Was it the caffeine?

I was tired this morning. So I took a shower, but that didn’t fix the problem… I sat down on the couch and realized: I was depressed.

Now I haven’t been chemically depressed in a very long time. It might have been that I was doubting my salvation, I’m not sure. But whatever it was, it hung on like a bad habit.

I tried listening to some Christian music, and I even cracked open a soda . I don’t normally have soda in the morning, and this was Diet Dr Pepper & Cream Soda, which is a no-no with CKD (phosphates are bad for kidney disease), so I only had a half a glass.

But nothing was working. I wondered how many hours or days the depression would last. But then I put on Steven Curtis Chapman’s Lord of the Dance, and the depression subsided…

On the bank of the Tennessee River
In a small Kentucky town
I drew my first breath one cold November morning
And before my feet even touched the ground
With the doctors and the nurses gathered ’round
I started to dance, I started to dance

A little boy full of wide-eyed wonder
Footloose and fancy free
But it would happen, as it does for every dancer
That I’d stumble on a truth I couldn’t see
And find a longing deep inside of me, it said

I am the heart, I need the heartbeat
I am the eyes, I need the sight
I realize that I am just a body
I need the life
I move my feet, I go through the motions
But who’ll give purpose to chance
I am the dancer
I need the Lord of the dance

The world beneath us spins in circles
And this life makes us twist and turn and sway
But we were made for more than rhythm with no reason
By the one who moves with passion and with grace
As He dances over all that He has made

I am the heart, He is the heartbeat
I am the eyes, He is the sight
And I see clearly, I am just a body
He is the life
I move my feet, I go through the motions
But He gives purpose to chance
I am the dancer
He is the Lord of the dance
Lord of the dance
Lord of the dance

And while the music of His Love and Mercy plays
I will fall down on my knees and I will pray

I am the heart, You are the heartbeat
I am the eyes, You are the sight
And I see clearly, I am just a body
You are the life
I move my feet, I go through the motions
But You give purpose to chance
I am the dancer
You are the Lord of the dance
I am the dancer
You are the Lord of the dance

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Steven Curtis Chapman / Scotty Smith

Lord of the Dance lyrics © Sparrow Song, Peach Hill Songs