Lead or Follow

Once again, I'm posting about a song....haha. Sanctus Real has a new song out that I absolutely adore. It's called Lead Me. The song is written by the lead singer who had a long talk with his wife. Basically his wife said that she needed him to lead the family.

This is something that Jason and I learned about during our pre-marital counseling. We were asked to answer a series of questions in a booklet. One section of questions was who's role is it to wash dishes, do laundry, lead the family...and so on.

The lyrics of the song go, "Lead me with strong hands, stand up when I can't, don't leave me hungry for more, chasing dreams, but what about us? Show me your willing to fight, that I'm still the love of your life, I know we call this our home, but I still feel alone."

Pretty powerful words. I thought that there are many men out there that might need to hear this song and let the lyrics really sink in. Are you leading your wife and family down a Christian road or a worldly road? But on the flip side of that, women, are we (and I am including myself in this) willing to follow?

I think that we are in a independent world sometimes that we forget that we must too be willing to follow....food for thought!

Grace

I took an undergraduate course called Religion and Psychology. It was a very interesting class. During class we talked about grace and different takes on grace. My teacher stated that she read somewhere an article about grace and this is the gist of it all...

Think about sitting at God's table in Heaven. While you are sitting there the person to your left is the person who has had to forgive you the most or the biggest. They are someone that you have hurt. Now look at the person to your right. They are the person who you have had to forgive the most or someone that has hurt you.

The person to your left may be the same person to your right. While sitting there you are sitting between receiving grace from the person to your left and giving grace to the person to your right. It's kind of deep.

However, if you really stop and think about it...the person at the head of the table is the person you have sinned against the most, disappointed the most, and hurt the most. However, that person still allows you to sit with them at their table. God is just amazing isn't he?