boy, my commitment to this blog fizzled quickly, didn’t it?

i’ve been busy with work and church and i guess this got neglected.

anyway, i just finished watching Kurt Cobain: About a Son. I didn’t think it was that great. Maybe it’s because I was never a huge Nirvana fan, but I never really understood the big deal with Cobain. I get that he’s iconic in the sense of having probably literally altered a generation through his music, but just because someone is a talented musician doesn’t suddenly make him worth listening to or following for that matter.

I just find this phenomenon fascinating. Not to bash on Cobain or Nirvana fans or anything but consider this. On what grounds is someone’s word worth listening to? In the same vein, why should what I say matter? Really, I don’t think it does or should at all. The only voice worth listening to is God’s Word and anyone or anything that God chooses to inspire. Someone speaking of their own merit or experience has only that much from which to draw. In the end, it is purely experiential and personal. There’s no guarantee that what works for you will work for me. However, God speaks from some place else altogether, doesn’t He?

I’m not saying that we should burn all of our other books or stop listening to secular music. (God knows how bored I’d be and how much money I would waste if that happened!) I guess this just reminds me to check which voices I’m listening to and, in essence, obeying. There are a lot of contending sides out there vying for our hearts, but there is only one truth. Those contenders will have a lot to say about who we are and how we should live, but there is only one that speaks out of love.

I like Nirvana and I liked Kurt Cobain, but I doubt that even he wanted to be exalted as much as he has been.