To Make America (And One Day the Rest of the World) Think Again

"Born Again" by Newsboys

"I found myself looking into the mirror

Knew I wasn't who I wanted to be

I was living life the way that I wanted

But my eyes reminded me I'm not free

Believed a lie so everything that I know

Says I gotta go, tired of going solo

But I'm never gonna go there again

This is what it is, this is who I am

This is where I finally take my stand

I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl

I met the one with two scarred hands

Giving Him the best of

Everything that's left of

The life inside this man

I've been born again

I see ya walking like you're living in fear

Having trouble even looking at me

Wishing they would give you more than words

Sick of people telling how it should be

What'd ya download? Where'd ya get your info?

You saw that I'm sure, now you're in the in though

Gonna tell you what I believe

This is what it is, this is who I am

This is where I finally take my stand

I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl

I met the one with two scarred hands

Giving Him the best of

Everything that's left of

The life inside this man

I've been born again

We are the ones they call by name

I'm never gonna look back

Let go, let go, the guilt, the shame

Said, I'm never gonna look back

This is who I am

This is what it is, this is who I am

This is where I finally take my stand

I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl

I met the one with two scarred hands

Giving Him the best of

Everything that's left of

The life inside this man

I've been born again

This is who I am

I didn't wanna fall but I don't have to crawl

I met the one with two scarred hands

Giving Him the best of

Everything that's left of

The life inside this man

I've been born again

I've been born again"

The song ended and I stopped chopping the onions. Crying from both the juice and the lyrics that I had heard a thousand times before, I just stood there. 

You know that a song is powerful when it just makes you stop what you are doing, look up, and thank God for the sun rise that morning. 

We need more songs like that. America needs more songs like that. And not just songs either. But works of art be they speeches, paintings, stories, songs, or simply people that aren't afraid to show that they have been born again. 

As a country, we are crumbling. There is no doubt in my mind that we are turning away from our basic foundations which was faith in our Lord Jesus Christ that made us into the nation we are today. 

I started this intending to write a story with these lyrics, but God led me down another path, one that reset my mind on the whole purpose of this blog which was to make America (and the rest of the world but I'm not egotistical enough to claim that yet) think again. So maybe I don't get that hard hitting story that brings in the viewers or that beautifully written poem, but if I have made you guys think about what the Lord with "two scared hands" has done in your life and this world, then I couldn't be happier. 

May this make you think,

Jen

P.S. Does this mean my writers block is over?