Hugo

"Just like a hurricane, You devastate everything that needs to change. And You are the only thing that's beautiful in me, beautiful in me." - The Only Thing That's Beautiful in Me: Rush of Fools


I've listened to that song a fifty times at least. I've had many "aha!" moments while listening to it. Most of Rush of Fools songs do that to me. But while I was listening to this particular song today, I meditated for a while on what that lyric meant.

Many times in our lives things are taken away from us. Boys, girls, friends, family, money, luxuries, churches, other relationships, groups, all of those things can be gone in flash. What do we do when this happens? Well if we're the average person we get angry. If we're the average Christian, we get angry at God or at the situation. Why? Mostly because we're prideful. Sometimes God has to ruin things. He ruins what we might see as the best thing that has ever happened to us. Maybe we are "in love" with a certain person. Well, maybe your feelings aren't God's will. Maybe we are losing focus of Him in a church or in a group of friends. Well, maybe it's better for us to not gather at all than to gather in vain. God has destroyed many things in my life. And at first I'll admit I was upset. I felt cheated. I felt as though God took away something marvelous. But who are we to tell God what is right and what is wrong? After all He is the Creator of all; the King. He knows best and sometimes we are faked out and we believe He doesn't.

I'm thankful for the devastations. I'm thankful for every time God has come barreling through my life like a 5 scale hurricane. He knew there needed to be changes and He wasn't afraid to help make them happen. How amazing is it that our God cares enough about us to do that? He gives us a new path and points us in the right direction. I will no longer dwell on the past and what was or what could have been. God will devastate everything that needs to change, and in the end I'll be closer to Him - the only place I want to be.