| Sunday, October 25, 2009 |
| It's not too late...you CAN be saved... |
So turn around you're not too far
To back away be who you are
To change your path go another way
It's not too late you can be saved
If you feel depressed with past regrets
The shameful nights hope to forget
Can disappear they can all be washed away
By the one who's strong can right your wrongs
Can rid your fears dry all your tears
And change the way you look at this big world
He will take your dark distorted view
And with His light He will show you truth...
From "More Beautiful You" by Johnny Diaz
I hear this song usually several times a day. I can never hear the bridge without tears. It always makes me think of someone...someone very special...and how much I wish and pray for him. There is something about the line "It's not too late you can be saved" that gets me every time. The words shout to every fear that has ever tried to take away my hope and summarizes every prayer I've ever prayed for him...
The song means to me something different than it probably means to most people, including the singer/songwriter. I know the song is specifically about girls and not feeling good enough or pretty enough, etc. But when that bridge comes around I'm transported to another train of thought...something entirely different. And I think about all that has happened to my friend. I think about his "path." I think about every word I have ever spoken to him. I think about every tear I have ever cried over him. I think of every prayer I have ever prayed for him. Every fear...the hurt, anxiety, hopelessness, etc. Every tear is because I want to shout out "turn around...you're not too far...to back away...BE WHO YOU ARE...this is NOT who you are...BE WHO YOU ARE...who God created you to be...anything less is a life of settling and complete hopelessness. But it's not too late...it's not too late...YOU CAN BE SAVED!!!
So with each tear...I will pray another prayer...I will hope again and again. I will not give up on him or on what I know God can do in and through him. |
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