Living On The Edge

For the sake of brevity, I am going to edit out the chorus and extraneous verbiage of this Aerosmith song. It speaks volumes to me and Steven Tyler and the boys hit the nail on the head with this. I am just amazed that the song managed to make it so mainstream.

There's somethin' wrong with the world today
I don't know what it is
Something's wrong with our eyes

We're seeing things in a different way
And God knows it ain't His
It sure ain't no surprise

We're livin' on the edge

There's somethin' wrong with the world today
The light bulb's gettin' dim
There's meltdown in the sky

If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister you're a better man that I

We're livin' on the edge
You can't help yourself from fallin'
Livin' on the edge
You can't help yourself at all
Livin' on the edge
You can't stop yourself from fallin'
Livin' on the edge

Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion
Complication - aggravation
Is getting to you

If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'
Even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin'
Back again?
I bet you would my friend
Again & again & again & again & again

There's something right with the world today
And everybody knows it's wrong
But we can tell 'em no or we could let it go
But I would rather be a hanging on

Livin' on the edge

For those who are strict KJV, here you get it right from the horse.

John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. I don’t read anywhere that Jesus is commanding us to hate. He says love. What part of that do the people who profess to follow Christ but rail against gays, blacks, women, or anyone who is different, not get. You do not have to like what they are doing. You do not have to support their cause or send them money. Christ did not say we had to be their friends, just to love them as people. “As he loves you.” After all, you are a sinner. Does that give everyone license to hate you? Don’t you ask for forgiveness and receive it from your heavenly Father? Are you saying that Christ’s commandment carries any less weight than “Thou shalt not kill?” A sin is a sin whether it is lying or murder. God does not gage the sin by our standards. We view the loss of life as ultimate bad but God knows that disobedience of His rules all carry equal weight.

So for all those who profess to follow Christ but have not figured out that Jesus’ commandment trumps the previous 10 (because if you follow His, the others are automatically followed) open you eyes and stop living on the edge. The next step is a doozie.

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Cobb