Make Yourself

"If I hadn't made me, I would've been made somehow.
If I hadn't assembled myself, I'dve fallen apart by now.
If I hadn't made me, I'd be more inclined to bow
Powers that be would have swallowed me up,
but that's more than I can allow.
If you let them make you, they'll make you papier-mache.
At a distance you're strong, until the wind comes
then you crumble and blow away.
You should make amends with you.
If only for better health.
But if you really want to live, why not try and Make Yourself?"


This is half of this song, most of the rest is too explicit to serve much purpose here, but I believe that these lyrics are so powerful. This entire album screams at you from about six inches away from your nose. The intensity is incredible. Anyway, my point.
I didn't make myself. Or more specifically, I didn't get with God and let Him make me. But you know what – that is what I THOUGHT! God is forming me into something that I don't see or understand right now, but that is ok. This song screams that we need to be in charge of our destiny, I completely agree. Don't ever let other people completely shape your opinions or worldview. Please, listen to people and let them influence you because you would have to be completely ignorant or arrogant to refuse counsel, especially from older people (the Bible is implicit about this.) But at some point you MUST figure out what YOU want and how YOU think. Why? Because people will fail you, systems will fail you, this world will fail you. And then what? "At a distance you're strong until the wind comes and you crumple and blow away." Get with God let Him mold you and shape you. He is the only One who knows who you are and who you are supposed to be (we can't even figure that out about ourselves!) Let Him lead you. He will lead you to what is right and true and YOU! That is freedom. That is happiness. I will find THAT place!
But always remember: it is a journey NOT a destination.