First let me start off that I am a huge Selena Gomez
fan. I’ve followed her since her show on
Disney “Wizards of Waverly Place”. It
might be sad to say I was already in my twenties when I started watching, but I
would DVR the show and watch it with my daughter (even though she was too
little to pay attention). I have
followed Selena through her career and have enjoyed seeing her stay classy – a
road less traveled these days. She has this elegance to her that just exudes
positivity and innocence.
I was ecstatic to know she had a new album coming out and
loved the message she wanted to embody through her lyrics. The new album just came out on Friday,
October 9th and listening to it reminded me of the days when you
anticipated the release day of an album, went to the store, brought it home,
popped the CD in the stereo and spent hours just reading the lyrics. I haven’t felt that way about a particular
album in a while and perhaps it is the teenage girl in me that wants to relive
that time.
Two of my favorite songs on the album are Revival – a song
with a catchy beat but filled with strength and motivation. The second song is Kill Em with Kindness. I. Love. This. Song.
“Every day a small
piece of you dies, always somebody you’re willing to fight, to be right. “ –
Kill Em with Kindness, Selena Gomez
Think about it. How
many times have we fought a battle to prove ourselves right, failed miserably
and then felt like crud?
I’ll be the first to raise my hand.
I get encouraged when I read versus such as John
13:35-35 and Peter
4:8 that instruct us on how God wants us to love one another and bear with one
another. Yet, the moment someone is rude
or unpleasant, you know that not so pleasant side of us wants to come out. It’s hard.
I get it. It’s hard to be nice to
someone when they’ve wronged you. It’s
difficult to be nice when people constantly mistake your kindness for
weakness. We build a wall around us that
makes us unapproachable, negative and just as nasty as the people we
dislike.
We need to remember that when we give in and reproduce the
negative actions back out into the world – we don’t win the fight, in fact the
person we least like, the devil, wins.
He loves it when we’re mean. He
has a sneaky way of wheedling into our lives and using our actions/words to
spread his darkness in this world without us even realizing it.
No war in anger has ever been won, so choose love. Choose to be friendly. Choose to spread light into this dark
world. Choose to take the road less
traveled.
Today, I leave you with this amazing verse that I have put
front and center of me this week. I
challenge you to mediate on this verse and ask God to intervene with his love
through you over the next week. He has a wonderful way of sending you reminders
just when you need them.
Ephesians 4:2 “Be completely humble
and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
“Put out the fire before igniting next time you’re fighting and kill em’
with kindness….”
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