What is it about them that affects me so deeply? I think it's because as I listen I often find myself worshiping Jesus. A little surprising, neh?
Their songs express the struggles of life with such beauty and honesty. The struggles of discovering yourself, of wrestling with being different, of demanding why the world isn't as it should be, of rejoicing in the beauty of the world when it IS as it should be.
22 Words posted this:
"Deal with Christianity's ideas and you'll either leave the faith or understand those who do. Being merely appalled at apostasy doesn’t come from strong faith. We need to also empathize, because we’re suffering through the same questions."
Christian or not, can't you feel the truth in the statement, "we're suffering through the same questions." Deep down aren't we all looking for significance? Trying to make sense of our world? Grasping to understand the truths of the universe. When we get a taste of Truth, doesn't it make you hunger for more?
I'm grateful for the unusual places Truth lurks.
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Strangely enough I've had similar responses to the Indigo Girls. I like your point of view about how they hone in on some truths surprisingly, and that it is comforting that we all have similar searching questions. Its always kind of haunted me and made me ask, how can two ladies who search so deeply and find little nuggets of truth not know the Source of truth? And I find it funny one of their most famous songs Closer to Fine, says that "the less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine..." They seem to do plenty of searching so I've always wondered why they were singing about seeking it less, but maybe I was missing the point that its searching for a "definitive" that causes so much struggle. Is there truth without definitive? Maybe on some level, but I'm a believer in some absolute truths! Wow, I'm a babbler, thanks for the cognitive stimulation this morning!
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