Someone wrote to me recently about songs that ask God to “crush me,” “wreck me,” and “consume me,” saying,
If God can abuse his bride, yet tell her that it is for her good, of course a husband can do that to his. And both blame her for not trusting.
This reminded me of the popular teaching that just as the sweetest perfume comes out of crushed roses, God wants to crush us like a rose so He can make perfume like that. (<– Several links there.)
As if somehow our lives would become more pleasing to God if He crushed us.
And apparently, from the songs she was referencing, that’s a pretty popular notion.
Read the full untangling of this teaching at Here’s the Joy . . .
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