The Current

Written by Timothy Welbeck

Biblical References: II Corinthians 4:18, Galatians 4:16, Ephesians 5:15-17; Colossians 3:1-4, 4:5-6; I Thessalonians 5:1-6; II Timothy 4:2-5; James 4:13-16



“Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.” (Marcus Aurelius)
Verse 4
I was in search for the truth, but it must have been forgotten/Or it’s just harder to find than Osama bin Laden/I knew gas was flammable, who knew it’s fire was the hottest/$2.50 a gallon still burns holes in my pockets/But wasn’t that the whole reason we invaded Iraq/It wasn’t to oust a dictator when we created his job/It wasn’t to liberate a people who say we should stop/And their weapons are invisible, no one’s afraid of their bombs/But forget wars overseas/My city has wars over streets/Where the young cats are strapped, and are not afraid to see you bleed/And rest of the country is drowning in debt/Trying to figure out what this economy is about to do next/Looking for answers they’re wondering what scholars heard/Hanging of the words of politicians and astrologers/And relish hell on earth, you can check the thermometers/Because the globe is warming and we act like we don’t know that it’s warning/Of the end of days and judgment that’s before them/But we’re too busy wondering when our burdens will end/That’s why I say, “You can keep your current events/When I go into swim, it’s the current that I’m flowing against”/Because if you get caught up the current, you might be swept away/In the endless passing of events, another takes its place/I know we’re at war, I know we’re in a recession/And the more we talk but it, the more it gets depressing/I know we’ve got much in store after the historic election/But I want to point your eyes towards the heavens, if only you will let them/Before you too are swept away, and caught in the current’s progression