I So Hate Consequences

"And when the doors were closed, I heard no 'I told you so's,"

"I said the words I knew you knew:

"Oh God, oh God, I needed you. All this time, I needed you. I needed you."

-Relient k

So, let's see...
I have just taken my father's purse and spent the lot, drinking and wasting my time and life until there is absolutely nothing left. I have lost contact with my father ages ago because I could care less about the lecture he would give me because of my actions. But the money is gone...

"Father! Please take me back!" Rapping on his front door, begging for a second chance, certainty in my heart that he would turn me away and exclaim, "You have brought this unto yourself! I cannot help you. I do not know why you are here to beg for my forgiveness."

He opens the door, shocked to see me with an expression that it was all this time that I needed him. I needed nothing but his love. His love. Oh, my attempts to come here were in vain...

"Oh!" He throws his arms around me, clearly a reaction that was unexpected. Could this be? "I missed you son, why didn't you come home?"

"Because I knew you would not accept me. With all I have done, how is it that you still want me?"

My father brushes the tears off of my stained cheeks, expressions of a feeling of an unforgivable mistake. "I love you." He hugs me and I grit my teeth, struggling to withstand the rising feeling in my throat, pushing, shoving, wanting to get out-!

"F-f-father!" I cry out and hug him so hard to get the point across that I missed him so much. "I love you too!"

All this time, I needed you. Oh God, oh God, I needed you...I needed you.


This is a story I whipped up in two minutes about "I So Hate Consequences," by Relient k, a song about the Prodigal Son. I cry whenever I hear it, especially the "Oh God, oh God, I needed you." Whatever we do, no matter how extreme or radical it may be, we need God to be our lighthouse in the storm. I cannot imagine a life where you have not stumbled upon obstacles. Only God can lead you out...all you have to do is surrender and let Him show you the way.