Casting Crowns - Slow Fade
Usually, I will post a song or video and say what I like about it, or what moved me to post it. This time, rather than do that, I though I might see what any of you have to say about it … (share in the comments)…
(Note: Just to answer a question … no, I don’t intend this to become solely a music or video blog; I’ll be posting these types of things as I find them and want to share.)
This song touched me as I have one grown daughter and a 13 year old. I’ve stood by and watched as mistakes were made and all I could do was pray, only now, later do they see it, just like us; hindsight. Thanks for posting this, it is very powerful in this day and age.
Julie said this on July 3rd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I really was hit hard by this video… the song in itself is very powerful, but the video really hits home that we all give ourselves away to the world… we provide for our children, our spouses, when it reality we become so wound up in the chase for the almighty dollar, the image of being the king or queen of our job, that the most important things get shoved out and we forget how to relate to each other… Great song, great video.
Mike said this on October 5th, 2008 at 1:17 am
I just heard this song in the moive Fire Proof. Every married couple needs to hear the song and see th move.
Mark said this on October 6th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
As a recovering alcoholic, this song touches me in a way others familiar with 12-step type recovery programs may also identify. Having only been sober for 363 days my recovery has been filled with a wide range of emotions. Guilt, remorse, resentment, relief, hope, doubt, frustration, and fear “little feet behind you” have all been part of the path leading me back from the brink. My wife and (3) teenagers had to endure my behavior, the worst of which took place in the last couple of years. Drinking was just a symptom of my perceived yet real problems (low self-esteem, lack of confidence, pursuit of perfection, dishonesty, wanting to be accepted, loved, obsession to control things). All these were defects of character that I covered up from the time I took my first drink as a teenager myself, 25 years ago. What that first drink did for me I could never find an acceptable replacement on my own. Having found in AA that alcoholism is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit (all three)and that my real problem lies between my ears, I have been able to begin my journey of recovery that I will spend the rest of my life trudging. I didn’t get this way over night and can’t expect everything to improve in like time “Families never crumble in a day”. Aren’t children resilient & forgiving? What about spouses? I am told that all things come to us when we are willing to accept and God is ready. I accept that I am an alcoholic. I plan to live just one day at a time from now on. It is but for the Grace of God that I have been chosen and spared. Thy will be done, not mine!
Neal M. said this on November 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 am