Slipping Tom Booth, Carl Herrgesell	(Based on 2 votes)

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Artist Reflection

"You are the ground, and I am the grain.
God let me fall and disappear"

Jesus says, "Unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat." So too with us! Unless we surrender our lives and let go, we will remain a lifeless grain of wheat. Good for a snack or a bite of cereal maybe, but never a living and abundant source of life for others. To be born again, one must slip and fall into the loving arms of God. Much like the dying process of the flesh, we have to let go and entrust our lives, our dreams, our past and future into the hands of a loving and intimate Creator.

This is the meaning of the song, "Slipping." As is sometimes the case, I started strumming and singing and the song just kind of happened — though the theme and theology of the lyrics had been floating in my head for sometime: letting go, trusting, allowing God to increase while I decrease. We can be so afraid of letting go: afraid of death, afraid of truly living, and sometimes even afraid of God. Fear keeps us from the truth. Fear can keep us from "tasting and seeing" God.

However, we can trust God! We can trust our Lord Jesus! We can trust the Holy Spirit! When we let go, when we slip and fall into the arms of our loving God, he will catch us. When the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it is transformed from death to life. We too can be transformed. We too can be born again — born again to love, to hope, to live and move in Christ. Alleluia!

- Tom Booth