Friday Favorites: Casting Crowns #5

I am glad to have had five Fridays this month for my favorites of Casting Crowns. I love so many of their songs. I have a couple more of their songs that I really like that I'll probably share in the future. For my final favorite in this category, I've chosen the song "Somewhere in the Middle." This song was written by Mark Hall, and I found the following on the group's website:

"And "Somewhere in the Middle," the lyric that poured out after Hall’s disheartening afternoon on MySpace, reveals the acclaimed songwriter’s lament. “Seeing the antithesis of what was being proclaimed at church and what was really going on with my kids didn’t make me angry or frustrated. It just made me hurt for them and how stuck out there they feel and how they don’t know what else to do but to try to fit in.”

Somewhere between contented peace and always wanting more,that line between the altar and the door…

In all honesty, he says, “It wasn’t just about them. The end result in that lyric is my own lament that I could have a greater friendship with God, but I don’t…. It’s the frustration of my own life. Why in the world do I have to force myself to spend time with God. If I had an everyday friendship with Jesus, I’d be a better encourager, I’d be a better forgiver, and I wouldn’t be as selfish as I am. …God has blessed me with amazing self-awareness, a firm grasp of the obvious, but I don’t always ‘get’ it.”

Here are the lyrics and a video of the song for you to hear:



I don't know why I like this song so much exactly. I think it describes where I feel sometimes. God wants us to be totally sold out to Him yet so many times we're stuck in the middle. Things don't always go as we hope they will, and it is sometimes hard to submit to His will. We think "oh I can do that God," but then if He calls us a little further out to Him, we stop and say "I'm not going that far." We know what we should do, but knowing and doing are two different things. We don't want to give up every thing for Him, we want to hold on to just a little bit of something for just a little bit longer.

I wonder how much we miss because we are not totally sold out to Him and we keep having hang ups getting caught in the middle between knowing and doing. How much more does God have for us that we aren't experiencing because we aren't giving Him our all?

I hope you can relate on some level to this song. Next week I'll have a new theme for November. Have a great weekend!
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"I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked." Revelation 3:15-17

Today's prayer for the election:
Pray for Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden and his family