My wife Jennifer and I we're invited to a World vision event a couple of years ago. The focus of the evening was to raise awarness about the AIDS epidemic there. We sat through just two hours of presentation and dialolg, which I honestly could have spent in the movie theater on this rare occasion that Jen and I get to go out together. And by the end of the evening we were trying to figure out how we could budget the financial support of an entire villiage for a year...eeeek!
Anyway, I was moved. And convicted. But also confused at why it took a multi-thousand dollar banquet to move me...
the next day I sat down with my guitar and a simple song began to pour out:
(This was a quick song writing experience. Rarely do I write a song in one sitting.)
The Mirror is of course not just the "shiny" kind but anything that we use so that we can better see, or define, ourselves. I am a very competative person and I naturally use other things and people to relfect back to me my place in my world - (this song is definately my own confession)
The idea of bettering ourselves for its own sake is an incredibly hard thing for me as an christian- american- white male with a wife, two kids, a dog, and a house in the suburbs.
This fear that I have about uknown things has greatly diminished as I see more diversity come closer. I see many, even in my own family, that feel threatend by it.
I think it is out of ignorance.
I thought that contrary to the idea of starting with the man in the mirrror I might as well try to forget about the me in the mirror and participate in the creation of anything but. The reality is still that we need our own perspectives and passions to get anything done. So maybe forgeting the "me" is more about the result not being about me.
Some things that I hope for:
It's about being a blessing, renewal, calling each other out of ourselves and into creative action.
Anyway, I was moved. And convicted. But also confused at why it took a multi-thousand dollar banquet to move me...
the next day I sat down with my guitar and a simple song began to pour out:
Have you a mirror?
That holds your gaze?
It's shiny eyes stare back at you
And make you feel unsafe.
(This was a quick song writing experience. Rarely do I write a song in one sitting.)
The Mirror is of course not just the "shiny" kind but anything that we use so that we can better see, or define, ourselves. I am a very competative person and I naturally use other things and people to relfect back to me my place in my world - (this song is definately my own confession)
The idea of bettering ourselves for its own sake is an incredibly hard thing for me as an christian- american- white male with a wife, two kids, a dog, and a house in the suburbs.
I have seen it in your face
And felt its cold embrace
And question why we live this way.
Are you lonely and unfamiliar
With different lands out there?
Who are your enemies?
I'll bet they're unaware.
This fear that I have about uknown things has greatly diminished as I see more diversity come closer. I see many, even in my own family, that feel threatend by it.
I think it is out of ignorance.
Oh, you can build a wall around you
and try to make them change,
But I won't believe that's the way...
I thought that contrary to the idea of starting with the man in the mirrror I might as well try to forget about the me in the mirror and participate in the creation of anything but. The reality is still that we need our own perspectives and passions to get anything done. So maybe forgeting the "me" is more about the result not being about me.
To hold a baby,
Provide a need,
Plant a garden right.
Turn around that mirror.
And draw upon its back
Some things that I hope for:
All you ever wanted
All that's good and right
Everything that's holy and pleasing in His sight.
And Prayers that have been answered.
Mothers treated right.
Fathers hold their children
And we'll make through the night.
It's about being a blessing, renewal, calling each other out of ourselves and into creative action.
posted by oliviamusic at 11:40 AM
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