Every New Year Begs the Question, “Can I Ever Really Change?”

Every New Year Begs the Question, “Can I Ever Really Change?”

The energetic and ardent sound of Gungor, what some have called an Alt-Folk band, has captured the attention of millions of followers since 2010.

With good reason.

One of my favorite pieces is their song, Beautiful Things.  Beautiful Things grabbed me the first time I heard the moving lyrics purr out of lead vocalist Lisa Gungor’s mouth.

It did so within the first stanza by asking a most penetrating question.

The question is one that dogs every human alive.  It’s also one we face head-on with the passing of each the new year.

Recognizing the pain that lurks within us and looms around us, Gungor asks:

All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change, at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found?
Could a garden come out from this ground, at all?

All this pain

I wonder if I’ll ever find my way?

I wonder if my life could really change, at all?

A question we all ask, especially this time of year!

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