FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES (2 OF 6)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Luke 5:17-26
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Friends in High Places (2 of 6)
Series: Meeting With Jesus
Jeff Strite
Luke 5:17-26
A few years back, Garth Brooks came out with a popular Country and Western song called: ''I've Got Friends In Low Places''
How many of you have ever heard the song? (when most of them raised their hands, I stage whispered: ''Pagans'')
It has a catchy tune, but it is NOT a very nice song. It tells the story of a man who ''crashes'' his ex-wife's (or his ex-girlfriend's) fancy party. The words go like this:
''Blame it all on my roots
I showed up in boots and ruined your black tie affair.
The last one to know, the last one to show.
I was the last one you thought you'd see there.
And I saw the surprise and the fear in his eyes
when I took his glass of champagne
And I toasted you
Said, ''honey, we may be through
but you'll never hear me complain.''
'Cause I've got friends in low places
where the whiskey drowns
and the beer chases my blues away.
And I'll be okay.
I'm not big on social graces.
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis.
Oh, I've got friends in low places''
What's really depressing about this song is that the last chorus of the song is sung by a bar full of people singing the praises of spending their time in a ''low place where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases'' their blues away.
Now I have no problem with people wanting to spend time with their friends. The problem isn't that they want to spend time with their friends, it's that they want to spend that time in a ''low place''… and they're quite content to STAY in that ''low place''.
ILLUS: A few years back I had reason to go into a bar. I didn't really want to go in there, but there was someone who I needed to talk to and they came outside with me when I found them.
But I really didn't want to be in that bar.
So I walk into this bar (long pause) and to call this place a dump (pause) would be an insult to garbage dumps. It was dirty, it was disgusting, it made my skin crawl ...
Series: Meeting With Jesus
Jeff Strite
Luke 5:17-26
A few years back, Garth Brooks came out with a popular Country and Western song called: ''I've Got Friends In Low Places''
How many of you have ever heard the song? (when most of them raised their hands, I stage whispered: ''Pagans'')
It has a catchy tune, but it is NOT a very nice song. It tells the story of a man who ''crashes'' his ex-wife's (or his ex-girlfriend's) fancy party. The words go like this:
''Blame it all on my roots
I showed up in boots and ruined your black tie affair.
The last one to know, the last one to show.
I was the last one you thought you'd see there.
And I saw the surprise and the fear in his eyes
when I took his glass of champagne
And I toasted you
Said, ''honey, we may be through
but you'll never hear me complain.''
'Cause I've got friends in low places
where the whiskey drowns
and the beer chases my blues away.
And I'll be okay.
I'm not big on social graces.
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis.
Oh, I've got friends in low places''
What's really depressing about this song is that the last chorus of the song is sung by a bar full of people singing the praises of spending their time in a ''low place where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases'' their blues away.
Now I have no problem with people wanting to spend time with their friends. The problem isn't that they want to spend time with their friends, it's that they want to spend that time in a ''low place''… and they're quite content to STAY in that ''low place''.
ILLUS: A few years back I had reason to go into a bar. I didn't really want to go in there, but there was someone who I needed to talk to and they came outside with me when I found them.
But I really didn't want to be in that bar.
So I walk into this bar (long pause) and to call this place a dump (pause) would be an insult to garbage dumps. It was dirty, it was disgusting, it made my skin crawl ...
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