I just relocated to another state… this hit home so much! I am so homesick but I know there is a greater purpose for me to stay here. God is so Faithful! Thank you for this beautiful Song! So honest and raw.
When your heart is ripped in two pieces but you know it's all for the glory of God and you trust in His plan 🙏. I've been listening to this song for over 15 years and I still have to go back to it every time I visit home.
When this song first came out, it was perfect timing for something I was going through and it ministered to me beautifully. Every few years since then, including this very day, it has come back into my life at the perfect moment to minister me through another touch choice. Thank you Sara for creating this beautiful picture of life's struggles.
But the places, they used to fit me, can not hold the things I've learned. Those roads were closed off to me, while my back was turned. ......I am caught between the promise and the things I know.
This song has been an anthem for me every time I have changed jobs, when I changed congregation and now I'm changing houses and have to change my profession again. Thank God for Sara, for this describes exactly how I feel and what I think when facing these hard type of decisions.
One of the best CCM songs of all-time with one of the best lines, "caught between the Promise and the things I know." Universal theme for every man and woman.
I just found my university assignment 14 years ago using this very song to write a short essay. Now that I'm finally having a baby, clearing my past memories memento, this really plays right on time.
I love you. I will pray for you... Your Maker seeks u relentlessly... like He does me. Only when I get drunk off my ass & put on headphones ... I get on my knees in my bathroom... i know that no matter how different I think I am... the Source of Goodness has NEVER changed
As the song says, there is a reason behind all the time and all the sand...the things that you think are/were a waste all have a purpose. I do hope return to the loving arms of Christ,sister 😊
Always a great song which has helped stand in my salvation walk. Surely, I painted the pictures till I decided to move to the promises ahead. God bless Sara.
I agree. I don't know if she wrote it herself, but this is pure poetry. I'm no longer a believer but I truly enjoy this song. Great lyrics. Great imagery.
The places that used to fit me cannot hold the things I've learnt. I was diagnosed with depression. Before the diagnosis, I strangely was comfortable with the fog of dispair and anxiety. It was what made sense. Now on antidepressants it is so strange, because I no longer feel those familiar feelings, but at the same time I don't feel joy. I just don't feel dispare. Who am I without misery?
Heartfelt talk withJesus -Christ can remove those evil feelings. The enemy is trying to convince you that anxiety is the place to be while it is your hole you're digging...slowly!! Call Jesus Christ for help! He hears the cry of the poor and desperate person. I tried it once and still do!!
LYRICS LISTEN PEOPLE ALSO SEARCH FOR Lyrics I don't want to leave here I don't want to stay It feels like pinching to me Either way And the places I long for the most Are the places where I've been They are calling out to me Like a long lost friend It's not about losing faith It's not about trust It's all about comfortable When you move so much And the place I was wasn't perfect But I had found a way to live And it wasn't milk or honey But then neither is this Leaving out what it lacks And the future feels so hard And I want to go back But the places they used to fit me Cannot hold the things I've learned Those roads were closed off to me While my back was turned The past is so tangible I know it by heart Familiar things are never easy To discard I was dying for some freedom But now I hesitate to go I am caught between the Promise And the things I know Chorus Bridge: If it comes to quick I may not appreciate it Is that the reason behind all this time and sand? And if it comes to quick I may not recognise it Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?
Pray that you would not want to return to your "Egypt" - whatever that might be. Pray that you would keep your eyes, mind and heart fully on Jesus and His Promised Land ahead
19 years after it was written, I needed this song in this season. God is pretty cool isn't He?
I feel the same way. Jesus Loves us too much to leave us in bondage, Egypt.
Arianna, this song resonates ❤. But I don’t want to go back! These lyrics are heartfelt!!
I heard it almost 20 years ago and I come back to it when I need to hear a reminder of where I was and where God is taking me
I just relocated to another state… this hit home so much! I am so homesick but I know there is a greater purpose for me to stay here. God is so Faithful! Thank you for this beautiful Song! So honest and raw.
When your heart is ripped in two pieces but you know it's all for the glory of God and you trust in His plan 🙏. I've been listening to this song for over 15 years and I still have to go back to it every time I visit home.
This song came to my mind after 17 years. God bless you !
This is Gospel truth...that hits me hard right now in October 2024. Because "I'm caught between the promise and the things I know".
This song/album got me through prison 19 years ago... truly an unbelievable voice .
I am so glad for you! Trust in the Lord, He has a good plan for your life.
When this song first came out, it was perfect timing for something I was going through and it ministered to me beautifully. Every few years since then, including this very day, it has come back into my life at the perfect moment to minister me through another touch choice. Thank you Sara for creating this beautiful picture of life's struggles.
One of my favorite song of all time
But the places, they used to fit me, can not hold the things I've learned. Those roads were closed off to me, while my back was turned. ......I am caught between the promise and the things I know.
This song fits this time right now. We can never go back now that we know what we know.
