I know places we can go babe

Artist-Lykke Li
Song of the day- I know places

I heard a pretty fantastic sermon today about worshipping god when you don't want to. I feel like this just might be the most relatable human experience when it comes to god. So many spiritual conversations I've ever had with people of christian faith, any faith, or no faith at all hover around this topic. And more often than not when you strip away theological debate and cruelty from religious people, the doubt and the hesitation lies in this struggle. And if you dig even deeper and strip away pride and selfishness you find a personal hurt. Why did this awful thing happen to me? why is god letting this awful thing happen to people?

whatever the hurt the pain and absence of god felt in the lives of people is nothing new. These cries are heard every day, throughout history, throughout the bible. And what I continually find so interesting is that god rarely answers. And that should and has made me very angry in the past and probably will in the future. But as I was listening to this sermon, today's song popped in my head and wouldn't leave. I've been thinking of why I felt it fit so perfectly to what i was being taught all day long. The whole song is describing this better place where nothing will hurt but what i always found interesting in the song was in the bridge where she basically says you're asking the wrong questions. To me when I'm hurt or something bad is happening the first thing is to ask whywhywhywhywhy...but in reality, the reasons if there are any rarely bring me comfort.

There was an oil spill killing the environment and much of the sea and wild life. why? someone screwed up. There are little kids being sold into sex trafficking every day. why? it's the #1 money maker in a commodity that can continually be re-used. He stopped loving me. why? He found someone he liked better. She died. why? Because we all will die. When I am hurting what I ask is why but what I need is comfort. And when we are hurting we ask god why and don't want to worship him and what he wants to do is comfort us, for us to draw close to him, believe in him, that he is making a better place that somehow despite this or sometimes because of this there is a better place if we hold on. It's plain faith. And somehow I didn't understand that until today. If you're hurting and asking why, this one's for you.

I heard and my heart pounded,
my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
and my legs trembled.
Yet I will wait patiently...
habakkuk 3:16



I know places we can go babe.
I know places we can go babe.
The high wont fade here babe.
No, the high wont hurt here babe.

I know places we can go babe.
I know places we can go babe.
Where the highs wont bring you down babe.
No, The highs wont hurt you there babe.

Don't ask me when, but ask me why.
Don't ask me how, but ask me where.
There is a road. There is a way.
There is a place. There is a place.

I know places we can go babe
Coming home. Come unfold babe.
And, the high wont fade here babe.
No, the high wont hurt here babe.

So,
Come lay... And wait...
Now wont you lay... and wait... Wait on me.

I know places we can go babe.
Coming home. Come unfold babe.
I know places we can go babe.
Coming home. Come unfold babe.