BREAKING AWAY FROM THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT

I didn't do the Sunday music, though I did listen, and God, awesome, love how Jesus can reach me through secular music, which yea, you know that is so contrary to what we are taught a.k.a. religiosity, LOL, and no I"m not advocating not using discernment or loving the things of the world or just walking with blinders on, we Do need to be discerning and careful about what we listen to and into our minds.  At the same time we can get over zealous,

but this I think lies in the area where what is not harmful/stumbling block to one can be to another, so for this reason, I will on one video make a comment, before posting...

well let me just comment this, on a lot of secular music I am aware of the deceptions, that use similar lingo that we use in Jesus, like light, darkness, so like I can discern how the enemy uses similar promises to those in darkness, for example, this video below, she prays, gets out of drab life into stardom, OK, we know, that being a famous star is not the Light that Jesus speaks of, ok, but the meaning I get from this video,

is how Jesus, can take us and Does take us out of the darkness of BONDAGE, not just to sin, but to being in bondage to others, including religious, to wolves, and He takes us into the Light.  Now that doesn't mean riches or stardom but in the Heavenly Places, we are the Children of God.  And yes, God treats His children well...

so, I like this video, from Kelly Clarkson, Break Away



I would change the words, to say, take a risk, take a chance, take the cross, deny the lies you've believed, and come, Follow me, into the light...out of darkness, out of drab, out of the bondage, into the Light, daughter...

something to that accord...but that's what this song means to me.

He gives me a new song to sing in my heart, He makes me free, to dance, to sing, after years of being silenced, not being heard...thank you Jesus.

another video, also with RAINN link, this one by Tori Amos, Live, song Little Earthquakes,

which is about triggers...if you don't know Tori's story, she was raised in Christian home, was raped one night after a concert I believe anyway she's done a lot of work on behalf of women, speaking out against the male entitlement/social beliefs about rape, she does NOT hold back, I really have been healed and empowered through so much of her music, because she says it like it is, doesn't care if it annoys those who want to keep a lid of silence on cruelty and it's effects on women's souls.

Anyway, this song, Jesus brought to my attention the other day, when triggers started and I was fighting the abyss, it's like a spiral, and anyway the trial of our faith, is like that, it's like little earthquakes...but you see, when we are on the Rock, though shaken, the foundation stays, He we can hold onto, but more,

He, holds on to us.



Tori's story here:

http://www.rainn.org/

"Little Earthquakes"

Yello birk flying
Get shot in the wing
good year for hunter
And Christmas parties
And I hate and I hate
And I hate and I hate
Elevator music
The way we fight
The way I'm left here silent

Oh these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into pieces

We danced in graveyards
With vampire till dawn
We laughed in the faces of kings Never afraid to burn
And I hate and I hate
And I hate and i hate
Disintegration
Watching us wither
Black winged roses that safely changed their color

Oh these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into pieces

I can't reach you
I can't reach you
Give me life Give me pain
Give me myself again

Oh these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into pieces

Jesus knows what this one means to me...lyrics follow

"Precious Things"

So I ran faster

But you caught me here

Yes my loyalties turned

Like my ankle

In the seventh grade

Running after Billy

Running after the rain

These precious things

Let them bleed

Let them wash away

These precious things let them break

Their hold over me

He said you're really an ugly girl

But I like the way you play

And I died

But I thanked him

Can you believe that

Sick, sick, holding on to his picture

Dressing up every day

I wanna smash the faces of those beautiful boys

Those Christian boys

So you can made me come

That doesn't make you Jesus

I remember

Yes in my peach party dress

No one dared

No one cared

To tell me where the pretty girls are

Those demigods

With their nine-inch nails

And little fascist panties

Tucked inside the heart

Of ever nice girl

These precious things

Let them bleed

Let them wash away

These precious things

Let them break

Let them wash away

Dedicated to all Women, who are Sick, of their hearts in chains


"Crucify"

Every finger in the room
is pointing at me
I wanna spit in their faces
Then I get afraid of what that could bring
I got a bowling ball in my stomach
I got a desert in my mouth
Figures that my courage would choose to sell our now
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Just what God needs
One more victim
[Chorus:]
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
And my heart is sick of being in chains

Got a kick for a dog
Beggin' for Love
I gotta have my suffering
So that I can have my cross
I know a cat named Easter
He says will you ever learn
You're just an empty cage girl
If you kill the bird
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion
Please be
Save me
I cry
[Chorus:]
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
And my heart is sick of being in chains

In solidarity and love, may healing, love and grace enmesh you today,

Jane