It was a beautiful letdown, the day I knew, that all the riches this world had to offer me, will never do. Jon Foreman More Quotes by Jon Foreman More Quotes From Jon Foreman I think sunrises are rarer for me, but sunset is my favourite time of day. Jon Foreman sunrise sunset thinking I think sometimes we can use spirituality as a vehicle to go closer to the things that frighten us and sometimes we can use it as a shield. I'm guilty of it too. I think spiritual words can do one or the other. Because when I hear people say, in a religion setting, 'Glory,' 'Praise the Lord,' 'Hallelujah,' but it doesn't mean anything, those are actually words that distance us from God, ironically enough. Jon Foreman distance spiritual mean All music is worship. It just depends on what you’re worshipping. Jon Foreman depends music-is worship The beauty of what I read in the gospel is the intimacy of what we're called to, that there's no middle man. Jon Foreman intimacy middle men Music is what I do; Christ is why I do it. Jon Foreman music-is christ If it doesn't break your heart it isn't love Jon Foreman break-your-heart break heart Entropy is one of the laws of thermodynamics. It's a physical law that says everything in nature is moving from order to disorder. In our lives this same principle is at work. As time moves on, things break down as we make mistakes. This is the 'letdown' every person experiences because of sin. For Christians this concept doesn't end there because we realize God's 'beautiful' mercy and grace restores the order in our lives. Jon Foreman christian mistake beautiful Hope is not something you can just place in your back pocket or put your fingers around – it’s the belief in a world that has yet to exist. Jon Foreman pockets belief world Sometimes the things that hurt are worth the pain. Jon Foreman pain hurt sometimes I have horrible acting ability. I can only be one thing and that's it. So for better, for worse, that's all I've got to offer is me. I've got nothing else. Jon Foreman horrible ability acting Think deeply about life, it's worth it! Jon Foreman worth-it thinking Sometimes it can be really hard in our fast paced society to slow ourselves down enough to begin to listen to God's voice. The dilemma exists in my position as well. To be a follower of Christ is to emulate Him. When He went off alone into the desert to pray, He was teaching a valuable lesson. Jon Foreman desert voice teaching I’ve never used music to sell my faith and I’ve never used faith to sell my music. I think they are both intrinsic parts of who I am. We’ve always tried to define our music outside of genres…what is a genre? A genre’s a cage or a box and for us our music is best with fangs and some claws running free in the wild. Jon Foreman who-i-am running thinking If we truly believe in an all-powerful God, then there's going to be beauty and truth to be found in all sorts of different places. Jon Foreman different powerful believe The kingdom of heaven is comprised of the broken, the fatherless, the poor, the starving. Nothing that could create good ratings for NBC. Jon Foreman nbc broken heaven I often use music as a handle for very emotionally explosive substances: love, sex, God, fear, doubt, politics, the economics of the soul - these are daunting thoughts in the back of my mind that I rarely visit without the safety gloves of song. Jon Foreman safety song sex I am often tempted to think of success in terms that are defined by others: records sold, popularity gained, album reviews, etc. These are impossible demands, however, and they can never be satisfied. Letting finite others define our worth is a horrible way to live. Only the Infinite Other [God] has the authority to do this. Jon Foreman way-to-live albums thinking The tendency in today's culture is to want to be a 'star', but I want to be a servant. Jon Foreman stars want culture I'm always thinking about songs, I'm thinking of life maybe a little bit more lyrically than a computer programmer or someone like that. Jon Foreman littles song thinking My dying planet needs to see what the body of Christ looks like. Jon Foreman dying looks needs
