One Day Too Late

When my youngest daughter told me that she was a big fan of the singing group Skillet, I was less than enthusiastic to put their CD in the car stereo. I knew what was going to come out of the speakers. LOUD, BANGING, "MUSIC" that my old ears were not going to enjoy. However, I love to listen to a radio station called KLOVE, and they started playing a few of this band's music, which I'm sure my Baptist pastor growing up would have outlawed in his church saying that any "beat" would immediately throw me into sensual sin. 

Recently, the song "One Day Too Late" started playing on a regular basis, and the first time I heard it, I wanted to call the radio station and say, "PLEASE play that again! I'm not sure I heard it right."  The group has a very distinct sound, so every time I heard their scratchy, smoky voices (I don't really know if they smoke), I cranked up the volume hoping it was this song. I wanted to memorize it. The lyrics by themselves read nicely, but with the music, it is very powerful and moving. Please take the time to listen to my new favorite song.

(Click on the title below to listen to the song)

One Day Too Late
Songwriters: Cooper, John; Howes, Brian;Tick tock, hear the clock countdown
Wish the minute hand could be rewound
So much to do and so much I need to say
Will tomorrow be too late?

Feel the moment slip into the past
Like sand through an hourglass
In the madness, I guess, I just forget
To do all the things I said

Time passes by, never thought I'd wind up
One step behind, now I've made my mind up

Today, I'm gonna try a little harder
Gonna make every minute last longer
Gonna learn to forgive and forget
'Cause we don't have long, gonna make the most of it

Today, I'm gonna love my enemies
Reach out to somebody who needs me
Make a change, make the world a better place
'Cause tomorrow could be one day too late
One day too late, one day too late

Tick tock, hear my life pass by
I can't erase and I can't rewind
Of all the things I regret the most I do
Wish I'd spent more time with you

Here's my chance for a new beginning
I saved the best for a better ending
In the end I'll make it up to you
You'll see, you'll get the very best of me

Time passes by, never thought I'd wind up
One step behind, now I've made my mind up

Today, I'm gonna try a little harder
Gonna make every minute last longer
Gonna learn to forgive and forget
'Cause we don't have long, gonna make the most of it

Today, I'm gonna love my enemies
Reach out to somebody who needs me
Make a change, make the world a better place
'Cause tomorrow could be one day too late

Your time is running out
You're never gonna get it back
So make the most of every moment
Stop saving the best for last

Today, I'm gonna try a little harder
Gonna make every minute last longer
Gonna learn to forgive and forget
'Cause we don't have long, gonna make the most of it

Today, I'm gonna love my enemies
Reach out to somebody who needs me
Make a change, make the world a better place
'Cause tomorrow could be one day too late

One day too late, one day too late
One day too late, one day too late

[ From : http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/skillet-lyrics/one-day-too-late-lyrics.html ]

Until the Bad is Gone

I have been thinking about what to write about this month, and the topic came to me after speaking with a student this past week. We were talking about how she has gone through so much in her short life, and has spent some time in foster homes, and she said something I thought was pretty profound for a 13 year old. She said, "I don't see the good until the bad is gone."

I immediately wrote that down on a piece of paper so I wouldn't forget it. "Is the bad ever gone?" I thought. I decided I must think about this some more and put the piece of paper aside for the day.

There are bad things happening to lots of people every day, and the world will never be rid of the bad. Narrowing that down, I don't believe the bad is ever totally gone from a person's life.  If her statement is true, then the first part must also be true for her. She doesn't see the good.

Is she expressing a feeling that many abused people have but keep it supressed, and then never fully believes that life will be good?  I admit that what I have gone through in my own life has often caused me to feel like people don't really like me, and no one wants to really be my friend.  I know though, that even though the bad is still there, I can see good in my life and in the lives of others. This is because of my faith in God and His ability to trump all the bad in the world.

If a person doesn't have faith, it would be very easy to never see the good.  We can't allow ourselves to "never see the good."  No one has control over all the bad being done, except God. He wouldn't want anyone to live feeling like they can never see the good.  God IS good, and He wants everyone to SEE Him.