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"Clues" by Josh Bissell & Spencer Annis: Healing Through the Questions


"Clues" by Josh Bissell and Spencer Annis is a beautiful indie folk ballad for anyone who's ever felt lost and wants to find their way again. The song offers quiet but undeniable hope, like the first hint of dawn after a long night. The lyrics navigate the messy journey of confronting our inner "monsters" and buried (childhood) wounds. "Where did the monsters come from? // How did I come to meet them?" Bissell asks, voicing the feelings we experience when past hurts are unraveled. This song isn't about keeping those pains "safely" wrapped up in darkness, "Reaching through the shadows to the edges of my mind // Filling every corner with illuminating light." 

Josh Bissell - Clues (feat. Spencer Annis)Clarity usually doesn't come in grand revelations but as small sacred nudges. "I guess I'm just looking for clues." The approach is to shine a bright light on it and ask God to help find the clues needed to figure out a way forward. It's a song about surrender—with repeated cries, "Lord, help me find the clues." The song emphasizes that faith is the key that can even make fractured hearts bloom again. Sure, we can search for clues on our own, but with God as our guide, we're "cultivating beauty with a seed that blooms in time."

If you're feeling lost, may this song remind you that the search itself is sacred, and it is a path that you don't need to travel on your own. Invite God to help you find the clues and help you heal those hidden wounds.

(Related scripture: Psalm 139:23-24; John 8:12; Isaiah 42:3)

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