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...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Don't Stop Believing

So this song keeps coming up lately. Last weekend I was waiting for food at the end of the Tour de Cure bike ride (way to go my fabulous husband on your ride) and this song started playing. A man comes to the table with his plate of food and starts rocking out. He was singing while eating pasta. No microphone needed this man will sing to his noodles.
Later that evening, I log onto facebook where one of the youth from my church has the lyrics of this song as her status.
I heard it on the radio today too. Craziness.

So what's been going on with me lately you may wonder? I'll assume you are wondering. Well, it feels like summer. Rich and I are taking a break from the routine of life to enjoy the beauty of the mountains of western NC. So far, I'm enjoying the time away. It's good to spend time with him and just hang out. Tonight we watched Wall-E. Who knew this was such a romantic movie? I enjoyed it. Hopefully people will stop being so trashy. Also, I just finished reading the book the Reluctant Fundamentalist. I have to sat the ending was confusing. I'm looking forward to seeing what the book group ladies have to say about it on Tuesday.

My garden has veggies growing in it. I haven't eaten anything yet but hopefully by the end of the month I'll be able to enjoy the fruits of my labor. The weeds are so bad this year. My crazy creeping grass keeps creeping where I don't want it to and not where I do. We have areas of the yard that need grass and it insists on growing in flower beds and the garden. Go away grass.

So now I'm going to start reading a new book and continue to enjoy my mini-vacation!