SpeCulatiONs

so, i've made some observations. speculations, if you will. they aren't necesarily recent, yet last night i realized the validity of what i'd already pre-supposed. let me explain: musically, i'm a lyric person. if set to the right melody, the words of a song can make me cry which is a feat in and of itself for those that know me well. anyways, a couple of years ago i began to realize that a ton of songs involve themes surrounding love, specifically romantic love. this is no new news, love has been written about since the onset of language. but at this particular time of my life, i was beginning to experience the ramifactions of God's love in my life and so love for me was taking on a whole new understanding. it was (and is) fantastic. so i began to listen to all of these "love" songs with new meaning and found that most of them can be directly correlated to one's relationship with God. sometimes a few words needed to be switched around or changed, but the general gist of it applied to both types of love and when applied to one's relationship with God, the words, for me at least, became even more meaningful...one in particular was a song by Rascal Flatts...read these lyrics and tell me that they dont directly describe the lives of so many Christians, including me...

Rascal Flatts - Bless The Broken Road Lyrics

I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you
Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true
Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

change a couple of phrases around and you just read a brief summary of my life and im sure many other Christians, and these were the thoughts i had when this first hit the charts. so, bringing it back to last night...im on my way home from somewhere and am listening to the Christian radio station (which i admit i was once a regular listener, but im not anymore, i promise:)...) and guess what song comes on? yup, this one, sung by some sappy, "Christian" sounding singer (somehow you can just tell most of the time by their voice that they sing Christian music..yea? maybe its just me...) who in no way gave it as good a rendition as my boys, but still, my speculations proved to be correct! good things.