WaxNotNeeded - Lyrical Interjection (Personal Conviction Ed)
It seems as
if a day doesn’t go by in which a sentence doesn’t escape my lips which begins
with “I can’t believe this generation”, “the generation we are in is so”, “for
sure Sodom and Gomorrah had to be just like this because”, etc .. etc .. etc.
There is no escaping the fact that the world we live in is getting ever more openly sinful by the second and
sometimes it just makes me want to scream. Of course, as I was reminded ever so
gently by my mother (while driving back from Labor day vacation), “no one is
perfect, we all have flaws, we must leave the personal conviction up to God”. Understood,
noted and accepted – I retorted back, but alas my repetitive vocalizations as
of late would not allow the quick response to go unresolved within my mental faculties
yet again. So as with a wonderful and simplistic, but caring sign I was offered
a logical “next step” of my merry-go-round view of society presented by the next
song that played on the radio …
Losing by
Tenth Avenue North
I can't
believe what she said
I can't believe what he did
Oh, don't they know it's wrong
Don't they know it's wrong
Well maybe there's something I missed
But how could they treat me like this
It's wearing out my heart
The way they disregard
This is love
or this is hate.
We all have a choice to make
Oh, Father
won't You forgive them
They don't know what they've been doin' (oh no)
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losin'
Well it's
only the dead that can live
But still I wrestle with this
To lose the pain that's mine
Seventy times seven times
Cause Lord it doesn't feel right
For me to turn a blind eye
Though I guess it's not that much
When I think of what You've done.
This is love
or this is hate.
We gotta a choice to make
Oh Father
won't You forgive them
They don't know what they've been doin' (oh no)
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losin'
Why do we
think that our hate's gonna break a hard heart
We're rippin' arms over wars that don't need to be fought
Cause pride wont let us lay our weapons on the ground
We build our bridges up but it's just to burn them down
We think our pain is own apologies and get them to stop
Well truth be told it doesn't matter if they're sorry or not
Cause freedom comes when we surrender to the sound
Of Your mercy and Your grace, Father, send Your angels down
[X2]
Oh Father
won't you forgive them
They don't know what they've been doin'
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losin'
I feel like I've been losing
Oh Father,
give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losin'
God is good,
great and wondrous, correct? AMEN HE IS (rhetorical question).
Dear
Heavenly Father – We thank You for all that You have given your children – from
merely being born, to sustaining us with Your Spirit, to offering salvation
through Your Son. May we keep our eyes focused on You Father God, not allowing
ourselves to be consumed with the world around us, but alas being consumed BY
YOU and YOUR WILL for our lives. Thank you for being patient with us Father, as
though we may have read the Bible a thousand time, simple concepts elude us. We
are grateful for Your earnest understanding and our humility and humbleness. In
the name by the One without which there is no hope, Jesus Christ, we pray,
amen.
SiC
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