Award-winning Gospel Innovator and Trendsetter Kirk Franklin recently revealed his softer, sensitive side in a blog post on Patheos.com. Many are already aware of Kirk’s jovial, fun loving and spiritual persona, which is observable during his many TV and hosting appearances, however, some may be shocked by the entertainer’s “Aww, isn’t that sweet!” characteristics.
Below is an excerpt from “Avoiding Dark Streets with Dead Ends”, a blog written by Kirk to distinguish the relationship between Feelings and Faith. In his opinion, feelings can and has been an enemy of Faith. Read all that the Gospel phenomenon has to say and let us know what you think!
I am your guy friend who is always the sensitive one out of all the fellas. I admit it. I prefer giving people hugs rather than shake hands. I listen to classical music while I’m in the bathtub. And watch this: I think beer is nasty, but cry during the Budweiser commercials with the little puppies and the horses. I know I’ve lost a lot of cool points already with the brothers during this blog and have made some of the ladies go “aww, isn’t that sweet!”, whatever your response, I confess I am a sensitive brother.
I am an artist to my core. Sunrises inspire me, I can feel seasons change internally, and warm colors make me think of melodies when I sit down at the piano. I am a man who has been very steeped in his emotions. For every good, there is a bad.
My feelings have always been an enemy to my faith. Certain things in the Bible are very foreign to me because they require you to act before you feel. That makes no sense to me. For some of you, your emotions have been the biggest giant to your spiritual growth. Like me, you may have had deep bouts with depressive feelings.. doubt and disbelief have caused your growth to be shipwrecked in the middle of melancholy. I too have struggled with phrases that sound like a foreign language to the inner rumblings of my spirit and my tears. One of which is the Mt. Everest of my Christian experience:
IN EVERYTHING, GIVE THANKS.
At first I believed this meant I needed to lift my hands, dance, smile, and celebrate in connection to human emotions. Since then, I’ve been taught that – instead – this is a call to obedience: no matter how I feel, God the Father charges me to do what he says, in spite of how I feel.
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