God is not a white man

God is not a man, God is not a white man
God is not a man sitting on a cloud
God cannot be bought, God will not be boxed in
God will not be owned by religion
God is love, God is love
And He loves everyone
God is not a man, God is not an old man
God does not belong to Republicans
God is not a flag, not even American
God does not depend on a government
God is good, God is good, and He loves everyone
Atheists and charlatans, Communists and lesbians
And even ol’ Pat Roberston, Oh God He loves us all
Catholic or protestant, Terrorist or president
Everybody, everybody
Love, love, love, love

These are the lyrics to Gungor's amazing song, God is not a white man. There was a lot of speculation about this song, a lot of nasty comments written by people about it. I don't know why it is that we have to go after and attack people. I don't understand why we have to hurt one another based off of our own ideals, our own selfish thoughts that come out like daggers to harm our enemies. We are one, and we are the same. We all have dark hearts, we all have our struggles, and we all have our moments of love. And just because they aren't all the same struggles or same darkness in our hearts doesn't mean that someone else's struggles or darkness is any better or any worse than our own.
To me, when reading these lyrics, I see it as hope. God is NOT man. And thank God for that fact because otherwise we would be a lost civilization like we are today, but with NO chance of hope. Destruction, chaos, and fear would be all that we have to look forward to.
God is not catholic or protestant, he isn't a terrorist nor a president. Can you imagine if He was? What Gungor is saying here is that God doesn't fit "the mold" that we have created in our minds. We all fit a certain mold. We create these molds on our own, God didn't create those molds. We have surfers, punks, gangsta's, preps, rich, poor, old, young. We have created all of these subgroups in an attempt to fit in with our culture. To feel accepted. To feel complete. To feel like we belong to someone, anyone, no matter how much it hurts us or boxes us in. And all this song is saying is that God CANNOT and WILL NOT be boxed in to some subgroup that we have designed all on our own.

And when I think about it this way, I have hope. I have peace. I have understanding. I'm thrilled that God will not put up with idolatry or be confined to a specific group. Because since He won't, that means I don't have to, either. I can feel free and unashamed to hang out with an 80 year old woman and make her my best friend if I please. I can go down to where "white town and black town" cross and hang out in the hood. I can go to Greenwich and make a billionaire one of my closest friends. I can kick it with the homeless down in Miami. And I can remember a magical world by befriending a 5 year old. I am not confined to one specific subset, one specific group. God calls us to love EVERYONE. Not the ones that are similar to us or that we can relate to the most.