Lyrics on the run

I am not a lyrics kid. I just love music! I don't really pay attention to the lyrics, or read them, or pour over them trying to figure them out. The only time I really listen to words is on the run. When it's just me. Me and the voice in my head. Today that voice was Matthew Hasting. My Children My Bride.

  Let me just interrupt myself for a moment. If you haven't listened to, or don't own either of the last MCMB records (Lost Boy and self-titled, respectively) please, please go buy them and do your heart a favor. They are passionate, heavy and xcore!! I LOVE em!

  So I'm listening to MCMB on my 6 miler and my spirit just started preaching at me in my head- does that ever happen to you? So I thought I should share a few of the lessons I learned... yet again.

"Every day is a constant struggle/ full of test and self-doubt"
   Life is hard. Life is hard. Sometimes I whine, struggle and complain because I can't figure out why life is so hard. Seems like it should be easy, right? But although it's a daily battle, we have access to great strength. We have great strength in us and His name is the Holy Spirit. The harder the fight- the harder we must press to gain access to the unlimited strength to fight. Life is not going to get easy! Embrace the challenge- access the unlimited strength that is yours in Christ Jesus. (It's just a simple prayer away. You have more strength than you know.)
  
"No matter how bad you got it, someones got it worse."
  Everyone has pain. Your pain is different than mine but it's not easier or harder. Pain is pain. Someone who didn't get the softball scholarship and can't afford college has pain that is different than someone who just lost both legs to cancer. But it's just as hard. The enemy uses whatever circumstances that come up in our lives to produce pain- just cause someone looks like they have a wonderful life doesn't mean they have no pain. My pain looks different than yours but we both struggle. Everyone you see today has pain in their life. Only Jesus can take that away but He chooses to do it through us. Take the opportunity to allow Jesus to help someone through you. Sometimes a kind word is all it takes to give a girl the strength to get through the day.

 "With every magazine telling you, how you are supposed to live
No wonder so many people try to end their life with every chance they get"
   This made me feel sick at heart. Please, please ladies, do not believe what a magazine tells you about how you should look, dress, act, spend money, spend time... ect. Magazines are made with one purpose in mind and that is to sell things. Every magazine contradicts itself over and over, sometimes in the same issue, to sell what ever is on that page. The only thing you should read to find out who you are is the bible. 
  Here's my challenge for this one (to you girls, and myself): Don't let yourself believe a magazine. Don't let your friends believe a magazine. Believe in the word of God and speak life to those around you!

And really, check out MCMB for your next work-out. Xcore music= Xcore workout! (well, it's more fun at least!)

Keep running!
LM