Right now, I am not attached to any church. I’m not part of a family, and if I’m honest, not really concentrating on my faith as much as I should be. But there are some things that remind me what I’m missing.I haven’t seen delirious? live for a couple of years now. Still bought the records and kept an eye on the website, but I haven’t been to a gig. There are many reasons for that. But I guess nothing can replace the live feeling – the tingling as everyone raises their hands to salute the reason for all of this. The unbridled joy that rises from your chest when you are one of hundreds singing the chorus with the band.
The new delirious? release is a live dvd/cd set, which comes fairly close to recreating the memories I have of sweaty nights in the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, or Camden Underworld… The choice of tracks is stunning – doesn’t overlap with any of the other 4 (!) live albums they’ve released [has any other band ever released that many live albums?!] and the set deftly crosses lines between the breathless rock-out tunes and the more humble ones.
Not only that, but the dvd set is slightly different to the cd set, and the extra materials on the dvd are pretty good too – as you’d expect from the D:boys.
It’s not just a good live rock album, it’s a great worship album. And while it’s helped blow away some cobwebs in the last couple of days, my mind is focussing a little better on God.
Things aren’t easy at the moment, and the temptation to give up is always strong – but every time I forget that placing every thing in His hands is the best thing I can do, every time I start to think that there’s actually no good way through, or nothing good that can happen, He proves me wrong.
It’s annoying that I need that much convincing. I know He is always there, so why should I doubt it? I guess because I am human. And that’s what we do. Stupid, aren't we?
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