You Can’t Always Get What You Want.

Hey friends and family,

 

So I know you are probably thinking, why is Rachel Martin referencing The Rolling Stones?  Does she even know who The Rolling Stones are?  Oh man, there are so many reasons why.  I’ve been thinking for the past couple weeks as to what to write for my next blog and a couple days ago this song popped into my head.  Music has a way with speaking to me.  *Check out this song!  Lowest Place-Laura Hackett*  If you want to know one of the biggest ways God spoke to me last summer in Peru, this would be it.  Details to come in next blog.  So, once this song popped into my head, I knew there was significance and not just random lyric singing.

 

 

Here are the reasons why this song is crucial:

 

a)  I’m going on the Race!  I can’t take my world of possessions, books, clothes, family…these are things I love and want, yet they are not necessary to follow Christ.  Christ says to leave everything behind and follow him, so as much as I want to carry my things with me, I do not need them.  This will become more of a lesson in the coming months, but it’s starting right now.

 

b)  This one’s kind of stinky, but God’s good regardless of things that happen in life.  My father, oh how I love him, is a really cool man.  However, in January my stepmom and dad filed for divorce.  The overall feeling with all of this is sorrow and a depression.  Honestly, God’s good no matter what junk people go through.  I have seen God working in my father in so many ways the last 4-5 weeks.  I’m not 100% sure that he sees Him doing this, but God is bringing people into his life, who want my dad to know His love never fails.  No person can ever fill the void that is in all of our hearts.  God is A-Maz-Ing!  “You can’t always get what you want.”  There’s no way my dad wanted a divorce…if people are truly committed to being with another person in the vow of marriage and care, they would never desire a divorce.  Yet, even though my dad never wanted this, God’s giving him what he needs.  God is providiing people to help him out, the resources are there and God’s showing my father the LOVE he needs!  This is amazing!

 

c) Tonight, well now this morning, I was hanging out with a few of my lifegroup friends here in Madison.  We watched a movie called “The Sunset Limited,” which is a film that is a discussion between an atheist played by Tommy Lee Jones and then a Christian played by Samuel L. Jackson.  There are very valid points in the movie that are realistic and I would encourage you all to watch it.  It may not leave you feeling great, but it exposes you to so much more and a reality that we, as Christians, don’t really understand all that much.  I still don’t know my opinion on the movie, but my eyes were open to how much pain Tommy Lee Jones’ character was in.  However, in the movie, Samuel L. Jackson refers to the lyric of “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”  Tommy Lee Jones’ character attempts to commit suicide and Jackson is sent to Jones in a his deepest time of darkness.  The need is Jones to realize what it means to be Loved  and what community is.  There’s so much more to it than this, I’m just drawing a blank right now.  However, if you watch the film you will get a feeling of want/need.

 

 

*Watch the trailer here:

 

d) Lastly, God’s just been teaching me about this theme.  I came home from Peru, expecting to be with God all the time.  Great want, great desire.  But honestly, I didn’t want to be with people who didn’t have the same goal in life.  By this, I mean people who weren’t going to be missionaries.  I wanted to be with people who shared the same passion for world missions, people who knew God was calling them to this lifestyle.  However, I knew I needed community.  Haha, I didn’t want it, but it’s turned out to be great.  Even though the people I’m around may not be driven in the same ways, they are still my brothers and sisters in Christ.  They support me 100% in what I’m doing and the calling God has placed upon my life.