Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Hey Jesus

So I'm sure many of you know that I love the Indigo Girls. Although I've only been to -1 of their concerts, I do someday hope to make it to one!
Anyway. I've been thinking about this song for a bit. It is called Hey Jesus.

Hey, jesus, it's me.
i don't usually talk to you but my baby's gonna leave me,
and there's something you must do.
i am not your faithful servant,
i hang around sometimes with a bunch of your black sheep,
but if you make my baby stay,
i'll make it up to you and that's a promise i will keep,

hey, jesus, it's me.
i'm the one who talked to you yesterday and i asked you please, please for a favor
but my baby's gone away, went away anyway
and i don't really think it's fair,
you've got the power to make us all believe in you
and then we call you in our despair,
and you don't come through.

hey, jesus, it's me, i'm sorry.
i don't remember all i said,
i had a few, no, too many
and they went straight to my head,
made me feel like i could argue with god
but you know, it's easy for you, you got friends all over the world,
you had the whole world waiting for your birth
but now i ain't got nobody,
i don't know what my life's worth.
i'm not gonna call on you any more.
i'm sure you've got a million things to do,
all i was trying to do was to get through to you,
get through to you because when i die and i get up to your doors
i don't even know if you're gonna let me in the place,
how come i gotta die to get a change to talk to you face to face?


I love this song and it leaves me with so many questions. Why do some people think that Jesus only listens to his "faithful servants"? Jesus loves all of us and listens to anyone who takes the time to talk with him. I do believe that developing and nurturing a relationship with Jesus can help with situations described in the song. Rarely have I seen Jesus jump in and fix something but that doesn't mean that I don't ask too.

Why do we assume that Jesus is too busy to talk with us? We maximize and then minimize our needs/wants/questions/concerns. We beg and plead for immediate help and then step back as if we do not deserve it. Why?

I love the song because it makes me think and makes me wonder...

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