This weekend we faced another incredible, terrifying display of the power of Nature, and the effects that it has on people’s lives. An entire town in Kansas was destroyed by a tornado with up to 200mph winds. Entire houses ripped to shreds.
My heart goes out to the families that have lost so much. And the people whose lives are forever changed. I know that God can bring back hope and restoration to these families.
One of the things about devastation is that you have an opportunity to rebuild from the ground up, instead of remodeling and trying to work around the already existing structures, trying not to mess up the carpets, scuff the walls, match the furniture. All that stuff. I know this probably sounds really crass but it’s true.
What do we need to have devastated in our lives? What are we trying to build around, but we need to let it just be destroyed. I think we have some sacred cows that need to be butchered and it’s only when we let God do the butchering that we can really begin to rebuild.
Personal, family, traditions, churches, what do we need to have devastated?
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Relient K – Devastation And Reform Lyrics
Fear can drive stick
And it’s taking me down this road
A road down which
I swore I’d never go
And here I sit
Thinking of God knows what
Afraid to admit
I might self-destruct
So lock the windows
And bolt the door
Cause I’ve got enough problems
Without creating more
I feel like I was born
For devastation and reform
I’ll destroy everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
But in the end it’s nothing but
A shell of what I had when I first started
An injury I’ll cause with my own fist
It seems to me to be slightly masochistic
But there’d be no story
Without all this dissension
So I inflict the conflict
With the utmost of intention
So lock the windows
And bolt the door
Cause I’ve got enough problems
Without creating more
I feel like I was born
For devastation and reform
I’ll destroy everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
But in the end it’s nothing but
A shell of what I had when I first started
Thank you God
For giving me the insight
So I might make
These wrongs right
If and when
There ever is a next time
Cause failure is a blessing in disguise
Pull my heart out, reconstruct
But in the end it’s nothing but
A shell of what I had when I first started
A shell of what I had when I first started
I feel like I was born
For devastation and reform
I’ll destroy everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
But in the end it’s nothing but
A shell of what I had when I first started
(When I first started)
(A shell of what I had when I first started)