Going Through The Motions

Today I was on my way home at 4 am from driving my friend Christine to the Airport. I was having a hard time finding anything good on the radio at the time so I switched it to a christian music station based out of Seattle. To my surprise I heard one of the most inspiring songs I have ever heard in my life. After 2 verses of the song I was crying, smiling, and in awe of how this song was resonating through my entire body.  I had no clue who sang the song so I wrote down the name quickly so I could look it up when I got home. This is what I found.....

Singer : Matthew West
Song title: Going Through The Motions

"On May 17th 2007 Matthew West went through career threatening vocal surgery. In the time that followed, he faced a season of silence and uncertainty. We all face trials. Matthew's story is proof that God is at work even in our weakest moments. This is where change begins...."



Matthew had 2 full months of nothing to say which is why all of these songs on his CD are so powerful. Most of the songs on his new CD were written before his surgery but it took that experience to fully understand their meaning! The all encompassing message of the entire album, he says, is “no matter how many mistakes we’ve made or trials we’ve faced, it’s the brokenness of our lives that God uses to give us something to say to the world.

I have faced a lot of trials and brokenness in my short 26 years and I truly believe like Matthew that God is giving me something to say to the world! This song makes everything that I'm dealing with in my life make so much sense. If there was one song to describe everything I feel, everything I crave, this would be the one. All in all this to me is everything BRILLIANT!