Playlist Prompt #8: "Into The Sea"

Hello, friends! Today's prompt, courtesy of Rachel, is the song "Into The Sea" by Tasha Layton.

Let me tell you, friends, I'm 97% sure that Tasha plucked this song from my thoughts, because I have asked these questions. Repeatedly.

"Are you still good?"

"Can you make something from the wreckage?"

"Would you take this heart and make it whole again?"

I feel, all the time, like the mountains of my world are being moved into the sea, like the ground beneath me is crumbling and giving way. I almost never feel like I'm standing on a firm fountain; I'm rocked by my doubts constantly.

It's always encouraging to me to hear Christian artists sing about topics like these. One of my favorite songs in college was "Hold My Heart" by Tenth Avenue North. It asks questions in the same vein as "Into The Sea":

"How long must I pray?"

"How long must I wait?"

"How long till I see your face?"

I loved this song because it asked the questions I was too afraid to say out loud, and it didn't do the easy thing of answering them with the "Sunday school answer." It acknowledged that sometimes, we don't know why and we feel alone and we don't see the way out. That doesn't make us bad Christians. It makes us normal Christians.

"Into The Sea" gives a bit of an answer:

"I can hear my Father singing over me / It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay." 

It doesn't say, "Everything will be fine so don't worry." It says, "It's gonna be okay," while still acknowledging that sometimes, those mountains will move and the ground will crumble. Our "okay" is not perfection. It's reality - with God's promise of salvation.