A thought I had to share

Walking the mountain today, ankle in pain, sweat pouring down my face and listening to the iPod, I had an epiphany. A realization. The song I was listening to is called Forgiven by Relient K. My mind began to wander, thinking about being forgiven and asking for forgiveness. As the words and song filled my ears, I began to cry. I thought of all my friends who have told me in the past "With all the stuff I have done in the past, God won't forgive me.", or, "I'm not worthy of any forgiveness, so I never ask for it.", or my favorite, "God doesn't forgive people like me." You couln't be more wrong and I have 13 words for those who think they are not worthy of forgiveness:

Romans 10:13

 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

That means you. You who are reading this blog. It means everyone. I would scream it from the the highest point I could find. It's for everyone, all you have to do is ask for it.

This isn't a video, just the song:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcaxvJxrlvE[/youtube]

Lyrics:

Oh yes, I know this tension that you speak of
We're in the palm of a hand making a fist
It'd be best for one of us to speak up
But we prefer to pretend it does not exist

And you can't see past the blood on my hands
To see that you've been aptly damned
To fail and fail again

Cause we're all guilty of the same things
We think the thoughts whether or not we see them through
And I know that I have been forgiven
And I just hope you can forgive me too

So don't you dare blame me for
Prying open the door
That's unleashed the bitterness
That's here in the midst of this
Sometimes we live for no one but ourselves

And what we've been striving for
Has turned into nothing more
Than bodies limp on the floor
Victims of falling short
We kiss goodbye the cheek of our true love



I have regretted not saying things in the past. This is something I needed to say.


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JR