August 19th, 2010

He Lowers The Sky

From Dan & Katie: It's hard to put into words how we feel about music, but we will try. We both love the Lord. We have been saved through His grace and we are blown away by God's creation and His love for us. When we are in the mountains, we feel his presence. When we are standing in the rain, we feel his presence. When we sing, we feel his presence. When we play our instruments and sing allowed, there is a presence that comes down and it feels as if God himself is coming down to us, in essence, He Lowers The Sky.



From Katie: Recently, as in this morning recently, I was reminded of how real the connection between God and music is for me. The last few months I have slowly been consumed by this world. My goals began to morph into things like "success" "money" "popularity"...ugh, just admitting that makes me sulk in my chair as I write this. So, this morning as I was sitting at my keyboard (something I have not done in months) I wrote a song. It came smootlhy, naturally and peacefully. In those simple three minutes, I was healed. I was healed from my broken heart. A heart that had been working towards unreachable goals. Goals that would never love back. Goals that just kept moving further and further away. In those simpe three minutes, I was back in the arms of my Father, the maker of the world. The same God that for the past six months I have questioned the existence of. The same God that has never left me, yet I could not see Him. The same God that created the mountains, the hills, the rain, the wind, my sweet little dogs--the same God that sent His son to live and die for me. I could not see Him, but he never left my side. With three simple minutes, I came back. Those three simple minutes are changing everthing. He Lowered The Sky, and I cannot escape. I do not want to escape. I want to live in the mist of the Lord.


Yes, I may write dreamily as if I live in poetic nonscense. But, let me tell you my friends. If you have not understood what it is like to walk and breathe and embrace the love of the Lord, I pray one day soon that you will come and sit with me for three minutes and wait. Just wait. He will, lower the sky.

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