Since I heard that Nickel Creek had reunited for another album, I’ve been enjoying listening again to their earlier work. I’d forgotten how much I really like bluegrass and progressive bluegrass. I grew up on Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. I now love listening to Punch Brothers and Béla Fleck. I remember listening to Nickel Creek and enjoying the instrumentals and the harmonies. It refreshed me then. It refreshes me again.
This song is one of Nickel Creek’s earlier works. It touches a chord within, something that I can’t quite pinpoint, but that resonates in my core. It breaks my heart and yet fills me with such joy. Again, I am refreshed.
I’ve needed to be refreshed. I’ve needed refreshment. It has been a barren season for me. God has been faithful during this time. He has sustained me, but as in so many other situations, He has chosen to bear me through the season rather than bear me out of it. I’ve thus been feeling much aggrieved by it, as I am wont to be when things aren’t working out as “I” want. But I am being reminded of late that it’s not just about me. He is at work. His work is bigger than me. It involves more than me. It is good because He did promise it would be good, but He also said it would be according to His purpose. His work is bigger than me. It is good. It will refresh. I will be refreshed. He will be my refreshment.
I love this song.
All Things Elda 