Trouble Me

What if God said:  Trouble Me ?

We heard this past Sunday various readings suggesting that God desires a relationship with us.  While driving recently, I was listening to some old 10,000 Maniacs, and it occurred to me that Natalie Merchant captures what God's invitation to relationship might sound like pretty well in this song... 

Trouble me

Disturb me with all your cares and your worries

Trouble me

On the days when you feel spent

Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden

When my back is sturdy and strong?

Trouble me

Speak to me

Don't mislead me

The calm I feel means a storm is swelling

There's no telling where it starts or how it ends

Speak to me

Why are you building this thick brick wall to defend me

When your silence is my greatest fear?

Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden

When my back is sturdy and strong?

Speak to me

Let me 

Have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning

Let me

Please don't hide them just because of tears

Let me send you off to sleep with a

"There, there, now, stop your turning and tossing"

Let me 

Let me know where the hurt is and how to heal

Spare me?  

Don't spare me anything
Trouble me

Trouble me

Disturb me with all your cares and your worries

Speak to me

And let our words build a shelter from the storm

Lastly, let me know what I can mend

There's more, honestly than, my sweet friend, you can see

Trust is what I'm offering

Trouble me

(Okay, so the MTV Unplugged live version is better... but the pictures in this video maybe demonstrate the point a bit more clearly.  What do you think?  Doesn't it sort of sound like an invitation to prayer?)

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