Hey y'all. Ok so as the title suggests, this is a little religious tangent that I felt like going on. I am a Christian, and there is a new song out on country radio that angers me. It is by Brooks and Dunn and I absolutely love them, but I really don't like this song. It is called "God Must be Busy." Pretty much the song states that God must be too busy to listen to our prayers and that is why everything in the world is a mess. I totally disagree with this. I think God hears our prayers and He does what he can. I mean He is not going to make everything better all at once. Here on Earth we have to work at what we want changed and try to make it better. One day everything will be perfect, but right now...no. I like to think of Garth Brook's song "Unanswered Prayers." "Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers." Just because He isn't answering all of our prayers right now doesn't mean He doesn't listen. So I would have to say the message in this song is wrong. That God is not busy and He does hear our prayers.

I guess you just have to be your own judge on this matter, but you know where I stand. Here are the lyrics for you read:

Brooks and Dunn - "God Must be Busy"

That anchor man
says the fight began
somewhere in the Middle East.
The world prays for peace.
There's a single mom
just got laid off when she lost a job
to some foreign hands
in some faraway land.
Last night in Oklahoma
some twister took thirteen
and they're praying that they find
the missing three.
God must be busy.

That highway sign
went from slow ahead
to traffic's dead.
Thought it couldn't get worse
than that Amber Alert.
They say she's 4,
Colorado plates, headed out-of-state
in a Chevy van.
It's hard to understand.
You can see it in the faces
of all those highway strangers,
they're praying that God
keeps that girl from danger.
God must be busy.

And I know in the big picture
I'm just a speck of sand
and God's got better things to do
than look out for one man.
I know he's heard my prayers
cause he hears everything,
he just ain't answered back
or he'd bring you back to me.
God must be busy.

That evening news,
Ain't much changed
pretty much the same
since I left home.
Yeah that war's still on.
They found that little girl.
She was soaking wet,
half scared to death
on the side of some road.
Them prayers work, you know.
And the Bloods and Cripps are at it,
and theres a killer drought down south,
and old folks can't afford the drugs
they can't live with out.
God must be busy.

And I know in the big picture
I'm just a speck of sand
and God's got better things to do
than look out for one man.
I know he's heard my prayers
cause he hears everything,
he just ain't answered back
or he'd bring you back to me.
God must be busy.

That anchorman,
says the fightings worse,
cities burn in the Middle East.
world prays for peace.

Now that you have read the lyrics, you can let me know where you stand. I think this would make a great discussion. Have a great night and I will talk to you soon!

Much Love! *Tracie*