Worth sharing

I've recently discovered that I love the music of Nichole Nordeman. It is lovely, and when I listen to her lyrics, I "get it." She writes the way I would aspire to write if I wrote songs. This one may not be my favorite, but it's captured me. Do yourself a favor and listen to it with the music sometime...



"Rolling river God
Little stones are smooth
Only once the water passes through
So I am a stone
rough and grainy still
Trying to reconcile this river's chill

But when I close my eyes
and feel you rushing by
I know that time brings change
and change takes time
And when the sunset comes
my prayer would be this one
that you might pick me up
and notice that I am
just a little smoother in your hand

Sometimes raging wild
sometimes swollen high
never have I known this river dry
The deepest part of you
is where I want to stay
and feel the sharpest edges wash away

And when I close my eyes
and feel you rushing by
I know that time brings change
and change takes time
And when the sunset comes
my prayer would be just this one
that you might pick me up
and notice that I am
just a little smoother in your hand"

("River God," Nichole Nordeman)