One of my favorite movies is The Color Purple. At the
end of this amazing story of forgiveness and redemption,
Shug Avery, the morally loose and wayward daughter of
the towns fiercely pious black minister, breaks through
the doors of her fathers church while the choir sings,
If I were you I would say yes,
Speak Lord,
Speak to me
Well you cant sleep at night
And you sure wonder why
Well maybe God is trying to tell you something
You cry all night long
Something has gone wrong
Well maybe God is trying to tell you something
God is trying to tell you something
God is trying to tell you something
Maybe God is trying to tell you something right
now
At the height of the spiritual exuberance, Shug falls into
the arms of her father, and their relationship is restored
through her fathers forgiveness.
There is a sense, every time we enter into the house of
Godif we are attentivethat we will hear the voice of
God calling us to Him. If we will drown out the sounds
of the world that bombard us with the messages of
materialism, fear, immorality and selfishness, we will
feel the Holy Spirit beckoning us to love, joy, peace and
salvation.
There have been so many times that we have walked into
worship, needing to fall into our Fathers arms, to know
that we are loved and forgiven, to know our Fathers joy
in us, and needing to know that He is in control.
God is truly trying to tell us something. God calls us to
celebrate and to be glad, because were dead but we
have been made alive again (Luke 15:31-32). As we
prepare for worship, let us focus on the love,
forgiveness and redemption of God!
Brent James
Worship leader and pastoral assistant to The Crossing
end of this amazing story of forgiveness and redemption,
Shug Avery, the morally loose and wayward daughter of
the towns fiercely pious black minister, breaks through
the doors of her fathers church while the choir sings,
If I were you I would say yes,
Speak Lord,
Speak to me
Well you cant sleep at night
And you sure wonder why
Well maybe God is trying to tell you something
You cry all night long
Something has gone wrong
Well maybe God is trying to tell you something
God is trying to tell you something
God is trying to tell you something
Maybe God is trying to tell you something right
now
At the height of the spiritual exuberance, Shug falls into
the arms of her father, and their relationship is restored
through her fathers forgiveness.
There is a sense, every time we enter into the house of
Godif we are attentivethat we will hear the voice of
God calling us to Him. If we will drown out the sounds
of the world that bombard us with the messages of
materialism, fear, immorality and selfishness, we will
feel the Holy Spirit beckoning us to love, joy, peace and
salvation.
There have been so many times that we have walked into
worship, needing to fall into our Fathers arms, to know
that we are loved and forgiven, to know our Fathers joy
in us, and needing to know that He is in control.
God is truly trying to tell us something. God calls us to
celebrate and to be glad, because were dead but we
have been made alive again (Luke 15:31-32). As we
prepare for worship, let us focus on the love,
forgiveness and redemption of God!
Brent James
Worship leader and pastoral assistant to The Crossing
