Rachel Lindley
  • Things Rachel does...
  • Blog

HELP FROM HEAVEN

6/12/2017

0 Comments

 
I just discovered this song yesterday. It feels really fitting for this time of year, as Advent is about waiting and not about celebration. One of my closest friends Tamsin is often expecting miracles and I reply that she might not get them and that that's OK. We're both right, but seeing different sides of the picture.

We live with the knowledge that certain things won't and cannot happen. We may not be able to conceive. A loss of a child will not be undone. Friends won't be brought back to life. Relationships may not be reconciled. We may not be healed. We cannot undo things we have done or things done to us. We cannot unsee things we have seen.

We're sometimes waiting for breakthrough and there is a deep hope in this song, acknowledging the pain, holding on to the hope within it, and acknowledging the conflict. The hope found in 'Immanuel' is a small glimpse in a baby - not an immediate reversal of the status quo.

If Christmas magnifies pain for you, that's OK. The tears have not been wasted, and there is a future for all the broken pieces. 
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    About me

    Lifestyle blog.
    A space for my thoughts of all kinds, so don't be surprised if you get flats, Islington, london, politics, faith, feminism, music, musings, life, holidays, beer, cats or anything else I trip over in my life.

    For an even less controlled stream of consciousness, do follow me on Twitter or Instagram.

    Tweets by @raffilindley

    Archives

    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2016
    May 2016
    August 2015

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Anxiety
    Classical Music
    Divorce
    Faith
    Home
    Identity
    Islington
    London
    Music
    My Life
    Places
    Singing
    Social Media
    Thoughts
    Work Life

dotsonapage © 2018 Rachel Lindley Limited
  • Things Rachel does...
  • Blog