The 10 Saddest Songs EVER.

Everybody likes a good sad song right? Here's 10 of my favorite sad songs:

1. The Dance by Garth Brooks
2. Nothing Compares to You by Sinead O'Connor
3. He Stopped Loving Her Today by George Jones
4. Carrickfergus (old Irish folk song)
5. Everybody Hurts by REM
6. Neon Moon by Brooks and Dunn
7. I'm Just A Ghost in This House by Shenandoah (also a compelling version by Alison Krauss)
8. Crying by K.D. Lang (Roy Orbison first, but Lang's is more compelling)
9. Blue Bayou by Linda Rondstat
10. Blue by LeAnn Rimes

But here's one more really sad song. It's from Isaiah 5, and it's a lament by God about his broken relationship with Israel and Judah. He uses the symbol of a vineyard and sour grapes to convey his sorrow.

The Song of the Vineyard

¹ I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.

² He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest vines.
He built a watchtower in it
and cut out a winepress as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.

³ "Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.

⁴ What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?

⁵ Now I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be destroyed;
I will break down its wall,
and it will be trampled.

⁶ I will make it a wasteland,
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain on it."

⁷ The vineyard of the LORD Almighty
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are the garden of his delight.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

A Couple quick thoughts:

1. God owns the vineyard, it's his to do with as he wishes. "The earth is the LORD's and everything therein." We also are his, to do with as he pleases.

2. God made the investment in the vineyard. He prepared it, planted it, protected it, and planned for a great harvest. He did everything necessary for good grapes. He's done the same for us. He's given us everything we need in order to bear good fruit for him.

3. God's expectations are pretty simple. He desires JUSTICE and RIGHTEOUSNESS. Don't overcomplicate things.