my heart's a flood that rises

Many days I feel hopelessly overwhelmed by life. I am overwhelmed by anxiety, with feelings of inferiority or inadequateness, with fear that I cannot complete whatever task is before me. I become overwhelmed dwelling on the unknown and fearing it—will I make friends after college, find a job I love (find a job at all), have a love life ever?

In the moments when I cannot see the good, I listen to “Overcome” by Juliette Commagere.

{The correct lyrics are no where to be found online so I have to admit I’m improvising from what I hear}

Through hills and tributaries,
wild mountains, distant prairies
What kept me burning now I passed it off out sea to ferry
These backgrounds know no glory
With humble arms they hold me
From someplace else I see the moon and now I can see clearly
I am overcome

Our distance grows and widens
But my heart’s a flood that rises
Spills out my restless eyes
I feel you most when we’re divided
Lay down a song for me and
Know that I’m not lonely ‘cause
We’re gonna ramble round and break the back of this old country
I am overcome

I am overcome

Something about the combination of the music and lyrics completely resonates in my heart.




I am overcome by the gift of life and my existence.

I am overcome by the incredible beauty and destruction of nature and the amazing diversity and distance of the world we live in.

I am overcome by God’s unfathomable love and the comprehension of what it means to have faith in my life.

When I listen to this song I feel humbled and overjoyed and at peace because I am overcome.

And at moments when I feel so entirely overwhelmed I listen to this song and embrace instead the fact that I am overcome.

Please check out Juliette Commagere's Myspace to listen to "Overcome".