04/21/2024
Record store day 2023. I walked right in to the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis with my family and this was the first record I saw. is one of my favorite bands so I was obviously excited to find this gem. I hadn’t actually heard it yet as it was new but was excited to get home and give it a spin. Little did I know…but my life was currently in process of changing. I won’t go into all the details…but what a time it’s been since this picture was taken. I had no way of knowing what was ahead at this time. Isn’t it weird to go back and see pictures of ourselves before hard life events happen? What would my current self have told the dude in this picture? I’m still collecting that list…it’s pretty long.
What’s the point of this post?
2 things:
1) this record has been with me on repeat since I got it. For me personally, this record is what God sounds like. It’s not a catchy rhyme. In fact there are no lyrics on this record. There are no eagle’s wings or crawling through mysterious deserts or “life storms”. There is no JPM (Jesus per minute) in these songs…this music just sounds like what I envision God to be…the depth…width…life force of all things…
sit down with some headphones…let the sunlight hit you and give it a listen. Maybe you can relate.
2) to encourage you to keep going. One step in front of the other. One second at a time eventually gives way to hours and days. Believe me, I know it’s easy to just give up when things are hard. I’ve wanted to give up some days since this pic was taken. But, we press on. We must see the gift that life is. We must see it outside of our retirement accounts, the model of our cars, the credit card statements, even the mold of our families…
I was reading my mom’s journals today and after her cancer diagnosis one entry said “If this is my final year, I want it to be the best one and I want it to count for a greater purpose.”
Whatever that greater purpose is for you, I hope you are going after it…🥂
