Judgent & Grace part 3: The Problem is Me

I'm writing here, a brief follow-up to the Judgment & Grace mini-series I began writing this week. It also falls under a "Saturday Song"

One of the biggest problems that I think we've yet to quite figure out, is the whole idea that judgment, at the end, really isn't about us. CS Lewis, in his book The Great Divorce, has this great exchange between a couple "people." The one, simply can't understand how someone else could "get in" to heaven, after all the wrong that they'd done. The other, tries to explain that it's ok, all will be understood in time. But this woman, this shadow, is still so judgmental that she makes the choice not to continue on the path to heaven, because SHE is unwilling to forgive someone else for a wrong done to another person. It's crazy.

David Crowder, in his new CD has a great song that I think sums it up. It wrestles with the type of love and grace and forgiveness that God offers and asks the question whether that's possible for us. It ends hopeful, with the line "surely we can change" reverberating...


Surely We Can Change
And the problem is this, we were bought with a kiss
but the cheek still turns, even when it wasn't hit

CHORUS
and I don't know
what to do with a love like that
and I don't know
how to be a love like that

And all the love in the world is right here
Among us hatred too
So we must choose, what our hands will do

Where there is pain, let there be grace
Where there is suffering, bring serenity
For those afraid, help them be brave
Where there is misery, bring expectancy

And surely we can change
surely we can change... something

And our problem it seems, is with you and me
Not the love who came, to repair everything

CHORUS
and I don't know
what to do with a love like that
and I don't know
how to be a love like that

And all the love in the world is right here
Among us hatred too
So we must choose, what our hands will do

Where there is pain, let us bring grace
Where there is suffering, bring serenity
For those afraid, let us be brave
Where there is misery, let us bring them relief

And surely we can change
surely we can change... something

The whole world's about to change...