The Looking Glass

When I became a Christian back in the day of August 2000, some of my Christian Union Friends pitched in and got me a couple of CDs for my 19th birthday - namely, “Supernatural” and “Jesus Freak” by dc Talk. I must’ve listened to both albums for about 18 months straight with either CD in my CD Stacker or on MD in my car whilst cruising the streets (sadly, I don’t cruise much anymore.)

Now, dc Talk has never left my side, they just haven’t seen much air-time of late. In the short time I owned an iPOD Shuffle (8 months) and on my current PDA (equipped with a 4GB solid-state-memory expansion card [SDRAM]), dc Talk had always been one of the first artists to see format-conversions and copies.

But the hiatus is over - four and a half years later, the music of dc Talk recaptures my heart and mind. I remember the days of First-Year-Uni, undoubtedly the best days of my life (to date). It was when life was “truly” “carefree” (or rather, “felt truly carefree”) and when you had all the “pros” of being over 18 and none of the responsibilities of adulthood. I mean, life is good now, and in some ways growing older is quite imperturbable (sorry), and also it is only in hindsight that ‘the good ole’ days are exactly that, the good old days – To embrace all my metaphysics:-
"There is no better time than the present moment, to feel the air and to see the trees; breathing deeply the gift of life.”

Supernatural is an awesome album, and Jesus Freak has some very good melodies. That said the track “Supernatural” has embedded great truths of reality:

“Beyond this physical terrain
There’s an invisible domain
Where angels battle over souls in vast array,

But down on earth is where I am
No wings to fly, no place to stand
Here on my knees I am a stranger in this land,

I need an intervention
A touch of providence
It goes beyond religion
To my very circumstance,

God is there and he is watching
He tells me all is well
God is there, there’s no denying
He’s supernatural
Supernatural”