Songs about discontentedness

This Sunday we are starting a new series called ‘The Great Correction’ where we’ll be looking at the wanderings of the nation of Israel and how some of their questions and responses have much to teach us about our present economic, political and social climate. One of the themes of this series is ‘discontentedness’ so I put word out to my twitter peeps today asking for a little help and they did not disappoint!!

I’m sure you will agree that discontentedness is not a common theme for our modern worship repertoire but some great ideas came back. We definitely won’t use all of these songs over the course of this series but there are some very good starting points here.

By the way, I wasn’t even sure if ‘discontentedness’ was even a word this afternoon but, yes, it is! Hooray!

By the way, again, if you’re on twitter you can find my updates at @chrisfromcanada

The original question on twitter: Hey twitter worship peeps – I’m looking for songs that talk about discontentedness. Any ideas jump to your mind?? Is that even a word??

The collection of replies:
Tim Hughes – Take The World
John Mayer – Something’s Missing
David Crowder – All I Can Say
Hillsong – Made Me Glad
Matt Redman – Heart of Worship
Bethany Dillon – You Are On Our Side
Matt Redman – You Never Let Go
Bethany Dillon – Hallelujah
Sanctus Real – I’m Not Alright
Matt Redman – Blessed Be Your Name
Brian Doerksen – Light The Fire Again
Other ideas given (either common songs or I don’t know the artist):
Move Me Again
I Will Never Be The Same Again
Do It Lord
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
I Will Praise Him Still
Be Still My Soul
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Many thanks to these twitter friends:
@sethprimm
@milepost13
@friarbuck
@edblonski
@bunchosmittys
@mandythompson
@kimbontrager
@jarrodmorris
@deanlusk
@mandythompson

My favourite reply came from Dean Lusk with his suggestion of “I’m So Worried” by Monty Python. Ha!!