Friday, June 26, 2009

Man in the Mirror

When I was little I always thought the little Michael Jackson and the Old one were two different people.  How does someone go from being black with a fro to a skinny white popstar with long black hair?  Thankfully, E true hollywood story set me straight and it all made sense...kind of.

It's hard to imagine what must have been running through his mind.  It's hard to comprehend 
a.  how someone can be such an innovative musician.  who would have thought of putting all of those random moves together and creating a completely original kind of dance or all of the crazy, imaginative, and purely strange themes of music videos together?

b.  how someone can be so mentally scrambled.  

I guess his life was just full of questions.  Nonetheless, his death made me very sad.  Who knows what might have happened had he lived longer.  Perhaps he would have continued to be the same wacky pedophilic guy.  But maybe he would have changed.  Maybe someone would have helped him figure things out, iron out all of the intense issues wrinkled in the fabric of his life.  Maybe he would have known the name of Jesus.  He was sick and twisted but everyone deserves a second chance.  Maybe he just needed someone there to share God's love.

Rereading "Irresistible Revolution" makes you think about those things.  There are so many people in this world that need God's love and may never truly experience it because we're too comfortable just staying in our own traditional little boxes to take a chance and reach out to someone who has a really messed up life.  Sure, we're not Jesus.  Having that "messiah complex" of wanting to save everyone certainly won't help anyone, but simply showing them Christ's love through one's actions can speak volumes.  It's so easy to let my emotions dominate my mood.  Like feeling crappy gives me the right to treat everyone else badly.  Yet, someone's salvation seems a lot more important that me allowing myself to be a diva.  We all can't travel halfway across the world to make a difference in the lives of those around us, but we can give up everything we have just by letting God take control of our lives and acting like Jesus would.

It's not always easy to change, but everyone deserves a second chance

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