"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven..."I recently came across one of my old lyric books (I've got a pile of them boxed up...It can drive my wife crazy lol). Not to toot my own horn, but I was rather blown away at some of the lyrics I've written just a few short years ago. There was incredible insight and metaphorical poetry taking place that I didnt realize I had in me at the time. Needless to say, I had to jump on those papers immediately and start crafting the words in to songs.
Like a swordsmith preparing a new blade, I unsheathed my Ipad and went to work on the words, lines, and phrases contained in one of my notebooks. I would love to tell you that one of the most amazing musical works I've ever created came out of that time but I would be lying. A big, fat, nothing came out of it. As hard as I tried, as much thought as I put in to it, I just couldn't come up with anything that felt right and I was frustrated as to why I couldn't put the pieces together. Why wasnt this working?
Well, I've developed a theory (though I'm not usually one to theorize anything at all).
Just as we go through seasons in life, I believe certain worship songs can be marked for a specific season. It may remain locked to you until that season starts. Even as I'm writing this to you I can recall moments in my own life where I've poured back over old lyrics that had frustrated me before and suddenly sprung to life in that moment.
My point in all of this is to encourage you to not become discouraged. The lyrics you write are important and may not show fruit for a while. Continue to create! When the right season comes and the door is opened that song will bust open from the depths of your chest like a wild river.
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus
