I think Alicia Keys has great insight into what motivates us & what we allow to define us...
Mmmmmm Mmmm mm ooo
Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things
Define what's within
And I've been there before
But that life's a bore
So full of the superficial
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, Yeah
Some people search for a fountain
That promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love them
Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be
With no one to share
With no one who truly cares for me
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, you, you
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah
If I ain't got you with me baby
So nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you with me baby
Indeed, I count everything as loss
because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and
count them as rubbish,
in order that I may gain Christ
- Philippians 3:8
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Insert Jesus instead of baby...
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3 comments:
i guess depending on your mood you can get some pretty wierd outcomes, replacing baby with Jesus, not to mention the other way around.
i guess it's a reminder that we all have a God-shaped hole in our hearts (as C.S. Lewis put it i think), and "baby" is the closest fit we can find.
yeah i know there are many issues with Jesus/baby - nevertheless I like the sentiment to not be defined by the external things and see everything as meaningless rubbish if I aint' got Jesus!
Ecclesiastes too...
"he has put eternity into man's heart" 3:11
True, true (re your post)
Love what you've done with the background!
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