Long Hollow

Do you know anything about Blue Monday?

Supposedly the third Monday of January is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. I read a little blurb about it today – this is the third Monday of January, by the way – and I don't know if it was the power of suggestion, or just because it was Monday, or what exactly caused it, but I did feel a little blue today, despite the welcomed sunshine and blue-colored skies outside.

I really had no reason to feel blue, and it wasn't a deep shade by any means… "partly cloudy" is perhaps the best way to describe it.

And then this song came on the radio that, like a strong wind, blew those clouds away, lifting the blue right off my shoulders and out of my head.

I had always heard this as a love song… you know, a man-to-woman romantic love song… but today I heard it as a different kind of love song. I had never imagined God looking or sounding anything like John Hiatt, but when I listened to the words of this song (I included them down below), it was easy to believe God, as a loving father, was singing to me, reassuring me…

"Just have a little faith in me…"

(I hope your Monday was far from Blue – except for blue skies, that is.)

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("Have a Little Faith in Me" Lyrics by John Hiatt)

When the road gets dark
And you can no longer see
Just let my love throw a spark
And have a little faith in me
And when the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try
And have a little faith in me 

Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me 

And when your secret heart
Cannot speak so easily
Come here darling, from a whisper start
And have a little faith in me
And when your back's against the wall
Just turn around and you, you will see
I will catch you, I will catch your fall
Just have a little faith in me 

Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me 

'Cause I've been loving you, for such a long, long time
Expecting nothing in return
Just for you to have a little faith in me
You see time, time is our friend
'Cause for us, there is no end
And all you gotta do, is have a little faith in me
I will hold you up, I will hold you up
And your love, gives me strength enough to
Have a little faith in me
Hey hey
All you gotta do for me girl
Is have a little faith in me 

(Lyrics from STLyrics)