All I Really Want To Do

Last week some guys and I were talking about taking the gospel into our friendships and relationships. The phrase we kept coming back to was speaking the truth into people's lives. I think the best way we can do this is not with any kind of religious, political, or social agenda, but to love people as Jesus loved them. Think about the woman caught in adultery, the blind man who had mud in his eyes, Zaccheus, and others who experienced the haunting, unrestrained love of the Savior. After we left each other's company, a Bob Dylan song came on my iPod. I couldn't help but smile, because this song is an embodiment of how we are to love people. Following is the song in its entirety.

All I Really Want To Do

I ain't lookin' to compete with you, Beat or cheat or mistreat you, Simplify you, classify you, Deny, defy or crucify you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you, Frighten you or uptighten you, Drag you down or drain you down, Chain you down or bring you down. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I ain't lookin' to block you up Shock or knock or lock you up, Analyze you, categorize you, Finalize you or advertise you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to straight-face you, Race or chase you, track or trace you, Or disgrace you or displace you, Or define you or confine you. All I really want to doIs, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to meet your kin, Make you spin or do you in, Or select you or dissect you, Or inspect you or reject you. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you. I don't want to fake you out, Take or shake or forsake you out, I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me, See like me or be like me. All I really want to do Is, baby, be friends with you.

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