So this wasn't
originally going to be the song that I would write about today, but after the
activity in English, I could not
do this song. We are reading Howards End by E.M. Forster in
English, and the big theme from the book is about
connection. The
activity in class was coming up with different ways that we connect with people
in different situations. "Rise" to me is a song all about connecting to people, either people who hurt you, or who are there to help, and connecting with God.
The first verse of the
song, talks about the pain that you experience when you have had a
failed connection. "What happened
to your life/It's more than makeup staining your eyes/You wanna be in a better
place/Say you don't wanna live this way/All alone." I hear the first verse and I
see someone in a corner trying to hide from the outside world because they had
been hurt by it so much. I know that all of us who go through pain that we pray that God will take away. The thing is
that in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good
and evil and sin entered the world. It is because of
sin, that we go through pain, and heartache, and broken trust. That
is why it says that in Heaven that there would be no pain because there is
no sin. But while we are on Earth we will experience pain, and from
that pain it may be hard to make a connection with people outside your little
bubble, for you are afraid of getting hurt again. But let me say that
living like that is a bad way to live. I was hurt when my best friend moved
away, and I cut the world off from me. Now I'm
living with the consequences. I don't like walking up to people to start
conversations, and I'm not the person
to put her input in during a group conversation. I am even afraid to email or text people, even though I may never
know what they think of what I wrote, I am still afraid that they will write back
and insult me based off of what I said. But "Rise" doesn't end with
verse one.
Verse
two really talks about overcoming that pain that you have felt. "So
hard to watch you bleed/Your fragile heart ripped at the seams/You gotta try to
help me understand/But
first you're gonna have to let me in/No, you're not alone." This verse is so amazing in it's message.
As Christians, we are to make up one body, a body that is to be there to help
you. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says, "Therefore
encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." As
brothers and sisters in Christ we are there to encourage one another, but to do
that we need to open up and be honest about the pain in our lives. I remember
that when I first started going to leadership Bible study, I would have to
write on the top of each study, "Speak, people care to hear what you have
to say," and for those who think I'm joking I'm not. I was so shy and I
didn't want to speak, but after a couple weeks of writing that down, I started
to speak more and more, and now I look forward to the Bible studies, and I now I have a group
of people to encourage me, all because I let them in, and I shared my pain with
them. There are people out there who want to connect with you. You will still
feel pain because of the sin, but know that you are not alone.
Another
cool part in this song is the chorus. "When your heart is cold/And
when you feel you're letting go/You can rise above the world below/Rise
tonight, tonight." now the chorus is talking about how you can
rise above all the pain through connecting with God. You now have the support from other Christians, but now you
have to believe that God is waiting for you to connect to with Him. John 16:33 says, "I have told you these
things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world." When Jesus died upon the cross
for our sins, he overcame the world. This verse fits perfectly with this song,
because you see the pain from sin, but the song also talks about how God
overcame the world, and that is there to give you peace in your storms, and to
help you rise above the problems that you are facing. You just
have to trust him. You are never alone in your struggles, for you
have God, and you have people out there who want to connect with you to help you.
The bridge of the song talks about when you rise above the storm in your life. I would go into
detail, but I think that it is written so beautifully that it doesn't need to
be explained. So I leave you with the bridge to "Rise."
There's a light, a hope in your eyes
Like a star burning in the sky
There's a fire you can't hide tonight, oh
Dear Heavenly Father,
I know that in this world that I am going to face trials, and
pain. Help me to believe that you have overcome the world. Thank you for
putting the people in my life that want to help me, and I pray that I will be
able to connect with them so that I won’t be alone in my pain. Thank you for
being there through every storm, and through all the pain. Amen.
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