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One of my favorite ("grown up") songs is by a songwriter named Eli, who wrote these lyrics:
Valleys
Lying at the bottom, I can clearly see the top.
Pressed against this firm foundation, I count none of this as loss.
As I struggle up this mountain with every bloody knee,
Y'know I'm often prone to stumble, but it's this rock that catches me.
It's this rock that tells me that's what valleys are for.
It's from here that we measure just how far we must go;
You don't know how tall you stand until you fall...
Mountains cast a shadow; At times it's hard to tell
Will the darkness over take you? Will you succeed or fail?
I have climbed a hundred mountains and stood upon their peaks
But I still draw my greatest comfort from the rock that lies beneath
It's this rock that tells me that's what valleys are for
It's from here that we measure just how far we must go
You don't know how tall you stand until you fall,
That's what valleys are for.
- Copyright 1997 by Forefront Records
You can listen to him sing this song:
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Christianity. Paul meant for his confession of sin being at war inside him to be taken literally and seriously. This was brutally honest and wildly courageous, to the point of sounding a bit crazy. Paul essentially wrote, "I want to help your church grow stronger, so here's an interesting fact about me: I sin frequently and I can't stop myself!"
and that's just another form of failure. Deep down inside me, there's a fierce conflict still continuing, even after all these years of my Christian walk. At the core of my being, I know I am a failure at following Jesus.
