Let the Healing Begin

So, I've been listening to this song called 'Healing Begins' by the band Tenth Avenue North. It just came out and I haven't been able to stop listening to it. The lyrics are very deep or at least to me they are. I was listening to the song the other morning and several thoughts went running through my mind like they ususally do when I listen to music.
The gist of the song is talking about how we all need healing in our lives and I personally believe that we all need it on a daily basis. We all work so hard at making ourselves look good to everybody around us by doing countless of good things and sometimes we do it so hard that we end up putting walls up inside ourselves and the walls go up against people and people that we care about and who care about us. So many times do we put those walls and think that nobody can get in, we think that nobody will be able to touch us or show us that they care and ultimately if we can't let people in to care about us, we won't be able to care about anybody else. So often do we forget that the walls that we put up may seem like brick walls to us but to so many people around us they are glass walls and they can see everything going on.
Have you ever thought about everything we hide behind those walls that we put up? There's fear. Fear of actually being honest with yourself, fear of facing the solution to tearing the walls down, fear of others actually stepping in our lives and helping us deal with the other things behind those walls. There's shame. Shame that you allowed yourself to put up that wall to begin with and possibly more than just one wall at a time. Shame that you have allowed a wall or two to stay up for so long. Shame of knowing that you are have to deal with something. There are secrets that are hiding behind the walls, secrets that you think that you only know about, but don't forget that your Creator knows them better than you and anybody else may know. The secrets fall in line with shame and fear. Fear of letting the secrets out, shame in knowing that you harbored those secrets to begin with.

So when you come to the realization that there are walls in your life, in your heart that need to come down, what do you do next? What's the next step? Well, I believe that in more ways than we know, when the walls are standing tall and strong in our lives and it's so dark inside of our lives and hearts, there's a Light there behind the wall. Depending on how tall the walls are and how dark it is inside, depends on how visible that light is.
When you do see the Light, don't be afraid of it, let it shine in your soul. When you are ready for the light to shine completely in your soul and in your life, you will be ready for the walls in your soul to come down. Only when you are ready for the light to come in and you're ready for the walls to come down can Healing Begin.

Think of how amazing it will sound to let those walls come crashing down! It will be like glass shattering in a million pieces never to be put back up again. There's freedom in letting those walls come down, freedom in the sound of them coming down. When the glass walls come down the light that's always been there behind those walls will get to shine it's fullest! The light will meet the darkness behind those walls that used to be there and the impact of the Light meeting the Dark will be amazing because again, that's where the Healing Begins.

Those dark glassy walls can only come down if they're washed over by a sea of the Blood of Jesus. His Blood washes and makes everything white as snow. Don't be afraid of the Blood, it's the Blood that will tear the walls down, it will heal wounds that are deep and it will wash the 'fear' and 'shame' away.

Healing Begins when you are broken inside and you're at a point where you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel and you've pretty much hit rock bottom. Healing Begins when you know that the walls need to come down even if they are barely standing and when you know that something isn't right and the way it should be.

My favorite part of the song is the line that says' Sparkes will fly as Grace collides with the dark inside of us.' That's such an amazing thought. Think about the walls in our souls coming down and while they are crashing down, the light behind those walls meets the darkness on the other side, it's Grace through the Light that runs head on with the darkness and ultimately knocks the darkness out. It's the Blood of Jesus that crashes the walls down and it's the Grace that brings light and hope into our lives and gives us the chance to live and live life to the fullest! Wow! I am getting goosebumps as I write this. To think, that when the walls come crashing down, the Grace through the Light comes rushing in, this is where the Healing all Begins and this is where it starts and its an amazing feeling and it's an assurance knowing that your hurts, wounds, fears and shame are being healed.
You have to keep the healing process going though. You have to keep allowing the Grace of God throught the Light of His Son to keep shining in your life, its the only way to keep the walls down and it's the only way the Healling will continue.
That's why I think on a daily basisis we need healing in our lives, in our souls. When we become offended, we automatically start building a wall even if it's one dirty glass brick.
As I write this, it's almost 2 in the morning but I'm already thinking about the walls that I need to come down, there's a few, but, I know I'm not the only one who has them. I know what I need to do with the walls and I'm willing to do what it takes to let them come down. Are you?
I am so grateful for this song and the message that it has hidden inside the words. I hope you get a blessing out of it as I have.
Don't wait to tear those walls down, the longer you leave them up, the longer the Light is being blocked out of your life and the longer the darkness is setting in. Don't wait another day to let the Healing Begin in your soul and in your life.