Number 8 *burp*

So to get the ball rolling, I'm going to jump right into track 8.

I don't know how this made it into my 'mellow mix' becuase it's really anything but. Regardless, it's a super song.

I think this one hit me like a tonne of bricks for the line "A war is going on, but the reason's undercover. The truth is kept secret, swept under the rug, if you never know truth then you never know love."

If Jesus did hip-hop (and I'm sure he would), he'd cover this song. It's like the whole message that Jesus taught in one song. Where IS the love? We try and fill our lives with everything EXCEPT love it seems. We'd rather consume, or strive towards success than sit back and actually LOVE one another. This is rampant among Christianity today. We purchase resources and read tonnes of self help books on spirituality and how we can personally be 'closer to God,' and negect completely the beauty of sharing in each others lives.

It is perhaps a bold statement, but I really believe that NO one can be a follower of Christ independently. It is impossible to further ones own journey without connecting deeply with other people. Not a superficial 'deep' either. Often we feel like if we share our bad stuff with people, we are being 'deep' with them. Granted it's a part of it, but is no where near the whole picture. Jesus surrounded himself with people, and when the deciples went out, they didn't go out alone.

This song is beautiful becuase it demands that we put ourselves aside and engage with the world around us.