How to Share Your Faith Using Linkin Park’s What I've Done

bgloomis »

Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:40 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

Jane. I couldn’t agree w/ you more. I own the cd, but just watched this video for the first time today, and was very moved by it. I was in the car w/ a couple of kids from church the other day, listening to this song, and I said that I didn't know if the man who wrote it was a Christian or not, but he should be. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, he has captured the essence of the human condition - the pain of brokenness and a longing for renewal. I appreciated how the group drew attn to world wide injustice w/o conforming to the current trend of finger pointing. We took a group to the Dare to Share conference in Denver this weekend, and one of the speakers said that when Adam and Eve sinned, they "downloaded a virus" into all of us. I liked that illustration. The brokenness in the world isn't a national, ethnic, or socioeconomic phenomena, its a HUMAN phenomena, and its evidence is EVERYWHERE. I also loved how the imagery of rebirth was aligned w/ the lyrics about mercy. Because we were created to be in relationship w/ our creator, our soul yearns for this. Brokenness leaves our soul longing for renewal. God's mercy heals our brokenness, bridges the gap, and satisfies longing. Through this beautiful song and video, kids cans hear a huge music artist express that same basic, inherently human, need. Thanks Jane!
~In Christ, Gail~