Every New Day

This is one of the most powerful and emotional songs I know. . . I was recently listening to it again, and wanted to share it with you all. . . This is "Every New Day" by Five Iron Frenzy:

When I was young, the smallest trick of light,
Could catch my eye,
Then life was new and every new day,
I thought that I could fly.
I believed in what I hoped for,
And I hoped for things unseen,
I had wings and dreams could soar,
I just don't feel like flying anymore.
When the stars threw down their spears,
Watered Heaven with their tears,
Before words were spoken,
Before eternity.

Dear Father, I need you,
Your strength my heart to mend.
I want to fly higher,
Every new day again.

When I was small, the furthest I could reach,
Was not so high,
Then I thought the world was so much smaller,
Feeling that I could fly.
Through distant deeps and skies,
Behind infinity,
Below the face of Heaven,
He stoops to create me.

Dear Father, I need you,
Your strength my heart to mend.
I want to fly higher,
Every new day again.

Man versus himself.
Man versus machine.
Man versus the world.
Mankind versus me.
The struggles go on,
The wisdom I lack,
The burdens keep pilling
Up on my back.
So hard to breathe,
To take the next step.
The mountain is high,
I wait in the depths.
Yearning for grace,
And hoping for peace.
Dear God...
Increase.

Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls once again.
Jesus Christ, light of the world burning bright within our hearts forever.
Freedom means love without condition, without a beginning or an end.
Here's my heart, let it be forever Yours,
Only You can make every new day seem so new!

I have lately felt like the bridge of this song: the struggles go on, the wisdom I lack, and these burdens keep piling up on my back. Between camps, mission trips, financial issues, family trips, having another child, being a Godly father and husband, failing at being a Godly father and husband, worries and questions about the future. . . in all these things I feel completely inadequate. And the reason is because I am, completely inadequate! Nothing I can do is good enough because Biblically, nothing I can do is good. I am a sinful man, and even in my attempts to do good, I sin. I am desperately hopeless, completely confused, eternally lost. . . Until God increases. He is the Good and Pure and Holy One, He is the lover of my soul, and the one who can purify me of all this dross and refine in me the heart and life I need to have. Without Him I am lost and selfish and stressed and worried and completely without hope, as we all are, every one of us. But, with Him I am redeemed, loved, full of joy and peace and hope. Lord, every new day I need more of You in my life, in all of my life. Please, dear God, increase!