Jason got to go see Switchfoot a few weeks ago, so my car has had lots of their music in it. I know that I've done one of their songs before, but I'm going to go ahead and post another one. Probably my favorite one of their cd's is "Nothing is Sound." And while I absolutely love the song "Stars" from it (the opening guitar riff is one of the coolest things ever, in my opinion), my favorite song on the disc is "The Shadow Proves the Sunshine."

If anyone has been in that dark place, this song will probably resonate with you. I've been in the shadows. It's cold. It's scary. It's lonely.

But as Jon Forman so brilliantly points out, shadows can only exist when there is a light source. There can be things in our lives that block out the sunlight of God's love, but it never stops shining on us. This is a great song. I particularly like the last line of this song. Enjoy!

Sunshine, won't you be my mother
Sunshine, come and help me see
My heart is darker than these oceans
My heart is frozen underneath

We are crooked souls trying to stay up straight
Dry eyes in the pouring rain where
The shadow proves the sunshine
The shadow proves the sunshine
Too scared little run-aways
Hold fast to the break of daylight where
The shadow proves the sunshine
The shadow proves the sunshine

Oh, Lord, why did you forsake me?
Oh, Lord, don't be far away (away)
Storm clouds, gathering beside me
Please, Lord, don't look the other way

I'm a crooked soul trying to stay up straight
Dry eyes in the pouring rain where
The shadow proves the sunshine
The shadow proves the sunshine
Too scared little run-aways
Hold fast to the break of daylight where
The shadow proves the sunshine
The shadow proves the sunshine

Yeah, shine on me (x3)
Shine on me

Oh, oh, oh

Yeah, crooked souls trying to stay up straight
Dry eyes in the pouring rain where
The shadow proves the sunshine
The shadow proves the sunshine
Too scared little runaways
Hold fast to the break of daylight where
The shadow proves the sunshine
The shadow proves the sunshine

Yeah, shine on me (x3)
Shine on me, let my shadows prove your sunshine