Staircase
My own creative juices ebb away….slowly…slowly…as the summer continues. Therefore I’ll talk about stuff that I heard in this song by Caedmon’s Call called “Staircase”. CC rules by the way. Their new album is out September 25th so go get it or something like that. I’m actually going to pay for it, believe it or not. That’s how cool they are. But yea, I talk too much. Here are some lyrics.
What did you say to my brother?
My friend, then you said that same thing to me
It seems we often forget that we are to be brothers and sisters in Christ. So what does this mean? We are to be there for one another at all times and at the very least treat one another with respect. I do not expect people to like every single person they meet. But creating a friendly atmosphere for all people at church is the least we can do. I apologize for my apparent shyness or disinterest amongst Calvary people at times. We cannot expect to act like family if we don’t even know anything about each other. But even with the brothers and sisters we aren’t closest to, we have a connection that is awesome. As the lyrics seem to say, we cannot stand by as our siblings are treated as outcasts. And there are lots of other things to say. But I can’t think right now.
It’s no big deal, she’s just my sister
No need to compromise on your crude philosophy
As men of God, we are to protect our sisters from the many unscrupulous young teenage males out there who are just “trying to get some”. Sisters and brothers accept and sometimes participate in the lustful standard which exists amongst high school students today. We don’t want to seem like uptight prudes. Dang, I can’t sound like a bible-thumping fool who doesn’t like the idea of my sister being used physically and emotionally. It’s none of my business if some guy is totally playing her, right? Wrong. I would happily break the neck of the first guy who tries to use my little sister. Would it make any sense to be ok with it if it were “just” my sister in Christ? What really makes no sense to me is the Christian guys who are always trying to get with the girls they know from church (or any girls for that matter) when they know their intentions well enough. To put it bluntly, we date either 1) for marriage or 2) to satisfy petty physical and emotional desires. Which one is any high school student looking for? Realize, silly boys, that first and foremost these women of God are your sisters. How could I even think of playing with the emotions of my sisters in Christ if I’d kill someone if they did it to my sister? We are to be their protectors. Yet, more often than not, we are simply wolves in sheep’s clothing. Instead of the ones protecting, we are the ones incessantly flirting. We are the ones who are trying to get a date with that one girl just because she’s pretty. We are the ones thinking with our hormones and hindering our own walks as well as some sister’s walk with God. Granted, the women are by no means innocent of any wrongdoing in this area. As far as I know, women can be jealous, manipulative, and just downright scary (:-P). But I don’t have intimate knowledge as to what goes on in a girl’s mind.
But somehow in this life, there is a peace that comes on me
But we throw conviction to the wind and set this anger free
Here we see the admittance of the joy that is found in knowing the Lord. Yet we ignore our earlier convictions concerning God. I’ll interpret the word anger as meaning anger because I’m not smart enough to analyze this in a different way. Despite our knowledge of his goodness, we allow sin to take us over anyway. The specific sin here is anger or wrath. For me in particular, I’ve come to see a slight resurgence of my temper and lack of patience that plagued me in my younger days (and possibly my older ones, I’m not very perceptive). I attribute it to the nervousness I feel towards the upcoming college experience. But now I don’t even remember what I was talking about before. I guess you could just say don’t throw temper tantrums over stupid things. In extreme cases, anger and bitterness could be your entire outlook on life. Granted the world is a sad and depressing place. The injustices and atrocities endured daily could potentially make anyone a very angry person. But we know that there is hope in Jesus Christ. I’m still a supposed “cynic” but I take comfort in Him. On another unrelated note, I was never a hopeless, “I hate the world” cynic. I was a disillusioned, “I must change the world” cynic. And I just wanted to say that we wanna see Jesus lifted high!
And how can we expect this house to stand on the mud we’ve laid
We’re tripping, falling on ourselves and the staircase that we’ve made
Without a strong, solid foundation built upon the Lord and his word, our faith shall slip like a fat man walking up a steep, slippery slope of slimy mud. Thus, we must do the dreaded activity of nerds and recluses. We have to read. Oh no! Read? Wait, that’s what I’m doing right now. Just keep in mind that all books which can strengthen your faith are written by people far more knowledgeable and better at writing than me. And then the Bible was entirely inspired by God. While not always the most interesting reading, it provides us with important information concerning God, himself as well as our role in His great plan. Reading of the Word will bless bless blesssssssss your life. I mean the Old Testament too (seeing as how the majority of my reading has been done there). Rereading John for the thirty second time is rewarding, but maybe it’s time to open that part of the Bible that makes up 2/3 of the hefty book. And I just wanted to say that we’re gonna see Jesus lifted high!
I can hear my sister ask me
If this was a perfect world, would brothers and sisters still act that way?
Obviously not. We want revival? We want the Lord to move? We want the world to see what the love of God is all about? Show your brothers and sisters that love. That includes your lost brothers and sisters.