Long Black Train

There's a song by some country singer that I used to absolutely despise, because I hated all country music with a big passion. This song is called Long Black Train, and I have no idea who does it because I just don't know it haha. The song has started to speak more to me than most songs do.

The pat that I find most of this in is in the chorus. The whole chorus is

But you know there's victory in the Lord, I say.
Voctory in the Lord.
Cling to the Father and His Holy name.
Don't go ridin' on that long black train.

I mean, I don't assume I'd have to go into much detail with this at all, but our victory is from the Lord. The victory we have over sin came because of Christ coming to die for us. The victory that we have because of Christ is probably the most encouraging thing that I have to live for. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 says

 ⁵⁵ “Where, O death, is your victory?
   Where, O death, is your sting?”^[a]

 ⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. "

We must cling to the Father and Son in order to have that victory. The victory we do have over sin, comes only from the Father and the Son. We need to know that He came to die for us, and that He loves us deeply, and fully. I know that I have had the worst time with this. I have been seeking other things to fill my life with. Mostly soccer, but I haven't been putting my life into the thing that it needs to be.

The part we he's like "Don't go ridin' on that long black train." It's explained in the last line of the song where he says "The devil's driving that long black train" Why would we want to ride the train that the enemy is driving? I definitely don't want to go riding on that train, but I will say the way that I've felt recently, it feels like someone bought be a ticket for that train. I just hope that my current path doesn't continue.

That's all for right now, friends

TJ