Verse vs. Chorus

Hey there! It has been nearly a year since my last post. I want to start something I thought of quite a while back...I would like to take the songs I have on my playlist and expand on the reason I chose particular songs! Just thought it would be fun. I will do so in hopes to not bore anyone. I will write on songs randomly but they all will be from my playlist. You may be wondering why I entitled this post what I did, well, for me there are many songs out there that we may like the chorus but you can tell they just wrote words inbetween just to get to the chorus. Now I may have a few of those in my collection but for the most part I love to hear the whole story. So sit back, read, listen, and respond if you like! First song that I will randomly select to write on is entitled "My Jesus" by Todd Agnew. Now, the song might be a little tough to listen to, not only for his rough voice but possibly for the message too. The verses ask intense questions that match his intense voice, maybe thats why Todd's recording works. I can't imagine Sara Groves or Avalon or even NewsBoys singing this one. But the verses ask questions of the like: "If Ephesians tells us to imitate Christ, why do we look so much like the world?" and "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteuosness but do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sand?". In the song Todd continues to ask if when we picture Christ do we see the pretty blue eyes, wavy hair and clear complection only to ask us if we missed the part in the Word where Christ was battered and bruised beyond recognition and heads into the chorus proclaiming...my Jesus bled and died, He spent His time with theives and robbers, prostitutes and the least of these. He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable, the arrogant, the rich. In Todd's song he approaches the subject of Christ being accepted in our churches...His (Christ's) blood and dirt on His feet might stain the carpet, but reminds us that even Christ reaches for the hurting and despises the proud. And even goes onto perhaps Christ Himself would prefer Beale Street to the stained glass crowd.So do you infact want to be like my Jesus? Christ calls us to live like Him to love like Him. What does that mean when this Holy Being actually suffered and died...for me? How am I mirroring this Great Man? Ephesians 5:1,2 "Follow God's example in everything you do, because you are His dear children. Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ who loved you and gave Himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And God was pleased because that sacrifice was like sweet perfume to Him." (New Living Translation)