Taylor Swift's Song "Breathe"

Making my Christmas list this year seemed like a daunting task. I guess I wanted a lot of things...but I also felt like I could just get most of them myself. I love buying new things to decorate the house with. I like buying stuff for cooking and also I spend a lot of money on food. So I focused on things that I would never buy for myself but kind of wanted. One of those things was Taylor Swift's new CD "Fearless". I have never been a huge fan of hers, but I loved her first single from the album (Love Story) so I thought I would most likely like the rest of it. I was right! I really love the CD. But I really don't have the time or energy to write a full review of it so I'm just going to focus on one song.

The seventh track on "Fearless" is called "Breathe". It is a gorgeous slow song that fits her voice perfectly. The first time I heard the song in my car, I started crying. Let me explain what the song is about. The song is about the ending of a relationship. It uses phrases like "Now I don't know what to be without you around" "Never a clean break, no one here to save me" and "I can't breathe without you, but I have to". This song works so well because I believe that a lot of people can relate with this feeling of loss. As I sat crying in my car, I became very aware of how warped this sense of sadness was for me. I also became concerned as to why I had felt such a strong reaction.
As a child of God, I know who I am. I know what to be. I know who will save me. I have the love of a God who is all-powerful, all-knowing and all-sustaining.
I don't want to downplay the sadness of losing someone close. Relationships are painful and it is OK to be disappointed, upset and hurt by their endings. But we do have a Healer and Savior in Jesus Christ. So, yes, we can breathe without that person. We can move on with our lives. We can be who we are supposed to be without them because we will be with who we truly need for eternity.

The song is gorgeous and even though I do not whole-heartedly agree with the lyrics, it hits that emotional nerve inside of me. I still tear up sometimes when I think of what could have happened and what really did happen in the end. I am joyful because I will never have my relationship end with my Heavenly Father.

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10