Old school music!
I've been digging through my old music collection at home, and I found Church of Rhythm's album, "Not Perfect". Its so spot on- its really great. There are two songs in particular that really speak to me- This is the first. Its called "Strayed".
I can identify particularly with verse 2, in that I was bullied at school for my beliefs and in the end was too embarassed/ashamed to call myself a Christian. At Christian Union last week there was a talk on Evangelism, and the bit that struck me so much was that the speaker said "We make God small and humans big"- i.e. we're too scared to go and talk to people about God because we fear rejection- we want to be liked by them. It should be the other way round- we ought to be wanting and loving to spread the awesome news of God's love for everyone and not be scared to talk about him.
Since I came to university and made loads of Christian friends at Christian Union and Church, I am feeling definitely more confident to be able to do this, although there are times when I hesitate and am petrified. But God is ALWAYS with us, its like the Footprints poem- during the tough times God is carrying us.
When I was young, I grew up in a Christian family
I wanted to please my parents
I wanted them to be so proud of me
So I took their faith and I learned their religion
And I went to a church where everyone was a Christian
Chorus:
I've strayed far, but I'm fine
I've strayed far, but I'm fine
I've strayed far, but you've been with me God
All this time
Then I went away to school and I found new friends
I wanted to please them too, to be liked by them
And if they didn't need God, then neither did I
And I got to be so busy, that it pretty much slipped my mind
Chorus.
Now I'm out of school and I'm finally alone
No one to tell me what to do, but no beliefs to call my own
But in my times of loneliness, in my desperate independence
I wondered if there was a God and if he cared where I'd been
Chorus. (this time it's "I think I've missed you God")
And when I'd run, 'till I'd run out
When being broken made me look a second time
Now I can see, I can see clearly
That You've been with me all this time
Chorus.
I can identify particularly with verse 2, in that I was bullied at school for my beliefs and in the end was too embarassed/ashamed to call myself a Christian. At Christian Union last week there was a talk on Evangelism, and the bit that struck me so much was that the speaker said "We make God small and humans big"- i.e. we're too scared to go and talk to people about God because we fear rejection- we want to be liked by them. It should be the other way round- we ought to be wanting and loving to spread the awesome news of God's love for everyone and not be scared to talk about him.
Since I came to university and made loads of Christian friends at Christian Union and Church, I am feeling definitely more confident to be able to do this, although there are times when I hesitate and am petrified. But God is ALWAYS with us, its like the Footprints poem- during the tough times God is carrying us.
When I was young, I grew up in a Christian family
I wanted to please my parents
I wanted them to be so proud of me
So I took their faith and I learned their religion
And I went to a church where everyone was a Christian
Chorus:
I've strayed far, but I'm fine
I've strayed far, but I'm fine
I've strayed far, but you've been with me God
All this time
Then I went away to school and I found new friends
I wanted to please them too, to be liked by them
And if they didn't need God, then neither did I
And I got to be so busy, that it pretty much slipped my mind
Chorus.
Now I'm out of school and I'm finally alone
No one to tell me what to do, but no beliefs to call my own
But in my times of loneliness, in my desperate independence
I wondered if there was a God and if he cared where I'd been
Chorus. (this time it's "I think I've missed you God")
And when I'd run, 'till I'd run out
When being broken made me look a second time
Now I can see, I can see clearly
That You've been with me all this time
Chorus.