Sunday, Bloody Sunday!....er, Saturday.

Have you ever taken a close listen to U2's song "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"? There are some folks who are die-hard U2 fans who have never realized that there is a deep Christian perspective to much of their music. Check out the lyrics..

I can't believe the news today
I can't close my eyes and make it go away.
How long, how long must we sing this song?
How long, how long?
'Cos tonight
We can be as one, tonight.

Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead-end street.
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Oh, let's go.

And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won?
The trenches dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters [Matthew 10:35]
Torn apart.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.

How long, how long must we sing this song?
How long, how long?
'Cos tonight
We can be as one, tonight.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your bloodshot eyes.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality.
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die. [1 Corinthians 15:32]

The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...

Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday..

Where I have put in [] there is a scripture reference in that line...and of course, check out the part at the end: To claim the victory Jesus won. This is a political protest song, but it's also much more than that.

So take a closer listen to what you may think is secular music...sometimes you'll be pleasantly surprised to find that faith is flying just below the radar.

And speaking of blood...the last Young Adult activity while I'm around will be Saturday, August 16th. We'll be going to the Blood Donation Center in Princeton. Meet at the church at 9am and we'll head over. Then, after we all have donated blood, we'll grab some lunch. If you haven't already, get back to me by this Sunday, the 10th, so I know how many will be going.

Alright - be well my friends!
Peace,
Kevin