Lyrics That Rocked My Thinking

A little over a week ago, I surprised Amber by taking her to the Barlow Girl concert. If you have never heard of them, these gals truly have a heart for the Lord, and for making sure that young gals know how Christ sees them, and they just give such a positive message. I knew that Amber really enjoyed their music, so I figured it would be a good surprise for her. Little did I know that God had a plan to rock my thinking that night!

Brooke Barrettsmith has a song called Farewell that has some lyrics that have been rattling around in my head since the concert. They were: “Do you want forgiveness, or just the pain to go away?”

So often I talk with students and they talk to me about changing a behavior or action, yet the same thing happens over, and over, and over. And I think we all struggle with that sometimes.

When we ask God for forgiveness, do we just do that because we are hurting from our sin, and want the pain to go away, or are we genuinely looking for His forgiveness?

I think these lyrics will continue to rock my world for a while!