We Fight Together

when i was in Japan, my friend brandon started sending me Japanese pop songs to help me practice listening to Japanese as well as to educate me in Japanese pop culture.

a couple months ago he sent me a song called Fight Together. it is actually the new theme song for a really famous anime/manga called One Piece. i don't really know much about One Piece, but i really like this song. not only is it catchy, but i love the lyrics (even if they're a bit cheesy). the song is in Japanese, but this is the best translation i could find:

Let's leave before the dawn shows
Let's go meet a tomorrow we haven't seen yet
There's no regret about this decision
(Oh I know what I'm supposed to do)
What kind of trial awaits ahead?
My heart just can't stop beating fast
The place I want to reach is just one
(Fly to the light)

The bonds I got at the end of the fight
I won't let anyone broke them
If I just open the fists I grasped
I find my strength lying there

So let's start
A new world is calling
Hey, look there
No matter how many seas will separate us
I'll always be there for you
Without any fear, heading straight
Don't ever forget
We fight together

I never compromised
On that day, wherever I looked up
I saw an high endless sky
I came this far
And the several oaths in my heart
Are not hesitating now

I'm carrying them on my back
The sun rises and lightens my sadness up
I do believe it
One day we'll go find together
The future that connect us as one
There's no one who can substitute you
Don't ever forget
We fight together

when i first heard it a few months ago, it reminded me of my team- no matter how many seas separated us, we were still fighting together. we were still one STINT team, even though i was in Japan and they were still in the States.

also it reminded me that God is constantly telling me the same thing- we fight TOGETHER. He's not above me somewhere telling me "ok you have to be alone this is My plan go do your best" but He's saying "hey I know this is really hard- but i'll always be with you, don't ever forget, we fight together."

now that i'm in Hawaii, God's still telling me that message. we're fighting TOGETHER. God's still in Japan even though i'm not. God's everywhere in the world, and God's got His workers in every country. we're ALL fighting together.

may i awake every morning excited for the new adventure God has, not just for me, but for US. together.

here's the song if you want to listen to it- it's pretty catchy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HThv92Ilmw