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Many discussions have gone on about U2's faith, U2's struggles, U2's complexities when it comes to religion and genuine Christianity. Bono himself even emphasized his own struggles and forthrightness on the "War'"album on the song 'Surrender' when he wrote...
Oh, the city's afire
A passionate flame
It knows me by name
Oh, the city's desire
To take me for more and more
It's in the street, getting under my feet
It's in the air, it's everywhere
My love for you
It's in the things I do and say
If I wanna live I gotta
Die to myself someday
Recently, he expressed again where the essense of his beliefs stood, and where he himself stood in relation to God when he wrote in the "Million Dollar Hotel" soundtrack on the song 'Falling At Your Feet'...
(All fall down) How to navigate
(All fall down) How to simply be
(All fall down) To know when to wait
(All fall down) This plain simplicity
(All fall down) In whom shall I trust
(All fall down) How might I be still
(All fall down) Teach me to surrender
(All fall down) Not my will, thy will
I'm in no position to judge Bono and the rest of U2's beliefs, but have in all honestly appreciated especially Bono's candor about what his faith means to him, and also the struggles he often endures as a man who finds his life to be that of contradictions.
What I'm getting at is that even though Bono has stated his strong beliefs and somewhat distain at the church, and how it has often, than not, failed to fulfill God's commission in this world, it appears that Bono seems to struggle more with God's will for his life, than the churches early will for U2 to be a Christian band in the sense of the word, or the atrocities that the church has been guilty of in the eyes of U2, and especially Bono.
And yet we all have this same struggle in our lives, at least I know I do. Sometimes, we can use the church, and the idea of "Look what those people did to me, or why can't they act more like the Bible tells us to act", as a smokescreen for a bigger problem. And that is, what are we to do with God's will, and the fact that we all struggle with doing things God's way, and according to what His Word says.
I love the fact that Bono has been open in willing to share these struggles in interviews, and in his lyrics. But at some point, Bono, and at some point, ourselves, have to ask the bigger question. Is God content with the current lifestyle I possess and live out in front of the world? Bono said it best, "If I ever want to live, I gotta die to myself someday"...what does that mean to you? More importantly, what was God intention in setting up this biblical aspect for all mankind?
"Teach me to surrender, not my will, Thy will"...Bono said a heartful when he sang these words, but I guess we should realize that sometimes it starts with a desire first, and Bono obviously has that, but I guess for me, at some point, desire has to turn to reality, and that I become aware of this truthful fact that God's way is better than my way, even though at times my way feels best...."it's in the things I do and say; if I ever wanna live, I gotta die to myself someday"...
Chris
Oh, the city's afire
A passionate flame
It knows me by name
Oh, the city's desire
To take me for more and more
It's in the street, getting under my feet
It's in the air, it's everywhere
My love for you
It's in the things I do and say
If I wanna live I gotta
Die to myself someday
Recently, he expressed again where the essense of his beliefs stood, and where he himself stood in relation to God when he wrote in the "Million Dollar Hotel" soundtrack on the song 'Falling At Your Feet'...
(All fall down) How to navigate
(All fall down) How to simply be
(All fall down) To know when to wait
(All fall down) This plain simplicity
(All fall down) In whom shall I trust
(All fall down) How might I be still
(All fall down) Teach me to surrender
(All fall down) Not my will, thy will
I'm in no position to judge Bono and the rest of U2's beliefs, but have in all honestly appreciated especially Bono's candor about what his faith means to him, and also the struggles he often endures as a man who finds his life to be that of contradictions.
What I'm getting at is that even though Bono has stated his strong beliefs and somewhat distain at the church, and how it has often, than not, failed to fulfill God's commission in this world, it appears that Bono seems to struggle more with God's will for his life, than the churches early will for U2 to be a Christian band in the sense of the word, or the atrocities that the church has been guilty of in the eyes of U2, and especially Bono.
And yet we all have this same struggle in our lives, at least I know I do. Sometimes, we can use the church, and the idea of "Look what those people did to me, or why can't they act more like the Bible tells us to act", as a smokescreen for a bigger problem. And that is, what are we to do with God's will, and the fact that we all struggle with doing things God's way, and according to what His Word says.
I love the fact that Bono has been open in willing to share these struggles in interviews, and in his lyrics. But at some point, Bono, and at some point, ourselves, have to ask the bigger question. Is God content with the current lifestyle I possess and live out in front of the world? Bono said it best, "If I ever want to live, I gotta die to myself someday"...what does that mean to you? More importantly, what was God intention in setting up this biblical aspect for all mankind?
"Teach me to surrender, not my will, Thy will"...Bono said a heartful when he sang these words, but I guess we should realize that sometimes it starts with a desire first, and Bono obviously has that, but I guess for me, at some point, desire has to turn to reality, and that I become aware of this truthful fact that God's way is better than my way, even though at times my way feels best...."it's in the things I do and say; if I ever wanna live, I gotta die to myself someday"...
Chris