Population Me

Another new song discovery.   It's also very timely as there have been recent discussions about what it means to be a good person, living a good life, and being Christian.   Is helping others a part of our American culture?  Only for the middle / upper class?  Because your parents do it?  Because being a good person is important to your friends or co-workers?   What does it take to do more than the minimum in society or in the world?  How do we focus on more than just ourselves, our families, and our friends? 

"My Own Little World" by Matthew West

In my own little world it hardly ever rains

I've never gone hungry, always felt safe

I got some money in my pocket, shoes on my feet

In my own little world, population: me

I try to stay awake during Sunday morning church

I throw a twenty in the plate but I never give 'til it hurts

And I turn off the news when I don't like what I see

Yeah, it's easy to do when it's population: me

What if there's a bigger picture?

What if I'm missing out?

What if there's a greater purpose?

I could be living right now

Outside my own little world

Stopped at a red light looked out my window

I saw a cardboard sign said, "help this homeless widow"

And just above that sign was the face of a human

I thought to myself, God, what have I been doing?

So I rolled down the window and I looked her in the eye

Oh, how many times have I just passed her by?

I gave her some money than I drove on through

And my own little world reached population: two

What if there's a bigger picture?

What if I'm missing out?

What if there's a greater purpose?

I could be living right now

Outside my own little world

My own little world

Father, break my heart for what breaks Yours

Give me open hands and open doors

Put Your light in my eyes and let me see

That my own little world is not about me

What if there's a bigger picture?

What if I'm missing out?

What if there's a greater purpose?

That I could be living right now

I don't want to miss what matters

I wanna be reaching out

Show me the greater purpose

So I can start living right now

Outside my own little world

My own little world

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