The Gospel of Mumford and Sons

So I just wanted to share some of the things this journey has brought me. In the search for juicy fruit I have found that God happily speaks through anything and anyone. For me it has been Mumford and Sons. They are a band I would suggest to anyone without hesitation. They are not a christian band in anyway. They do use some christian references but funny enough the song I am going to refer to in this post has almost none of those.

Lately I have been asking myself if I really love God or the idea of being randomly and ridiculously blessed.  I remember being 3 or 4 and reading about Jesus and the "SUPER HERO" alarm going off in my head. I loved Him instantly. He was my first crush in a way. I was obsessed with bible stories. As life went on my reading the Bible became less about hearing about my super hero friend, but about what I needed to do to get blessed.  I don't think I fell out of love but after 20 plus years of loving God there are some things that go stale.

Even my quest for the characteristics of the fruits of the spirit was missing a key element. That missing component was a desire to get closer to God through it. I wanted my life and the lives of those around me to benefit from this work. But what about God? I can't imagine forming an entire universe and having that very creation only want more of your stuff and none of you.

This is the point where you get to listen to a song! Aren't you so excited?  I know I am!!!!! As you listen to the amazing sounds of Mumford & Sons also ponder these words from Jeremiah 2. Its a bit long but more than worth the read if you ever wonder how God feels when we become more concerned with what we can get from Him rather than being in love with Him simply because He loves us.

Scripture First:

Jeremiah 2

^1-3 God's Message came to me. It went like this: "Get out in the streets and call to Jerusalem, 
   'God's Message!
I remember your youthful loyalty, 
   our love as newlyweds.
You stayed with me through the wilderness years, 
   stuck with me through all the hard places.
Israel was God's holy choice, 
   the pick of the crop.
Anyone who laid a hand on her 
   would soon wish he hadn't!'" 
         God's Decree.

^4-6Hear God's Message, House of Jacob!
   Yes, you—House of Israel!
God's Message: "What did your ancestors find fault with in me
   that they drifted so far from me,
Took up with Sir Windbag
   and turned into windbags themselves?

   It never occurred to them to say, 'Where's God,
   the God who got us out of Egypt,
Who took care of us through thick and thin, those rough-and-tumble
   wilderness years of parched deserts and death valleys,
A land that no one who enters comes out of,
   a cruel, inhospitable land?'

^7-8"I brought you to a garden land
   where you could eat lush fruit.
But you barged in and polluted my land,
   trashed and defiled my dear land.
The priests never thought to ask, 'Where's God?'
   The religion experts knew nothing of me.
The rulers defied me.
   The prophets preached god Baal
And chased empty god-dreams and silly god-schemes.

^9-11"Because of all this, I'm bringing charges against you"
         —God's Decree—
   "charging you and your children and your grandchildren.
Look around. Have you ever seen anything quite like this?
   Sail to the western islands and look.
Travel to the Kedar wilderness and look.
   Look closely. Has this ever happened before,
That a nation has traded in its gods
   for gods that aren't even close to gods?
But my people have traded my Glory
   for empty god-dreams and silly god-schemes

Now listen to this song of heartbreak and I dare you to tell me that you don't understand where God is coming from. We have all been there, but God has been heartbroken and abandoned a billion times over. Yet God never gives up on us.

Namaste and Love God (with all your heart, mind, and soul) as God loves you!