Monday, August 3, 2020

The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKAugust


The Interrupters, "Easy On You" from The Interrupters (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)

Skammentary: Today's R.B.D.S.O.T.D. was inspired by a Twitter acquaintance, Anonymous L, who tweeted her frustration with herself & how annoying everyone must find her. I know only too well the pit of frustration from which she tweeted, & how seductively & easily it can spiral into greater self-loathing & shame. We must all hold ourselves in tension between doing our utmost & always striving to be better, to be holier, & resisting the voice of Old Scratch, who whispers in our mind's ear that we will never be good enough, that we're the worst, & constantly tempts us to despair. Being a disciple of the Lord Jesus demands much of us, but such is the fathomless gratuity of Our Lord that He never asks anything of us without first gifting us with both whatever he asks of us & the grace to make a gift of ourselves back to Him, Who gave everything for us.
"…They always told you you were never good enough.

"But why, oh why are you making it,
Are you making it so hard?

"Be easy on yourself,
Be easy on yourself,
Be easy on yourself
'Cause nobody's been easy on you…"

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