I don't live in the third world, but
the place I live can seem pretty darn close. Twelve years ago, I stepped
off of a church bus onto the pavement of inner city Memphis. Little
did I know, it would be a week that would change my entire life
direction.
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When I look around my home now, it
looks like a war zone. It is desolate and forgotten and broken and oh
so very beautiful. I know that Jesus is here. I know because He is
the One that invited me to come, too.
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It is so very rare to find any kind of
art that expresses the state and need (and hope!) of the inner city,
and while I know it might not have been his intention,
singer/songwriter, Shaun Groves has managed to nail it. With his
album, Third World Symphony, I am reminded song after song of why I
have given up my apartment in the suburbs with two cars and free time
to come to one of the most devastated, violent places in the country.
While songs such as Come By Here and
Down Here express more than just a big-picture glimpse at what
hopelessness and poverty can do to a place, and the songs Sing and
Kingdom Coming express the battle cries of those fighting against
such things, there is also present on this album the expression of
deep heart things-- inward things necessary for the Kingdom of God to
be built.
So, do yourself a favor, find yourself
a copy of Shaun Groves' Third World Symphony, and pray for your heart
to match up with God's.
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