I originally had this grand idea of posting a blog about the time we got to spend in my home town. Of course, in the weeks since then lots of things have happened, any due to lack of internet access for more or less the past week and a half, my ideas have changed. Instead I've decided that I want to share the lyrics to a song that's been hitting my heart pretty hard recently. The song is Zion and Babylon by Josh Garrels. The first half or so of the song is told from the perspective of a fallen and selfish man, which is something I'm finding I identify with more and more as time goes by. The awesome part is where the perspective of the song shifts from man to God, and we get a chance to see things through his eyes. It's really a pretty powerful song, so I'll add in a link to it at the end for anyone who wants to go and take a listen. 

Oh great mammon of form and function 

Careless consumerist consumption 

Dangerous dysfunction 

Disguised as expensive taste 

I'm a people disgraced 

By what I claim I need 

And what I want to waste 

I take no account for nothing 

If it's not mine 

It's a misappropriation of funds 

Protect my ninety percent with my guns 

Whose side am I on? 

Well who's winning?

My kingdom's built with the blood of slaves 

Orphans, widows, and homeless graves 

I sold their souls just to build my private mansion 

Some people say that my time is coming 

Kingdom come is the justice running 

Down, down, down on me 

I'm a poor child, I'm a lost son 

I refuse to give my love to anyone, 

Fight for the truth, 

Or help the weaker ones 

Because I love my Babylon 

I am a slave, I was never free 

I betrayed you for blood money 

Oh I bought the world, all is vanity 

Oh my Lord I'm your enemy 

Come to me, and find your life 

Children sing, Zion's in sight 

I said don't trade your name for a serial number 

Priceless lives were born from under graves 

Where I found you 

Say, my name ain't yours and yours is not mine 

Mine is the Lord, and yours is my child 

That's how it's always been 

Time to make a change 

Leave your home 

Give to the poor all that you own 

Lose your life, so that you could find it 

First will be last when the true world comes 

Livin' like a humble fool to overcome 

The upside-down wisdom 

Of a dying world 

Zion's not built with hands 

And in this place God will dwell with man 

Sick be healed and cripples stand 

Sing Allelu 

My kingdom's built with the blood of my son 

Selfless sacrifice for everyone 

Faith, hope, love, and harmony 

I said let this world know me by your love 

By your love 

Oh my child, daughters and sons 

I made you in love to overcome 

Free as a bird, my flowers in the sun 

On your way to Mount Zion 

All you slaves, be set free 

Come on out child and come on home to me 

We will dance, we will rejoice 

If you can hear me then follow my voice