The Call by Matt Kennon

Every now and then I'll come across a song that really pulls at my heart strings. The other day, I was driving to the gym and a song I had never heard came on. The first lines immediately delved into the scenario of a boy about to commit suicide. It made me sad, but I kept listening. As it went on, and I heard the rest of the lyrics, I couldn't help but start to cry. I had gotten to the parking lot of the gym at that point, and I finished listening to it there. I'm sure that I looked rather silly to anyone walking by because I was crying, and they probably thought something terrible had happened. I had forgotten about the song until tonight when I was looking through the notes I jotted down in my phone, and this song was one of them. I listened to it again about 10 times in a row. The latter part of  this day/evening was hard. But for some reason this song made me feel better. And made me want to serve others, rather than dwell on my own insecurities and inadequacies. There's always someone else that's going through a harder time than I am.   It's just a really good song.

I'm not sure why I like this song so much and why it struck a big tear duct. The lyrics are simple, and the idea is nothing new. How many times at Church are we told to listen to the Spirit when it prompts you to call someone? Pretty much every week. Maybe I needed to hear this song, to remind me that if someone is on your mind, they are there for a reason. A lot of the time when I feel like maybe I should call someone or even just randomly start thinking about someone, I push the thought aside. I'm not the most confident in discerning if it's "just me" or an actual prompting of the Spirit. Most of the time I figure it's just my silly thoughts, and I ignore it. I think part of me is afraid of saying something and feeling dumb afterwards. Silly right? I remember when I was still in Young Women's, the Bishopric gave a lesson on listening to the Spirit. I remember that Bishop Smith (I think) was like "sometimes you are prompted to do things. They may not be for any significance, other than Heavenly Father seeing if you are willing to follow those promptings, so He will know if He can trust you in those times a prompting may have an actual outcome if acted upon." That lesson never left me, even though I don't follow the advice near often as I should.

My new goal? Listening for those promptings. I know I am so grateful for those times where I was feeling extremely low, and I prayed for comfort, and it came through a friend.

So listen to this song. I'm not overly sure as to why I decided to post about it, but you never know. Maybe someone else needed to hear this song like I did. :)

But I guess, just remember . . . You never know who might be glad you called. Good night, Friends!




Just to end on a highpoint, I just found the live stream of my favorite radio talk show hosts, Jesse and Shotgun. I listened to them religiously every day in the summer as I rode the light rail to work. I was really sad when they got laid off from 92.5 (I boycotted them from then on), but they just announced where you can listen to them in the mornings via the live stream of their show in San Antonio. I'm so excited. They are seriously my favorite.

And now I'm listening to "Do You Remember" by Jay Sean. Since you were probably wondering.