This Week's Assignment

This week's assignment is to choose a song (secular or Christian) that is meaningful to you, and tell us why. Maybe even post the lyrics? I'll go first.

Man of the Hour by Pearl Jam

I know, who would have guessed it would be a Pearl Jam song (at least those of you who know me well). The reason I chose this song though, is because it reminds me of my relation ship with my Dad. It has been, at best, an awkward friendship, and, more recently, non-existent. I haven't talked to him in almost a year and a half.

There have been several things lately that have made me feel like I should give him a call. Pastor's message today was kind of "the icing on the cake". Even though I feel hurt by my Dad, and that he has wronged me and my sisters, I need to take the initiative to rebuild that bridge. The comparison to how God sought out Adam in the Garden was really poignant to me. Who am I to hold a grudge against my Dad, if God can forgive us for all our sin?

So, this song (which is from the movie Big Fish) and the movie remind me of the fragile relationship I've had with my Dad. Like in the movie, there have been flashes of a good father/son relationship during my life. And, like the son in the movie, I feel like I don't really know my father.

Unfortunately, for the last 1.5 years, I've let the bad outweigh the good. If God judged us in the same way I've judged my father, we'd be in trouble. I've decided to contact my Dad this week. I'm not sure how yet, but I need to make that effort. As much as I want to think that I'm better off without him, deep down, I know it isn't true...

Pray for me this week that I'll follow through and get in touch with him, and ask me on Sunday if I did.

Here are the lyrics to the song, in case you want to read them.

Tidal waves don’t beg forgiveness
'CRASHED' and on their way
Father he enjoyed collisions; others walked away
A snowflake falls in may.
And the doors are open now as the bells are ringing out
Cause the man of the hour is taking his final bow
Goodbye for now.

Nature has its own religion; gospel from the land
Father ruled by long division, young men they pretend
Old men comprehend.

And the 'SKY BREAKS' at dawn; shedding light upon this town
They’ll all come ‘round
Cause the man of the hour is taking his final bow
Goodbye for now.

And the road
The old man paved
The broken seams along the way
The rusted signs, left just for me
He was guiding me, love, his own way
Now the man of the hour is taking his final bow
As the curtain comes down
I feel that this is just goodbye for now.

Just because I'm an overachiever, I've also added a video of it. :)

Pearl Jam Man Of The Hour

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