Rare Beneath

I can count a million times
People asking me how I
Can praise You with all that I’ve gone through
The question just amazes me
Can circumstances possibly
Change who I forever am in You

Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It’s never really ever crossed my mind
To turn my back on you, oh Lord
My only shelter from the storm
But instead I draw closer through these times

So I pray

Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there’ll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that’s what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain

I am Yours regardless of
The dark clouds that may loom above
Because You are much greater than my pain
You who made a way for me
By suffering Your destiny
So tell me what’s a little rain

So I pray

Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there’ll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that’s what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain

Holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Is the Lord God Almighty

Just watching videos on the net have made me realize how completely lacking in education most of us are. There are many who can lay claim to a bachelor’s degree or an mba or a ph d, or whatever else there is, but few can actually say that they have a broad range of information stored in their brains.

Everyday, every minute, hundreds of things occur. Thousands upon thousands of moments ceaselessly twist and form the threads that create our world. Though we would wish that we can somehow immerse ourselves into that realm of never-ending knowledge, it is naturally impossible.

The changes that occur everyday create so many things.  One of them is misunderstanding. For centuries, many forces have battled against each other simply because of misunderstanding. The stories of our world are rife with bloodshed and destruction.

Only a definite few can say that they know and understand both battling forces. But they, small in number as they are, cannot possibly hope to change the structure and mindset of the world they live in.

It makes one think that this is simply the way we were created. That this endless chaos is the masterpiece that God has made for us.

The world is an amazing and confusing place.

It’s amazing what you can find on Youtube.  I happened on a video entitled "Crazy Christians". It was about this Phelps family who were hardcore Baptists and who are now referred to as the most hated family in America.

It just surprised me how completely different their way of thinking is.  They were supremely convinced that the kind of faith they have is exactly what God wants us to understand. They had a very narrow-minded point of view of what they find in the Bible. Their manner of reasoning was simply… crazy.

They were beyond rationality. It was frustrating.

A lot of people, professionals and ordinary civilians alike, have tried to analyze and discuss the reasons and possibilities why this family thinks and acts in such a completely incomprehensible manner.  Some have even gone so far as to stay with the family for some weeks and live among them, to have a first-hand experience of the way the family interacts.

In many ways, they were normal people, but they simply had a completely twisted point of view of God.

You can look for them in Youtube.