Honkytonk Theology

Is this Romans… or country radio?

Romans 7 says Paul cannot do the things he wants to do and keeps doing the things he hates. Which is basically every country song ever written.

Paul writes like a theologian fighting his inner raccoon. Hank Williams sings like a man who lost his dog, his truck, his dignity, and maybe his sanctification. And somehow both of them make sense when you are trying to follow Jesus with a brain that misfires before breakfast.

Paul says, I do what I do not want to do. Hank says, I am so lonesome I could cry. Same energy. Different boots.

Sometimes our struggles sound like Romans. Other times it sounds like country radio. Either way, God sees the mess and still makes music. 

Questions for the Week and Strong:

1. Which struggle would sound better with a steel guitar?

2. Are you living Romans 7 or just humming it at this point?

3. What habit keeps coming back like a chorus nobody asked for?

This Week in Prayer and Sacred Sad Songs:

Lord, I keep living a Romans chapter with a Hank Williams soundtrack. Help me trust you with the parts of me that feel out of tune. Give me strength to walk straight and grace when I sound like a spiritual bar fight. Amen.