DID JESUS HAVE THIS DIALOGUE?

I have listened to a plethora of music and only a handful have been able to capture my attention the way that this song did, "I Only Want To Say (Gethsemane)" from the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack.  Not only the dynamic performance of Steve Balsamo but the actual lyrics followed by the challenge that it presents to how we talk about the day Jesus died.

Listen closely to the words or read the lyrics I have posted in this blog.  What do you think?  Did Jesus have this dialogue with God?  The questions He poses and the perspective he shares"so keen on when and how but not why"  - Do we know why but Jesus died.... but he was unsure?  My goal is not the discredit, etc.... however more about sharing art that makes me think and challenge the world around me. Thoughts...

I Only Want To Say (Gethsemane) Lyrics

I only want to say

If there is a way

Take this cup away from me

For I don't want to taste its poison

Feel it burn me,

I have changed I'm not as sure

As when we started

Then I was inspired

Now I'm sad and tired

Listen surely I've exceeded

Expectations

Tried for three years

Seems like thirty

Could you ask as much

From any other man?

But if I die

See the saga through

And do the things you ask of me

Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me

Nail me to their tree

I'd want to know

I'd want to know my God

I'd want to know

I'd want to know my God

I'd want to see

I'd want to see my God

I'd want to see

I'd want to see my God

Why I should die

Would I be more noticed

Than I ever was before?

Would the things I've said and done

Matter any more?

I'd have to know

I'd have to know my Lord

I'd have to know

I'd have to know my Lord

I'd have to see

I'd have to see my Lord

I'd have to see

I'd have to see my Lord

If I die what will be my reward?

If I die what will be my reward?

I'd have to know

I'd have to know my Lord

I'd have to know

I'd have to know my Lord

Why, why should I die?

Oh, why should I die?

Can you show me now

That I would not be killed in vain?

Show me just a little

Of your omnipresent brain

Show me there's a reason

For your wanting me to die

You're far too keen on where and how

But not so hot on why

Alright I'll die!

Just watch me die!

See how, see how I die!

Oh, just watch me die!

Then I was inspired

Now I'm sad and tired

After all I've tried for three years

Seems like ninety

Why then am I scared

To finish what I started

What you started

I didn't start it

God thy will is hard

But you hold every card

I will drink your cup of poison

Nail me to your cross and break me

Bleed me, beat me

Kill me, take me now

Before I change my mind


Today I Am... challenging the world around me with questions and inquiries :)

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NO HEADPHONES :(

Who knew that my morning would be shifted from great to horrific by something as small as a pair of headphones.

Living here in NYC area and commuting by train makes headphones are as essential as breakfast. Riding the train you can UBER annoyed by all the different sounds and smells and there is nothing like your favorite song to distract you.

Today I Am... Angry because I knew leaving the house that my headphones were not positioned well in my bag and now I have potentially lost a pair of $70 earbuds.

Today I Am... Subjected to listening and sniffing the atmosphere here in the train and doing my best to use this blog post as an out!!

Lesson of the day... Always have a spare pair ;)

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