What a wonderful songwriter, Sara Groves is.
Thanks for sharing, this song spoke to my heart. been wrestling with God's call to the mission field. leaving it all. thanks...
This song has been an anthem for me every time I have changed jobs, when I changed congregation and now I'm changing houses and have to change my profession again. Thank God for Sara, for this describes exactly how I feel and what I think when facing these hard type of decisions.
Such a 90s vibe, I love it!
01:53am, I'm going through it all at the moment and this song just crossed my mind. This is about 4 years since I last listened to it. God help
Recently considered going back.Your song clears things up
One of the best CCM songs of all-time with one of the best lines, "caught between the Promise and the things I know." Universal theme for every man and woman.
hadn't heard this song in about a dozen years of lots of change. it's one to go back to as life evolves.
Powerful lyrics with haunting guitar work. Love it!
I just found my university assignment 14 years ago using this very song to write a short essay. Now that I'm finally having a baby, clearing my past memories memento, this really plays right on time.
Such a beautiful song! Powerful message in the lyrics.
Beautiful Song!!!
I'm not even a Christian anymore but this song still speaks to me. Such a great message about growth and life
I love you. I will pray for you... Your Maker seeks u relentlessly... like He does me. Only when I get drunk off my ass & put on headphones ... I get on my knees in my bathroom... i know that no matter how different I think I am... the Source of Goodness has NEVER changed
As the song says, there is a reason behind all the time and all the sand...the things that you think are/were a waste all have a purpose. I do hope return to the loving arms of Christ,sister 😊
if you were ever really Gods. He will not let you go. Maybe you just went to chruch but never actually got born again?
God loves you, and longs for intimacy with you (because He knows how desperately we all need Him.). Don’t give up on God because sinners sin.
Allow Jesus to hold you. He will usher you back home.
Always a great song which has helped stand in my salvation walk. Surely, I painted the pictures till I decided to move to the promises ahead. God bless Sara.
You don't need to be religious to love this song. The lyrics are so perfect.
I agree. I don't know if she wrote it herself, but this is pure poetry. I'm no longer a believer but I truly enjoy this song. Great lyrics. Great imagery.
@@SelfReflective same here.
The places that used to fit me cannot hold the things I've learnt. I was diagnosed with depression. Before the diagnosis, I strangely was comfortable with the fog of dispair and anxiety. It was what made sense. Now on antidepressants it is so strange, because I no longer feel those familiar feelings, but at the same time I don't feel joy. I just don't feel dispare. Who am I without misery?
Heartfelt talk withJesus -Christ can remove those evil feelings. The enemy is trying to convince you that anxiety is the place to be while it is your hole you're digging...slowly!! Call Jesus Christ for help! He hears the cry of the poor and desperate person. I tried it once and still do!!
One of my all time favourite songs! Thanks for your music Sara! x
oh yes...i remember this song . still love it
The TCK anthem! Thanks so much, Sara.
I love the swinging light!
Timely today in April 2020, thanks.
OMG So awesome and Inspiring!
As a missionaries kid coming back to America after growing up in a different country this is so so on point
I definitely agree. :)
This feels like my story the last few years
Incredible! Encouraging Song!
Oh how this song is describing my current life💔❤️💔❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
LOVE this song and her voice... The song tells a story familiar to mine.
great song ive been listening since it first came out.keep up the great work
LYRICS
LISTEN
PEOPLE ALSO SEARCH FOR
Lyrics
I don't want to leave here
I don't want to stay
It feels like pinching to me
Either way
And the places I long for the most
Are the places where I've been
They are calling out to me
Like a long lost friend
It's not about losing faith
It's not about trust
It's all about comfortable
When you move so much
And the place I was wasn't perfect
But I had found a way to live
And it wasn't milk or honey
But then neither is this
Leaving out what it lacks
And the future feels so hard
And I want to go back
But the places they used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
Those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned
The past is so tangible
I know it by heart
Familiar things are never easy
To discard
I was dying for some freedom
But now I hesitate to go
I am caught between the Promise
And the things I know
Chorus
Bridge: If it comes to quick
I may not appreciate it
Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?
And if it comes to quick
I may not recognise it
Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?
Thank you for posting the lyrics ❤
Pray that you would not want to return to your "Egypt" - whatever that might be. Pray that you would keep your eyes, mind and heart fully on Jesus and His Promised Land ahead
This is beautiful!!!
beautiful
Is it me or does this video make Sara look 20 years younger and favor Molly Ringwald?
Amen
Amazing
At 3:30 begins a a sequence where she slowly breaks into the best smile ever.
Love this song
great
The Lord comes they so clear.
Iam Sokkheng. Is.this songs. Very good songs. I Am makes a happing
Egypt 🇪🇬
2019
Third culture kid anthem
why that hair cut ???
Neil the 90s
That's not a light, it's a pendulum :)
First song of yours I've ever disliked. You're an elder Christian? Just stop.