Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Don't they know what they are doing is wrong?
{I heard this song on the radio this morning and heard it in a new / different context or light. It immediately made me think of the people I work with, the work environment, the day that was surely about to proceed. It honestly made me have a different outlook about it all. This first stanza is so fitting to where and to whom I work with. I am not perfect or even near but you just think, "I can't believe what she said, I can't believe what he did. I mean, don't they realize what they are saying, how wrong they are- how hateful they are? Don't they realize how they are treating me/ others? Then I just realized that maybe they don't- maybe they really have NO idea what should be coming out of their mouths and how they should be treating others. Maybe they do not know God and thus have no idea how they should speak, act or treat others. Then it comes time for a decision on my part. I can love or I can hate (or act a similar way towards them as they do me). I choose love. I may not have always chosen love, for many reasons that are not justified but I do now- and will strive to continue to choose love. After all, hate, disgust, anger, resentment, etc. will get me no where. Instead of any negative feelings towards it, I need to respond with love, His love. I love the part of the song that says, "Oh Father won't You forgive them, they don't know what they've been doing- Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them cause I feel like the one losing." It is so true and what I genuinely pray for- His forgiveness to them for them to be able to see or learn how to conduct themselves appropriately. And, for His forgiveness to me for not only my inappropriate actions and words at times, but also for not always trying to show His mercy, guidance and light in everything I do- which includes speaking and conducting myself as He would. To be more Christ-like. I have failed, but with His guidance and help, I pray that I can change not only my attitude but actions as well. Also, I love in the song where he says, "Lord it doesn't feel right for me to turn a blind eye- though I guess it's not that much when I think of what You've done." In the end, it would be nothing for me to not respond to their ways or join in with inappropriate behavior or comments after all He has done for us. I should be able to dismiss all that is going on around me and not partake in any of it- I just should be able to love on them even if I feel they don't deserve it as God has loved and will always love on me even though I do not deserve it!}
Here are the lyrics:
I can't believe what she said
I can't believe what he did
Oh, don't they know it's wrong
Don't they know it's wrong, yeah
Maybe there's something I missed
But how could they treat me like this
It's wearing out my heart
The way they disregard
This is love, this is hate
We all have a choice to make
Oh, Father won't You forgive them
They don't know what they've been doing
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losing
It's only the dead that can live
But still I wrestle with this
To lose the pain that's mine
Seventy times seven times, yeah
Lord it doesn't feel right
For me to turn a blind eye
Though I guess it's not that much
When I think of what You've done
This is love, this is hate
We gotta a choice to make
Oh Father won't You forgive them
They don't know what they've been doing
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losing, oh no
Why do we think that hate's gonna change their heart
We're up in arms over wars that don't need to be fought
Pride won't let us lay weapons on the ground
We build our bridges up but just to burn them down
We think pain is owed an apology and then it'll stop
Truth be told it doesn't matter if we're sorry or not
Freedom comes when we surrender to the sound
Of Your mercy and Your grace, Father, send Your angels down
Oh Father wont You forgive them
They don't know what they've been doing, oh no
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losing
Yeah, I feel like I've been losing
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losing
I feel like I've been losing
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losing
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