I Love this Band

It could be the dormant, sentimental, protestant side of me, but the music of Christian alt/rock group, Downhere, inevitably brings me to tears. My blogging/homeschool buddy, Amy, at Together for a Reason, posted her current favorite Downhere song on her blog over the weekend. I have so many favorites from this group. Their lyrics are inspiring, and their vocals are soaring. I have several of their songs on my ipod: "How Many Kings", "Great are You", "Little is Much", "Here I Am", but my current favorite is "Not About Wings" from Thunder after Lightening.

The lyrics to this song go so very well with the reflection I posted Sunday on the gift of Faith:

Wake dove, stretch your feathers,
Worry not love, how far you could fall.
Fly now, darling find how;
A broken wing can feel the best to soar on.

It's not the perch you've climbed to reach,
But the broken wing that's made you meek;
that's when He lifts you high.

Believing is not about seeing,
Faith is not about reaching,
and on this journey I keep learning,
Flying is not about wings.

Sparrow trapped by a window,
every resource spent for just one goal.

It's not by work you find your escape,6
but in your defeat when you seek his face;
that's when He lifts you high.

Believing is not about seeing,
Faith is not about reaching,
and on this journey I keep learning,
Flying is not about wings.