Check out the new video for Jars of Clay's song "Two Hands." The video shares footage of the band's recent journey to Africa to work with Blood:Water Mission, which helps groups and individuals empower Africans to build healthier communities through sustainable clean water solutions.
Jars of Clay is one of those bands that makes me jealous for their faith and social consciouness, if that makes sense. There's no pretense with these guys, no posturing for the media, no striving for industry accolades. Where some celebrities water down the gospel in their efforts to work towards social justice, the guys in Jars of Clay have managed to hold faithfully to Jesus while they clothe the naked and feed the hungry and bring water to the thirsty, figuratively and literally. Oh, to be that brave, that bold, that free.
Take a minute to think about the lyrics to the song - how often do we pull someone towards us with one hand while pushing them away with the other?:
I've been living out of sanity
I've been splitting hairs and blurring lines
I am a house that is divided
In my heart and in my mind
I use one hand to pull closer
The other to push you away
If I had two hands doing the same thing
Lifted high, lifted high
I have a broken disposition
I'm a liar who thirsts for the truth
And while I ache for faith to hold me
I need to feel the scars and see the proof
And if we just keep digging we can reach the foundation
Of our souls
And if we just keep cutting all the chains from our hearts
We'll lose control
And it feels like giving in
It feels like starting over
It feels like waking up, and you know it's coming
It feels like a brand new day
Open your eyes
What the world would be like if we all approached life with two hands working together!
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