Comments on: Mistake of My Life http://caedmonscall.net The officially unofficial fan site of Caedmon's Call. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Above All Things » Blog Archive » Brittany, Motherhood & Caedmon's Call http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/long-line-of-leavers/mistake-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22740 Above All Things » Blog Archive » Brittany, Motherhood & Caedmon's Call Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:50:31 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/long-line-of-leavers/mistake-of-my-life/#comment-22740 [...] of the single Christian to rest in the sovereignty of God as he navigates his way to marriage. Mistake of My Life captured the transitional drama and thrill that accompanies the engagement period and Love is [...] [...] of the single Christian to rest in the sovereignty of God as he navigates his way to marriage. Mistake of My Life captured the transitional drama and thrill that accompanies the engagement period and Love is [...]

]]> By: Chris Hubbs http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/long-line-of-leavers/mistake-of-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-19927 Chris Hubbs Thu, 24 May 2007 00:56:03 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/long-line-of-leavers/mistake-of-my-life/#comment-19927 From the Author: "When God calls you into something, you’ve got to run headlong into it. This is a song about my fear of trusting God with the unknown and running headlong from Texas to Tennessee after the girl I love." What it Means: The song is really about wondering whether he was going to make a mistake by moving to Nashville to try and find the woman he was in love with. Apparently, he stayed on a buddy’s couch and had no idea how he would find her, but he knew it was something he had to do, even if it meant making the "Mistake of his Life." Derek ended up marrying this girl, Sandra McCracken, and they reside in Nashville now. So, as the story goes, Derek didn’t end up making the "Mistake of his Life" after all. From the Author: “When God calls you into something, you’ve got to run headlong into it. This is a song about my fear of trusting God with the unknown and running headlong from Texas to Tennessee after the girl I love.”

What it Means:

The song is really about wondering whether he was going to make a mistake by moving to Nashville to try and find the woman he was in love with. Apparently, he stayed on a buddy’s couch and had no idea how he would find her, but he knew it was something he had to do, even if it meant making the “Mistake of his Life.” Derek ended up marrying this girl, Sandra McCracken, and they reside in Nashville now. So, as the story goes, Derek didn’t end up making the “Mistake of his Life” after all.

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