Why

Berfore I post, I'd like to preface, that I am not posting lyrics again, but I really did love this song. Maybe you'll understand why! (pun)

So I found a song by Nichole Nordeman called "Why" and it was really slow so I almost didn't give it a chance. After listening to the whole 6 minute story, I was really forced to think and ponder the words. The song talks about a little girl riding with her dad on the day of Passover through Jerusalem, as she nears the down she sees a crowd rushing and shouting. She asks her father,

"Daddy why are they screaming,
why are the faces of some of them beaming,
why is he dressed in that bright purple robe,
I bet that crown hurts him more then he shows.
Daddy please can't you do something, he looks as if he's gunna cry.
You said he was stronger than all of those guys.
Daddy please tell me why,
why does everyone want Him to die.

She then tells how her dad sent her into the house because a storm was coming, but this girl wasn't scared so she followed the crowds to a place where she knew people had been killed and she heard a voice come from the cross:

"Father why are they screaming,
Why are the faces of some of them beaming,
Why are they casting their lots for my clothes,
this crown of thorns hurts me more than it shows.
Father, please can't you do something, I know that you must hear my cry,
I thought I could handle a cross of this size,
Father REMIND me why,
why does everyone want me to die...

My precious Son, I hear them screaming,
I'm watching the face of the enemy beaming
Soon I will clothe you in robes of my own,
Jesus this hurts me much more than you know
But this dark hour I must do nothing, though I've heard Your unbearable cry.
The power in your blood destroys all the lies,
soon you will understand why.....

See that girl there trembling by her father's side,
She is why you had to die!

I am why HE had to die.

As I listened to this song, I truly began to imagine the cross as more than just a story out of a book. I know that may seem stupid seeing as how I am going on 18 years old, saw the passion, have grown up in church, and A SONG put it into visual for me.
But it was the first time that I realized how much Jesus cared. True I know He didn't question the cross or "why" he was doing it. But He went through all that pain for me. for you. and to see it in the words of this song, as a little girl asking her daddy why, just amazed me. For Jesus to cry almost the same words to the Father, just put into picture how much like you and me he truly was, he felt pain, he felt loneliness, and he had questions he wanted answers to...but he also saw the bigger picture. Now it's our turn to look past our "little, tiny crosses" and look to The Cross.

Not so happytimes...

As I started this post I would like to begin by showing you a bit of who I am. I am the type girl or in general the type of person who likes plans. I like to know what is going to happen, when it is supposed to happen, etc. When things do not go according to this plan, however, I still need an explaination. As I was reading David Nasser's A Call To Die (highly recommended) I came across a portion today that I really liked how it made me think:


So we've all asked those questions or had someone ask,
Why does God let us go through suffering?
Why doesn't God, my Savior just make this pain end?
Why is this happening to me?
What did I do wrong?

"Pain produces character in our lives like no amount of pleasure possibly can. Failure and rejection force us to seek God's face just as Moses did. When we go to him in desperation, our ears and our hearts are more open to him than ever before. In that face-to-face encounter, God can expose and purge away impurities in our behavior and our motivations. We see our selfishness as nev er before, and we also experience God's grace as never before. failure and rejection have a way of striping us of dependence on our own abilities. We realize we can't accomplish a thing apart from God's direction and power. As our motives are purified and our faith grows, we are better able to rest in and trust in God's hands. This will allow us to become more useful in his loving hands."

I think that says it all. Now you know why.
Romans 5:3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.