Everybody Hurts
Mariah Carey is the latest performer to join an all-star charity single for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. She will appear alongside Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Cheryl Cole and JLS on the track, which is a cover of REM’s Everybody Hurts. It is hoped that the single will be complete by 7 February.
When your day is long, And the night, the night is yours alone When you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life Well hang on. Don’t let yourself go, Cause everybody cries, And everybody hurts sometimes
When you feel like you’re alone No, no, no, you’re not alone
Now I am not sure what is behind these lyrics, but the truth is that we are not alone. There is a God that loves us so much as individuals, there for us. You are of so much value. And to prove that, Jesus, God’s son, came to live among us, take the punishment for our bad ways, and bring hope and a future. Jesus’ death and resurrection are historical facts.
As we honestly seek his help and forgiveness, he comes to plant his new seed of life in us, and we start again, cleansed, restored and forgiven. His instructions were that when you get to that point, you should be baptised to mark a change, as a sign of death and resurrection. That’s what we are witnessing today, life transformation - for eternity.
So everybody hurts, but don’t give up, you’re not alone. God is with you and for you. He seeks our response, but is ready to accept us right where we are.
David Thatcher
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