For Lady GaGa

I am not into the popular music scene.  Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars.  Those names only ring a bell.  I don't instantly have something to say when I hear them.  I couldn't even think of another name to put there after Bruno Mars, and I honestly can say it took me half a second to think of someone else to put after Katy Perry.  I listen mostly to music clean of cuss words and bad themes.  Even the recently downloaded "Marry Me" song by Bruno Mars jars me because it sort of paints love in a non-committal sort of way.  (Yes, I am very motherly in that respect.)  But today, my fiance posted this video on his Facebook, and I watched it.

It's not that I like Lady GaGa's music.  Her lyrics and music videos are definitely not something that I would want to partake in.  I don't support her "ministry" as it were.  She claims she is bisexual, supports homosexuality, and often expresses herself in very showy and inappropriate ways.  I don't like that she is declaring herself a Christian through her prayers and references to God and Jesus in the same sentence as cuss words.  I think of the hypocrisy that she emulates and how she is diluting the Christian name.

But...there is something undeniably honest in this video.  I believe her prayer is earnest.  I see how she is a bit misguided.  Her love for her fans has become her purpose in life.  Growing up, she felt like a loser.  She still feels like a loser.  And she feels that she must express herself, show that being a "freak" is alright, and give others the opportunity to do the same.  The idea behind her love is something that many Christians lack.  How many Christians do you know reach out to the "freaks" out there?  Perhaps she isn't diluting the Christian name.

It brings up questions in my mind.  How would YOU love Lady GaGa?  How would you witness to her?  Imagine...Lady GaGa on fire for God.  What an influence she would be.  And a strong one.  She is passionate, you can tell.  If she left her life in God's hands, she would be a great member of God's army.  What if Lady GaGa walked into a church one day?  Would the congregation love her with the same type of love she has for her "little monsters"?  How do you reach someone like that?

Its all hypothetical.  But the Youtube video brings up some important issues, I think, about Christian living and the potential and also lack of Christian influence in today's culture.  I mean, I don't support Lady GaGa in almost every way except in the idea that she is a human and God loves Lady GaGa.  It feels weird to say.  Like most Christians, I would be the first to shun her if she walked into my church wearing practically nothing.  I would probably be cold and indifferent to her tears.  Yet God calls for a more tender heart than the one I hold, a heart that yields a love so powerful that it can change anyone.

God loves the Lady GaGa's of the world.  Do we?