Now I know that most of my blogs so far have been about school and Ecola (Who am I kidding, they have all been about here), but today (Just now actually) I experienced one of my favorite things ever...A song made me cry. It's about a fathers pain, moving ahead, not looking back, taking responsibly and staying clean. It is not suitable for small children and has 11 swear words in it, at least five of which are the F word. It references drugs and alcohol and there abuse. In a word, it is about as far away from a Christian song as you can get.
Not Afraid, by Eminem.
So why does it lift me up and bring me closer to God?
It makes me feel closer to God because it shows that no matter how bad it gets there is always hope. If a man as crooked as this can straiten his life out and inspire others how much more hope do we have with God on our side? No matter how bad it gets God will still look down and see his little kids. Sure one of us might have just bashed the other over the head with a stick, or stole a cookie, or lied about this or that, or to bring this into real terms. Some one who has murdered, stolen not from the rich but from the poor, lied about where and who they spent there last night with. GOD STILL LOVES US! He's go'na have to give us one heck of a woopin', but he still loves us, and he does it because he loves us.
Beauty and truth can be found in many things. Gods creation, the cleanest hymn, or the dirtiest rap.
"You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good" Joseph
Amen, Son. God uses anything He wants to speak to us. "Windows of the Soul"
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