing the story behind it, I envisioned it referring to a believer sharing his/her faith with an unbeliever. If you think about it, there are many parallels to saving a physical life and saving a spiritual life. I likened it to the pain one feels when he or she bares his/her soul, sharing the faith that equates to saving a life and yet the person with whom they are sharing their faith closes his or her mind, puts up a wall, and with glazed over eyes changes the subject.
Paul puts it best in Romans 9:
I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit— I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel.
We as believers need to take action. I would humbly encourage you to look for an opportunity to make a difference in the life of our nation’s youth. There are many opportunities to help out, but two that are close to my heart are Royal Family Kids’ Camp and Southern Cross Kids’ Camp. These camps work with foster children and I’ve been told time and time again by foster parents that this one week of camp makes a big difference in these kids’ lives for years to come. Are you interested in learning more, click on these links, RFKC, SCKC or email webmaster@rfkcboise.org.
If you are not yet a believer in Christ, I would plead with you to actively seek him with an open mind, resisting the urge to fall back on preconceived biases and stereotypes.
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