Imagine Me
Imagine me, loving what I see when the
Mirror looks at me 'cause I imagine me
In a place of no insecurities
And I'm finally happy cause
I imagine me
Letting go of all of the ones who hurt me
'Cause they never did deserve me
Can you imagine me
Saying no to thoughts that try to control me
Remembering all you told me
Lord can You imagine me
Over what my mamma said
And healed from what my daddy did
And I wanna live and not read that page again
Chorus
Imagine me, being free
Trusting you totally
Finally I can...imagine me
I admit it was hard to see
You being in love with someone like me
But finally I can...imagine me
Verse Two
Being strong and not letting people break me down
You won't get that joy this time around
Can you imagine me
In a world where nobody has to live afraid
Because of your love fears gone away
Lord, can You imagine me
Letting go of my past
And glad I have another chance
And my heart will dance
'Cause I don't have to read that page again
Gone, gone, it's gone, all gone
Song: Imagine Me
Artist: Kirk Franklin
Album: Hero
Year: 2005
12 comments:
I love this song, especially the "Gone" part near the end. It has made me cry numerous times as I think about freedom. Freedom from those past hurts, from those past experiences, from those lies that stick in our heads. We don't have to live with the pain from those things.
Real freedom. Not pretending. Not forgetting. Not superficial. Real freedom in Jesus.
This video made me cry too the first time you sent me the link for it...and as I think about some of the things I've gone through recently, this song is all the more powerful.
I love it
Ok, so three posts on how freedom is "freedom from x, y and z." A good negative defintion.
Got a positive concept of freedom?
Hey Jamie, thanks for sharing the video! Also, just wanted to say, you can delete the link to "Zach's Website" since i haven't updated that in ages...if you wanna see the one i actually update though check out ztimmerman.piczo.com.
oh man, mike... interesting observation... very perceptive...
Ditto to Mike/Solnechko. I'm interested in hearing that as well.
Interesting observation, indeed. I'll address this in more detail in later blog posts but I had little access to the internet this past week so I'm catching up on that.
Suffice it to say that the word "freedom" can be used in many ways. In this case, I'm mostly talking about freedom from the past or from lies that we accept about ourselves.
The analogy that I used before is that we are released from chains that bind us. I agree that the "negative definition" is focused on being released from that big boulder. However, the "positive definition" is that we are now free to walk away. We are free to express and accept love, free to do things that we have never done before, free to reach our true potential.
It's not just about being unchained, it's also about running.
In any case, Mike, I'm sure that you agree that being freed from past wounds is a good thing. And I agree with you that my recent blogs are more focused on the healing aspects of freedom in Christ.
Here's a quote from Watchman Nee,
"The Normal Christian Life"
The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself : the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all He will have in the new sphere. So the resurrection stands at the threshold of the new creation. It is a blessed thing to see that the Cross ends all that belongs to the first regime, and that the resurrection introduces all that pertains to the second.
In any case, Mike, I'm sure that you agree that being freed from past wounds is a good thing.
Well... I have pretty serious reservations about a psychological/spiritual model that centres on childhood experiences.
Granted, I can see how you might have reservations about some of this stuff. Some of this Christian counseling stuff might be a little out there but much of it is normal stuff, I would say.
More specifically, I think that you would agree that forgiveness, letting go of bitterness, repairing damaged relationships - those things can be good.
I'd file all that under "stop being so friggin' passive," so yeah, they're good things.
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