I really believed this once.
When I was believing lies. When I was conflicted. When I was blocking God. When I was living two lives.
Boy George released Same Thing In Reverse around the time I was furthest from God's design for my life, and I clung to the lyrics. I identified with the man he was singing to. I wanted to believe what he was saying.
I wanted to make sense of my what I felt, and I didn't think the Bible was able to do it for me.
Thing is, in and of itself, the Bible can't : it's only when that Word is transformed from words on a page to words on our hearts through the miracle of the Holy Spirit study guide that the Bible truly makes sense.
But at the time, I was blocking God with my own judgement.
Now when I hear this song, having been through the refining fire of transformation, the main thing I feel is sadness. Because it's not the same thing in reverse at all; it's counterfeit.
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