Jen's prayer: Jars of Clay's "Can't Erase It"

I've always liked Jars of Clay. However, there are times I just don't get the point of the song. This is one of those times. So I could be totally off track, but here's what I'm getting out of it...

I read it first in 1 Peter 4:7 "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." But since then I've heard it over and over again in the Gospels as I've been reading the New Testament...loving one other covers your sins. This is the way to move on past your sins. The song starts about a person that should "Love everybody now, because love is the best thing for you now." I think those lyrics are referring to those Bible verses. However, the person changes his mind about loving and lets everybody down. Because it's easier that way.

Even though is sucks letting people down, I know that is easier for me to do sometimes rather than stand for what I believe in or love on others.

So the chorus goes...

You know it's so wrong
Can't embrace it
Wish sometimes for any other you
But you can't erase it
And you won't escape it

Sometimes I wish for nothing more than to be some other version of me. Sometimes I hate who I am, but I can't help it. That's how I've felt in the past, but by the end of the song it says...

How long will you face it
Till the weight comes crashing down on you
'Cause you can't erase it, and you won't escape it

Eventually everything in my life started to crumble when I ignored the fact that I wasn't doing what Christ wanted of me. Thankfully, at the point when I can't take the weight anymore, I give it up to God. That's when Jesus comes in and wipes off the dirt in my life and says, "It's okay. Let's start over."

So I feel like this is Jars of Clay saying sometimes you have this pride and you don't want to admit this lifestyle is wrong. But you have to, because it's "so wrong."