Recently I've been revisiting my old favorite music artists, the ones that my Mom and Dad would listen to in the car all the time when I was younger. Artists like Petra, White Heart, Steven Curtis Chapman, Kansas, and Michael W. Smith. While I still thoroughly enjoy my music (Skillet is still my favorite band eva', I've really liked hearing the songs that used to be my favorites again; some of them have even reclaimed their old places in my heart as my favorite songs.

One of them is particularly exciting for me to return to, as it played an important role in my life. I was sitting in my Dad's car when I was ten-years-old, and we were listening to his Kansas CD. I was eagerly reading all of the lyrics to the songs, trying to understand what they were about. One song that sparked my interest was the last song on the CD, entitled "Crossfire".


Underneath the sky of blue, it's a time of choosing
Everybody's holding on to what they're losing
But it all works out okay if you give your life away
To the one who's holding fast, it's a promise that will last

You're caught in a crossfire
Of a greater love than man has ever known
Caught in a crossfire
And you've got to choose which way you're gonna go
Caught in a crossfire
In a world of darkness turn to the light

Time's disappearing, all that you're fearing
Dreamers awaken, chances are taken away

There isn't any in-between, there's no escaping
If you step across the line it's illuminating
And the words are clear and true and they all were meant for you
For you harvest what you sow, so where you gonna go

Chorus

There's no pretending, no other ending
All is forgiven if you are living anew

Everybody faces it now or later
You can't get around it 'cause it's human nature
And deep within the hardest heart
There is something there that knows
There's a hunger life can never fill
'Til you face the one who rose

Chorus

Time's disappearing, all that you're fearing
Dreamers awaken, chances are taken
There's no pretending, no other ending
All is forgiven if you are living anew


Now, I have a very vivid imagination when it comes to song lyrics, so all throughout the song I was picturing myself in the middle of a battlefield. Even though this isn't a Christian song per-say (the man who wrote it is a Christian, but the band was not) I applied it to a Christian scene, in which Satan and his demons were on one side and Jesus and His angels were on the other, and (as the song says) I had to choose which way I had to go!

Now, I'd accepted Jesus into my heart when I was three years old, and I'd been a "good little Christian girl" my whole life. But something about the song really stirred inside of me this need for more. It wasn't enough to say which side I was on, I had to choose and run towards that side of the battlefield! I had to live my life like I'd chosen that side. So, at the end of the song I silently prayed and rededicated my life to Jesus, promising to not just say I'm a Christian, but to actively follow Christ.

So yeah, cool story I thought I'd share with you guys! Luv ya'll!!


~SeaChel