we keep on waiting
waiting on the world to change
So every night as I battle my insomnia and try to fall asleep I listen to my ipod. Usually I just kind of listen to the beat of the songs I have on my bed time playlist but last night I was feeling risky and I listened to my driving music. Then the song Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer came on and I started thinking about things. Some people I know have been telling me that praying in the hallway is annoying and pointless. Why?? What's the problem?
"me and all my friends
we're all misunderstood
they say we stand for nothing and
there's no way we ever could"
So there's that first part that caught my attention. "They say we stand for nothing" God is defintaly not nothing. We are seen as the Jesus freaks. Most of the time that doesn't bother me. Every now and then though it does. Anyways back on track, that just really hit home for me. The next part where he says "Now we see everything that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it we just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it." This is true on sooooo many levels. We see so many people by themselves at lunch, in the hall, everywhere. I think to myself all the time that I am just going to go over and talk to them-but i dont. I don't stand up for people, I just go with the flow. I like to think to myself that "Oh, I couldnt really make a difference." But I could. It's just that I think that we are too used to how things are to change. Maybe we think that we couldnt do it because we don't want to go through the challenge.
So I keep going over the chorus in my head. "We keep on waiting, waiting on the world to change" It pretty much sums it up. WHY dont we stop waiting and DO something about it!! WHY dont I stop worrying about what others think and stop keeping Jesus to myself!? WHY dont I reach out to those who misunderstand me and WHY do I push them away instead?
-Rachel Saltarelli
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5 comments:
awesomeness rachel!!!!!! you rock girl!!!
that's a pretty sweet message rach. not only is mayer's guitar playing fantastic, but there's a deep Christian goal in that song. i loved your thoughts
That's pretty cool stuff. Whenever I feel someone looking at us at the prayer circle. I always remember that God placed them there to look at us....we're planting a seed in their life!!! Kinda weird how that song matches exactly!!!!
yeah! changing the world is something we are always told that we can do but is seems like such a big task that we would rather just sit in a corner and watch the world change. i think the real issue is that we don't have enough courage to do so. God can be that courage and i hope this will challenge others to think about what they can do to change the world and not just watch things happen!
Travis
Something i was thinking of...
the song "We are the Body" by Casting Crowns, talks about how we should be the ones working for him. We are an outlet of the love of Christ.
Just with our small deeds that we do with others, we are changing the world through Christ's love.
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