Melody
Well-Known Member
I heard this song the other day and it made such an impact on me...because I've been guilty at looking at someone, thinking strange, chuckling under my breath and walking away. I never made fun of them, never treated them disrespectfully, but.....
Perhaps that's why this song hit me so hard.
It's called "Wide Eyed" and is sung by Nichole Nordeman. Beautiful song.
When I met him on a sidewalk - He was preaching to a mailbox - Down on 16th Avenue.
And he told me he was Jesus - Sent from Jupiter to free us - with a bottle of tequila and one shoe.
He raged about repentance - He finished every sentence - with a promise that the end was close at hand.
I didn't even try to understand.
chorus:
He left me wide eyed in disbelief and disillusion.
I was tongue tied, drawn by my conclusions - so I turned and walked away - and laughed at what he had to say - then casually dismissed him as a fraud.
I forgot he was created in the image of my God.
When I met her in a bookstore - She was browsing on the first floor - Through a yoga magazine.
And she told me in her past life - She was some plantation slave's wife - She had to figure out what that might mean.
She believes the healing powers of her crystals - Can bring balance and new purpose to her life.
Sounds nice.
CHORUS
Not so long ago, a man from Galilee - Fed thousands with His bread and His theology
And the truth He spoke - Quickly became the joke of educated, self-inflated Pharisees like me
And they were wide eyed in disbelief and disillusion
They were tongue tied, drawn by their conclusions
Would I have turned and walked away - And laughed at what He had to say
And casually dismissed Him as a fraud - Unaware that I was starting at the image of my God.
Perhaps that's why this song hit me so hard.
It's called "Wide Eyed" and is sung by Nichole Nordeman. Beautiful song.
When I met him on a sidewalk - He was preaching to a mailbox - Down on 16th Avenue.
And he told me he was Jesus - Sent from Jupiter to free us - with a bottle of tequila and one shoe.
He raged about repentance - He finished every sentence - with a promise that the end was close at hand.
I didn't even try to understand.
chorus:
He left me wide eyed in disbelief and disillusion.
I was tongue tied, drawn by my conclusions - so I turned and walked away - and laughed at what he had to say - then casually dismissed him as a fraud.
I forgot he was created in the image of my God.
When I met her in a bookstore - She was browsing on the first floor - Through a yoga magazine.
And she told me in her past life - She was some plantation slave's wife - She had to figure out what that might mean.
She believes the healing powers of her crystals - Can bring balance and new purpose to her life.
Sounds nice.
CHORUS
Not so long ago, a man from Galilee - Fed thousands with His bread and His theology
And the truth He spoke - Quickly became the joke of educated, self-inflated Pharisees like me
And they were wide eyed in disbelief and disillusion
They were tongue tied, drawn by their conclusions
Would I have turned and walked away - And laughed at what He had to say
And casually dismissed Him as a fraud - Unaware that I was starting at the image of my God.
