It's weird when you hear a song...and the song is talking directly to you.
Intervention by Arcade Fire from Neon Bible
The king's taken back the throne
The useless seed is sown
When they say they're cutting off the phone
I'll tell 'em you're not home
No place to hide
You were fighting as a soldier on their side
You're still a soldier in your mind
Though nothing's on the line
You say it's money that we need
As if we're only mouths to feed
I know no matter what you say
There are some debts you'll never pay
Working for the church
While your family dies
You take what they give you
And you keep it inside
Every spark of friendship and love
Will die without a home
Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"
I can taste the fear
Gonna lift me up and take me out of here
Don't wanna fight, don't wanna die
Just wanna hear you cry
Who's gonna throw the very first stone?
Oh! Who's gonna reset the bone?
Walking with your head in a sling
Wanna hear the soldier sing
Working for the Church
While my family dies
Your little baby sister's
Gonna lose her mind
Every spark of friendship and love
Will die without a home
Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"
I can taste your fear
It's gonna lift you up and take you out of here
And the bone shall never heal
I care not if you kneel
We can't find you now
But they're gonna get their money back somehow
And when you finally disappear
We'll just say that you were never here
Been working for the church
While your life falls apart
Singing hallelujah with the fear in your heart
Every spark of friendship and love
Will die without a home
Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"
Hear the soldier groan, "We'll go at it alone"
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I just logged on to post a song too, and saw yours. I listened on youtube--it's not as angry and scary as I thought it would be, kinda pretty even.
Here's another soldier song for you...of sorts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bpBe3lc9u8
Heath and I have identified with the feelings expressed in this song at certain times in our lives.
In answer to your title - I don't think this is how it's supposed to be. But I am an idealist, after all.
I remember Neil at Cornerstone telling us, when we expressed how we didn't know how to fit ministry, work, and family all into our lives shortly after Ethan was born, that "Well, it doesn't get any easier!" How wrong! He obviously didn't remember parenting a newborn, and had never had kids closer than 2 years apart. It absolutely gets easier. Sometimes the season of life you are in doesn't facilitate a lot of involvement in ministry outside the family, but that's okay. A season will come around again when it does fit into life at least a little bit more easily.
Just my humble opinion, of course.
Dude... I... Yeah... Dude!
Well isn't somebody a negative nellie!
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