Earlier today, I wanted to blog on Jenny Lewis and her feelings on God. I had wrote down some lyrics she sung in a song called "Born Secular". It is a very interesting song. I was gonna try to break it down and figure it out, but now I feel like bloggin on my reaction to it. First off, the song is LOVELY. Jenny has the Watson Twins singing in the background and they sound AWESOME, then i listened to the lyrics and they sounded contrary to god. I started to question whether I should be listening to the song. Then, something else jumped in, it said listen to it again b/c this is how a lot of people feel when God is mentioned. Everyone is not brought up in the Christian faith, I have to remind myself sometimes. They don't have the knowledge or understanding or may not even want to have the knowledge or understanding of God that most do. I listened to it for a third time and I could hear someone that was looking for answers. She was telling us all how she feels about God. How He is not in her. How she feels He takes from us. A lot of people feel that way and have to deal with those feelings where God is that big It in the sky that does whatever He wants and we have to deal with it. The really interesting thing is that most Christians battle those same thoughts, fears, and feelings. Whenever something happens to us, or is taken from us, or we feel abandoned, we all go through the questions on why God is doing this. What kind of God would do this? But you know one thing we understand, it is that there is a God, at least for people at this stage. They recognize that He is, they just need to become acquainted with is personality. They may not want a relationship, but they need a relationship so they can answer at least some of their "why's". I think that is one of the things Christians are here to do. We are here to answer others "why" questions. Even when we are in the midst of our own why's. That is one of the beautiful things about the Chrisitans potential. We are able to give hope and joy and light to others even when it feels like we can't see the path in front of us. We rise above our situations to help others with theirs. Mother Theresa said it best, "Because it is in giving, that we recieve. In pardoning, that we gain pardon." I pray Jenny finds the answers to her questions and I pray that for every person that is on that path.