Miss Invisible

“Miss Invisible” is a song written and song by Marie Digby. At the moment the song is available freely on her Youtube channel. This song has been a great help to me because the writer opened herself up to be so vulnerable in the midst of one of her most painful times of suffering. What she describes is something that I believe many of us experience in our lives, but unlike this person we are too scared to admit it and would rather wrap ourselves up in the day to day trappings of a modern lifestyle.

There is another reason why I find this song to be so powerful and that is because at the end of the song she describes how it all changes. Someone else was brave enough to enter into her life and be just as vulnerable as she is in this song. To be willing to do something like that for another is so much greater of a gift than anything else anyone could ever give you. And to every reader remember that even if all your friends, family and acquaintances fail to realize this truth. Jesus is willing to be ever present to bring to us the full truth of this song so even in our darkest moments there might be someone we could cling to for help.

The Poor in Spirit

The poor in spirit are those who recognize that they have very little or nothing at all within themselves that can be counted as valuable. This requires a humble and often a broken heart because when our hearts do not know brokenness the heart will not realize the need for love, mercy, kindness, grace and fellowship. So instead of seeking these greater things we seek after lesser things like fame, wealth, pleasure or power which cannot service our needs for love and friendship but only hide them under a mountain of the lesser riches.

A particular video by Britney Spears called "Lucky" really brings this all out and helps us see how well we can hide our pain, sorrows and troubles under things like money, acquaintances, professional success, all kinds of addictions, or entertainment. We also see the angel who looked down upon this beautiful actress with sorrow in her heart because she knew how sad and lonely this actress named Lucky truly felt. And that is the reason no-one else could see the pain this one girl felt, because to open yourself to such a reality opens you to the possibility of being hurt and no-one else was willing to take that chance.

The Good News of Love

I do not know how things are in your communities, but in the communities that I frequent within my own town I see very little love. I mostly see people desperately clinging to worldly possessions, to fame, power, laughter and activity, but very little love. This grieves my heart immensely because I have seen first hand how beautiful and powerful true love can be in our lives.

People for the most part are quick to love themselves, generally their families, maybe their friends, but never their neighbors, co-workers, associates and certainly not the stranger they do not know. In an environment like this it is easy to lose hope and fall into despair. But through my time in prayer and in seeking the Lord I have been reminded that I should not lose hope because God is at work within it all.

This morning I had been lead to a certain song by Nelly Furtado Called "In God's Hands" from her album Loose. The song tells us of the beauty and power of love which we have rejected, even the best of us. But that is not the end because love never began with us it began with God who loved us so much that He sent His own Son to tell us of His love and He has confirmed it to my own heart that He still wants us to have that love today.

Idolatry

I am sure many of you are aware of Eminem's single "When I'm gone" from the album Curtain Call: The Hits. I wonder how many of you are aware of why spiritually speaking Eminem was failing to be the husband and father that his family needed to be. The problem he had basically was that he was worshiping another god rather than Jehovah, the one true God. I am not sure which god that his alter ego, Slim Shady was leading him to worship. It could have been fame, wealth or security for his family but it was not Jesus and the One who sent Him. For Jesus would have had Eminem lay everything down to God to lift up his wife.

I have been praying, mourning and repenting ever since my last post because I believe I was speaking my own words and not the Words of Jesus. And like Eminem to make it right I must lay everything down at the feet of my Lord and Savior. And since my sin was done publicly I must make my act of repentance public.

I will be taking the previous post down so that this blog may be fully devoted to the Lord and His work and that nothing be here except that which the Lord told me to post. I am sorry for leading some of you astray.

A song of Repentance

"Back to December" from the album Speak Now by Taylor Swift is a simple song, but sometimes the simple songs really touch the heart. In this context this song has the power to do that because the focus is on repenting from past sin in a broken relationship. Based on the words of the song it seems like it is so broken that they have not seen or talked to each other in months or at least have not had any meaningful conversation.

In the song though the writer is searching for a way to restore that broken relationship and is asking to be restored to the former blessings. To the good and great things that she once enjoyed. If the Church choose this song and took it to heart and waited on the Lord then surely the gift of salvation will be given to her. And with that all the broken pieces in this world will begin to be restored to their former glory. And surely all will be made well.

Why I am Doing this

I thought I would write a little blog about why I choose to do this. Why I go to the trouble of posting an article about twice a week. Why I always reference a music video as I talk of the things which the Father has in store for the Church and the world.

It is because the Holy Spirit speaks to me through music, especially modern music like nothing else. The Lord knows that there is much evil prevalent in today's music industry and much of it is corrupted by sin. At the same time some see the industry for what it really is and is not afraid to speak on it openly or sing about it as some choose to if only people would listen.

I believe God choose to speak to me through music because there is a part of me that needs expression, exposure and/or assurance in order for me to live rightly. This part of myself cannot be brought out through the works of sermons, books, newsletters or any other type of literary work because there are issues that will not be dealt with through those works no matter how loving, gracious or kind they are. Music can because all music or at least all godly music because that kind of music is willing to do the hard thing, of looking deep inside of a person's soul and working through the issues there.

I have to face demonic forces, sometimes on a daily basis and if it was not for these songs and the power of my Lord Jesus the Messiah of the world, the Christ I would never have a chance to overcome it all. I believe in a way these songs can be like the Psalms of the Bible in that they are written in honesty and in truth and can be directly applied to Jesus and his work on the cross.

It may be better if we could understand the Psalms in their full lyrical beauty, but unfortunately much of the old Psalmist tradition has been lost. They were written to a tune, which we no longer have, in a poetic form which most do not understand and in a time which very few of us could comprehend. To help explain myself I will take a quotation from "Gangstsa's Paradise" written by Coolio.

They say I got ta learn, but nobody's here to teach me,
If they cant understand it, how can they reach me?
I guess they can't; I guess they won't
I guess they front; that's why I know my life is outta luck, fool!

Therefore if I am being well fed with spiritual bread how can I sit here satisfied and do nothing while there are people out there desperate for something true to get them by each day.

"Wish You Were Here"

"Wish You Were Here" is another song by Avril Lavigne of her latest album Goodbye Lullaby. Its a song of heartache and misery because she is separated from her lover.

The video is incredibly gloomy and sad as we see her sitting in a dark, bear and wretched environment that is best seen to understand. We also see that her heart is in a similar state as she tears to pieces a beautiful flower and then lights a fire to burn what remains. She then sits and continues to sing the song as real tears stream down her face. She then lies down in a tub full of water covering everything, but the face. Then the face drops in, fully immersing herself in the water. After a second she rises out of the water and resumes the song, climbs out and turns to the window which seems to be the only source of light in the room.

The song itself I also found powerful as she mostly ran over those same thoughts over and over. How she wished her lover was there because I've found that in our darkest times having a person with you who loves you and is willing to help bear the burdens we bear can make a world of difference. Being in a desolate place all alone is very much worse than to be in that same place with one other.

I have learned that there are many who live lives such as that everyday and because such a life becomes intolerable long term people turn to money, video games, social networking, or anything to take his or her mind off the truly wretched reality. There are also those who resort to drugs or alcohol, but make no mistake, both will end with this person having lived an empty life if the most they attain is a superficial relationship made through Facebook.

Jesus did not come to this earth so people could live such wretched lives, but that they could have life to the fullest, with love, friendship and peace. Peace is not just playing 5 hours of video games so till I am too tired to realize I spent another evening alone, but rather contentment with the life I am living so I am ready to embrace and own every minute of my life with joy.