Pieces

Hey Everybody, let me introduce myself, if you do not already know who I am. I am Chris Bane, I am one of the “leaders” here at The Place, and a life-long member here at First Baptist(with a short stint at another church-but First Baptist will always be home). I am married to Lorie (most of you may know her from when she taught at Fairland, and she also sings here at church), and I also have 2 awesome kids, Brady -4 and Sydney -8, that you probably have seen around The Place.

Ok, enough about me; Why am I writing on the blog? Well, at first I told Glenn that I wanted to add my own form of humor to this blog, but the more I prayed about it, the more I felt God leading me in a different direction with this whole thing. It is sort of ironic that I felt pulled into a different direction while doing what I always do while driving 50 miles one way to work everyday--LISTENING TO MUSIC! I love music, I consider myself an expert on the subject (not really, but I do love it). I can’t sing. In fact, the only place you will ever find me belting out some tunes is in my car. I am sure many passers-by have thought - “What in the world is that freako doing?” Oh, it’s just me getting into a KLOVE song or maybe some Skillet tune on my iPod.

Music, to me, used to be some cool instruments, a beat and some words until I learned how to let it speak to me. And the great thing about music is that a certain song may say one thing to me and yet another thing to You. What I want to do is take some of the many songs that mean a lot to me and that have also helped me grow in my personal relationship with my Savior, Jesus Christ, and show you how powerful they can be. All you have to do is open your heart and your mind and let God do the rest.

Let’s start with probably my all time favorite song - Pieces, by Red. Now, remember, this is only what I think the band is trying to tell us with this amazing song. To sum up this 6 minute song as easily as I can, I would say that the writer is a Christian who has lost his way in life and realizes that for everything that he has lost, all he has to do is…..LISTEN. Listen for God to call his name and the pieces, that his life has become, are made whole again.

Think of your life as a puzzle, and when you become a Christian your “puzzle” is completely put together. But, as we all know, when we get saved, life does not just stop being hard, and our puzzles can easily be broken into pieces. But OH the good news!!! Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the Ultimate “PUZZLE MASTER”. And all We have to do is look to Jesus and know that We are His children and that He will always love Us and no matter how many little pieces our lives have been shattered into, He WILL put our puzzles back together and make us WHOLE!! Nothing in this crazy world is too bad that your scattered pieces can not be made into the beautiful puzzle that You are! Just let Him call your name, come to Him in pieces, and He can make you WHOLE!

Chris Bane
& The Leaders
@ The Place