Red Sky

I find it incredibly fascinating that we can hear a song 100 times and not think much of it until one day, without expecting it, that same song can hit us upside the head with a message so clear that we are amazed at how we managed to miss it before.  Here is one that struck me in that way.

"Red Sky" - Brandon Heath

I saw Brandon perform this song this past October in Charlotte. I had heard the song a few dozen times, but it wasn’t until seeing Brandon in front of me, telling of its story that I actually listened to it.

In June 2009 I felt like the world around me that I had worked so hard for had come crashing down all at once. Among several other things, I had lost a job that I absolutely loved. I felt as though there was no possible way that things could turn around.

It took me some time to overcome that feeling of anger towards what had happened. I then heard ‘Red Sky” and felt an almost automatic peace.

Daylight fades into the ground, 
Oh Lord I need you now
Cover me with the red sky tonight
The promise of a better day to come

It’s because of that “promise” that I know that it will be okay. God doesn’t make mistakes and whatever he is stirring up in my life is certainly not a mistake either.

I don’t know what’s in store for the next 3, 6, 12 months. I can list off several things that I would like to see happen, and I will do what I can to see them through, but I find comfort in knowing that in the end, it’s in God’s hands. And because of that trust, it will turn out to be far better than any of the outcomes that I could plan.

Its a red sky,
Its a red sky,
Tonight.