Fix You

Whenever I hear this song I can't help but to love it. Who exactly knows what Coldplay meant this song to be used for but I just get this view of God looking at us, brokenhearted because we're broken. That is why I love this song, I can look at my life and say no matter how off I am I have a God saying "I will try to fix you." A lot of times I can't admit my brokenness. I allow my pride to take hold and try to fix myself instead of just stopping and saying, "God I am broken!" Often it takes being in the stomach of the whale before I can see how faithful and true this God is. Psalm 34:18 says,"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Here is the truth, a truth which I feel is right in front of us, but often difficult to grasp, is the fact that no matter what he wants to be there close to our broken hearts to fix us. The hurt is still going to come, that's life, but we will be repaired, renewed like we've never felt before. Picture this: you are put in charge of this small child whom you love, you care about this child more than anything in the world, this child faulters, stumbles, fails, what are you going to do? I'm going to run after that child as fast as I can and grasp them and show them that they have not failed in having my love, they have not faultered in having my love. I will run to them throw my arms around them and say "I will try to fix you." That's our God.

One of my many flaws is that I don't know how to cry. It's just never happened, but I hope that if I ever do learn how to cry that it is because I can't stand to see people broken and only desire to lead them to Jesus. "Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones and I will try to fix you."

I feel the most dangerous prayer you can pray is asking God to give you a heart like his. Loving that lost, oppressed, poor, blind, lame and rich. Breaking for the poor, lost, lame and rich. Do I have the courage to pray this prayer, and watch life as I know it begin to turn upside down and start loving like God does as opposed to my selfish way now? Who is there for those people?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73YjnOPM324