Comments on: Shifting Sand http://caedmonscall.net The officially unofficial fan site of Caedmon's Call. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lessons (3 of 5) : Grit and Glory http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/shifting-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-26882 lessons (3 of 5) : Grit and Glory Sun, 24 May 2009 19:06:56 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/shifting-sand/#comment-26882 [...] faith is like shifting sand Changed by every wave My faith is like shifting sand So I stand on [...] [...] faith is like shifting sand Changed by every wave My faith is like shifting sand So I stand on [...]

]]> By: His Name’s Sake « marvelous light http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/shifting-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-26264 His Name’s Sake « marvelous light Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:42:23 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/shifting-sand/#comment-26264 [...] take Him for granted. One of my favorite bands is Caedmon’s Call and one of their older songs “Shifting Sand” speaks to this theme. Here are some lyrics from the second [...] [...] take Him for granted. One of my favorite bands is Caedmon’s Call and one of their older songs “Shifting Sand” speaks to this theme. Here are some lyrics from the second [...]

]]> By: Definitely RA | Audio memory http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/shifting-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-24704 Definitely RA | Audio memory Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:48:35 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/shifting-sand/#comment-24704 [...] I was a youth leader, I led a discussion based on the lyrics to “Shifting Sand.” Between looking up the definition of “precarious” and referencing old stories they had [...] [...] I was a youth leader, I led a discussion based on the lyrics to “Shifting Sand.” Between looking up the definition of “precarious” and referencing old stories they had [...]

]]> By: Chris Hubbs http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/shifting-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-19916 Chris Hubbs Thu, 24 May 2007 00:41:48 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/shifting-sand/#comment-19916 This song is written from the perspective of someone who realizes his own weakness in regards to his faith. Like all Christians, he struggles with feeling strong of heart one moment, and faithlessly succumbing to his own desires the next. By the end of the song, he has realized that the foundation for his relationship with God is not his own faith, which wavers, but God's Grace, which doesn't change. References for some of the biblical stories mentioned in this song: "A slithering staff"...Aaron threw his staff on the ground and it turned into a snake. (Exodus 7) "A leprous hand"...Moses' hand became leprous when God asked him to put it in his bosom. When he did it again, it returned to normal. (Exodus 4) "And lions resting lazily"...Daniel in the lion's den (Daniel 6) "A glimpse of your back-side glory"...When God allowed Moses to see His back on Mt. Sinai. (Exodus 33) "And this soaked altar going ablaze"...God answering Elijah's prayer and consuming the soaked altar with fire. (I Kings 18) This song is written from the perspective of someone who realizes his own weakness in regards to his faith. Like all Christians, he struggles with feeling strong of heart one moment, and faithlessly succumbing to his own desires the next. By the end of the song, he has realized that the foundation for his relationship with God is not his own faith, which wavers, but God’s Grace, which doesn’t change.

References for some of the biblical stories mentioned in this song:

“A slithering staff”…Aaron threw his staff on the ground and it turned into a snake. (Exodus 7)
“A leprous hand”…Moses’ hand became leprous when God asked him to put it in his bosom. When he did it again, it returned to normal. (Exodus 4)
“And lions resting lazily”…Daniel in the lion’s den (Daniel 6)
“A glimpse of your back-side glory”…When God allowed Moses to see His back on Mt. Sinai. (Exodus 33)
“And this soaked altar going ablaze”…God answering Elijah’s prayer and consuming the soaked altar with fire. (I Kings 18)

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