Saturday, January 15, 2005
Put your hands up...
We've been down to the bottom...when we've hit rock bottom...if you've been there, put your hands in the air and let someone cares...
I got the "new" TobyMac Cd...Welcome to Diverse City. It's awesome- I love it. But a certain song I like not only for it's beat but the message it's getting across. It's talking about how we all have stories. Ugly, hurtful, happy endings, bad endings...we all have them. And while listening to the song, it hit me that if the church could do as the song says- how awesome would that be?
Well...hypothetically the church is supposed to help a fellow "brother/sister in Christ" out...that we're supposed to be there and encourage and do NOTHING to bring them down in any way. But I wonder if the "do's" turned into "supposed to's"...in any situation, any church. Any age group.
Me being 16 and in the youth, this song obviously made me think about my youth group. Are we this way? Are we striving towards this? Are we even making this a goal? To have someone in the youth tell everyone their problem, and then have the people who've experienced the same thing, actually raise their hands and tell their experiences...
How AWESOME would that be? I mean seriously! To have any group in your church so unified that they've not embarressed about their stories and personal experiences, and they aren't shy to share them with each other, knowing that someone, somewhere in the crowd could relate.
I've been there too...and the greatest lie you've ever been told is that you're the only one to ever walk on this road...we came together to say, Hold On. Cause we've been there and found our way home...you're not on your own...God will see us all through...
I got the "new" TobyMac Cd...Welcome to Diverse City. It's awesome- I love it. But a certain song I like not only for it's beat but the message it's getting across. It's talking about how we all have stories. Ugly, hurtful, happy endings, bad endings...we all have them. And while listening to the song, it hit me that if the church could do as the song says- how awesome would that be?
Well...hypothetically the church is supposed to help a fellow "brother/sister in Christ" out...that we're supposed to be there and encourage and do NOTHING to bring them down in any way. But I wonder if the "do's" turned into "supposed to's"...in any situation, any church. Any age group.
Me being 16 and in the youth, this song obviously made me think about my youth group. Are we this way? Are we striving towards this? Are we even making this a goal? To have someone in the youth tell everyone their problem, and then have the people who've experienced the same thing, actually raise their hands and tell their experiences...
How AWESOME would that be? I mean seriously! To have any group in your church so unified that they've not embarressed about their stories and personal experiences, and they aren't shy to share them with each other, knowing that someone, somewhere in the crowd could relate.
I've been there too...and the greatest lie you've ever been told is that you're the only one to ever walk on this road...we came together to say, Hold On. Cause we've been there and found our way home...you're not on your own...God will see us all through...
