I don’t wanna get adjusted
Merry Monday by Parris Bailey
In this world we have our trials
Sometimes lonesome, sometimes blue
But the hope of life eternal
Makes all old hopes brand new
And I don’t want to get adjusted to this world, to this world
I’ve got a home so much better
And I’m gonna go there sooner or later
And I don’t want to get adjusted to this world, to this world
Years ago Frank and I watched the infamous movie called “Hook”. As a little girl I loved the story and movie of Peter Pan. (Who didn’t?) In the movie Hook, Peter was forever preoccupied with his cell phone and job obligations, oblivious of his family. Wendy spoke the line that forever stands out to me, “So Peter you are all grown up!” In 1994 the Lord spoke to me and seemed to say to me, “Parris, your religion will not sustain you in the years to come”. All I can say is that for many years since then, I felt the spiritual need to go down to the bottom of the ocean. Have you ever dived to the bottom of a deep pool or swam down deep into the sea, you will find stillness, a calm, almost like you’re in another world. I remember using the term “learning to shut off all the faucets in my life.” I too had become a grown up Peter, taking life much too seriously and getting way to comfortable with this world. I needed to fall in love with God again and thankfully he led me into a deeper understanding of the Christian life. What did I learn from those years and am still learning, that this world has nothing for me, that people, as precious as they can be, are but shadows, but He is the sun. Somehow my Christianity in the past was about my accomplishments and how others met my needs. Today I find myself totally dependent on Him and Him alone.
What about you? Have you become a grown up Peter? In “Hook”, Peter has to learn how to laugh all over again and become a child. The movie ends with him throwing his phone away and returning to his family. I thank God he adjusted me to not “wanna get adjusted to the world ever again.” As Frank just preached last night, I might as well be just a Christian nerd. Let’s listen to the rest of this song-
Lord, I’m growing old and weary
And there’s no place that feels like home
Savior come, my soul is weary
To where I never more want to roam
And I don’t want to get adjusted to this world, to this world
I’ve got a home so much better
And I’m gonna go there sooner or later
And I don’t want to get adjusted to this world, to this world
Iris Dement-