Just wanted to post one of my favorite lyrics...by a Christian artist which may understandably be surprising to some of you...but she embodies much of what is missing in what I call the "squeeky wheel Christians"--the ones with the biggest platforms and who make the most noise, unfortunately. A detriment to those of us who serve the same God but detest the ridiculously hurtful things they say and do. This is by Nichole Nordeman.
Please Come
Oh the days when I drew lines around my faith to keep you out, to keep me in, to keep it safe.
Oh the sense of my own self-entitlement to say who’s wrong, who won’t be long, or cannot stay.
Cause somebody somewhere decided we’d be better off divided.
And somehow, despite the damage done He says come:
CHORUS:
There is room enough for all of us
Please come, and the arms are open wide enough
Please come, and our parts are never greater than the sum
This is the heart of the One who stands before the open door and bids us come.
Oh the times when I have failed to recognize how many chairs are gathered there around the feast.
To break the bread and break these boundries that have kept us
from our only common ground the invitation to sit down if we will come:
CHORUS
Come from the best of humanity
Come from the depths of depravity
Come now and see how we need every different bead on this same string.
Come.
CHORUS
So long status quo/
I think I just let go/
You make me want to be/
BRAVE