Hit You Where You Live

You want to change with all of your might
You want to do right in His sight
It's His delight to give you your desire
It's His desire to set your life on fire

Sometimes it hurts when reprimanded
It hurts Him more than it's hurtin' you
He'll pick you up from where you landed
When He knocks you down, turns your life around
He'll turn your life around

Hit you where you live you can't hold it back
When you're struck by His love you will know
Hit you where you live, it's so close to home
When you're all sold out the mark will show
Let Him hit you where you live

These were the words from the band Petra, which was the first Chrisitan rock band I've ever heard. Today there are so little substance in contemorary christian music. As the band end their 33 years career, it's sad to see that there isn't another one like them. Their songs have been s source of encouragement to me in the formative years of my faith when I was so ignorant to reading my bible, but since music was important to me, I listen to a lot of music. Petra's early works, as I later found out, were laced with scriptures. It's uplifting to my soul and helped me a great deal.

I must also thank my friend and mentor, Bro Dennis who introduced their music to me when I was 13. It stuck with me everysince! No matter where music become, whether emo, indie or wadeva, ROCK is still SOLID!!