You Don't Own Me...

Lyrics | Disciple lyrics - Dear X (You Don't Own Me) lyrics

God talks to me through songs all the time. I have heard this song several times over the past couple of months. Everytime I hear it my heart tunes in. I really like it. I find myself with the music loud and screaming these lyrics but almost feeling guilty about liking this song so much. I try really hard not to focus on the past. Not to focus on "what use to be"...the past is gone and forgotten right?

But I heard it today...windows down, music loud, voice screaming..."Go ahead put a target on my forehead, you can fire but you've got no bullet. I was yours I'm not yours anymore oh, you don't own me!"

After the song was over I started talking TO MYSELF...Michelle, why in the world do you like that song so much? Are you holding onto some anger, some bitterness, some hate? Let it go already. Jesus lives inside you. You are not suppose to focus on that stuff. I answered myself...I don't think so (yea, they say when you start answering yourself you are in trouble lol) so I said out loud...Let's talk to God about this (duh right?)

God said, "Michelle, you are celebrating the fact that those things don't have a hold on your heart anymore" Wow...what a revelation! Those things DON'T have a hold on my heart. There is no room in there for that stuff. My heart is so full of Jesus there is no room for that junk!

However, I have to very careful that I don't fool myself into thinking I am immune. That is when I get into trouble. Thinking that I am immune to the crisis that life sometimes bring. Thinking that "life" will never come because I am a Jesus girl.

"Life does happen and when it does what we do with it is what matters. Do we become angry? When fear creeps in what happens? Pain, shame what do you do with it?

Just something to think about I guess...