I want to be different

Ever have a song that is "a right word, with the right tune, at the right time"? This one says it all for me...I am totally captivated by the lyrics, it's my anthem right now...oh that it could truly be!


I have had the right
To stand and fight
But it would have still been wrong
I've had the chance to prove
A hurtful truth
I had to let it go and just move on

'Cause there's a gift called grace
That's captured my life
Though the way of the world is power and pride

I want to be different, Jesus
Just like You
I want to be tender with mercy
Guiding all I do
So when others talk about me
Let it be because
I am different
Let the difference be love

Let me have the kind
Of heart that shines
The light and shows you're real
And where hope is dim
And fear sets in
Will you use me Lord to help and heal

I don't want wealth or fame
To define the life I live
Oh let me be known
For what I give

I want to be different, Jesus
Just like You
I want to be tender with mercy
Guiding all I do
So when others talk about me
Let it be because
I am different
Let the difference be love

Every day is a chance to serve You
By caring for someone else
I will make the choice to surrender
And not live for myself

I want to be different, Jesus
Just like You
I want to be tender with mercy
Guiding all I do
So when others talk about me
Let it be because
I am different
Let the difference be love

Different Song Lyrics
by Jamie Slocum

The Original Top 10

There's lots of "top ten" lists out there...in fact, I think David Letterman does one ever weeknight on his show. Today, however in my reading, I was in Deuteronomy 5: now That's a "top ten"!

I am struck by one specifically though...tonite it was "to have no other god's before me". It might seem that that's one of those "well that certainly only fits with old testament times"...but it really doesn't...at least not for me!

I do honor other gods...my work, my own sense of "what's right/wrong, and who should suffer for their actions", my own pleasures, money, etc. These things really aren't any less offensive than the actual idols that were made in "thousands-ago-bc". So, I don't have an actual golden calf in my home, or a silver replica of some other god....but I do have "things": and lots of them!

Father: help me to honor you first...above everything and everyone...

The original