I love the stories this artist tells in her songs. This song is so moving to me. I don't know if it's a true story or not, but I imagine it is as she usually tells pretty true stories in her songs from what I've seen. Anyway, here's a girl who's working through some deep stuff in her head. Her mom is wondering what's wrong with her since she seems to have gone too inward and she's worried about her. So she takes her to a counselor so maybe they can help. All the while, these deep thoughts are leading her to wonder, "Maybe there is a loving God!"
I remember when I was younger and the many deep thoughtful days, the Depression days, the wondering the meaning of life days. Everything began to seem pretty meaningless at one point until I too began to find hope, not in this life, but in a loving God, the only loving God, the one that came to this earth to save me from my own sin and meaninglessness.
Parents worry about their kids. They want to fix them, save them from pain, etc. My parents wanted to do that too. I want to do that with my daughter. But all those days I mentioned above had a purpose I believe. I needed to go through them. I still go through days like those, and the only answers for me are found in the one true God, who is love but also wrath (wrath against all that is not pure and good and love) who is everything my heart should and needs to long for.