Last year, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released an album titled “Wild God”. The title track sings of a God who flies like a prehistoric bird, who swims at the end of a rotting pier, who searches for a faraway girl.
A wild God
When we look at creation we can see wildness in the connected roots of aspens, we can hear it in the cry of wolves, we can touch it in oceans tides. Untamed creation reflects an untamed creator.
In order to feel safe and in control we have tried to contain God and tame ourselves.
When we are young we are taught to sit quietly in rows and as adults we are told to keep our politics respectable.
But we were created to mimic the undefinable God. We were designed wild.
Today, let a bit of your feralness free.
Dance like no one is looking
Love without abandon
Sing lustfully
Wear something out of fashion
Draw or paint recklessly
Turn your car radio up loud
Twirl
Roll on the floor with your kid or pet
Wave at a stranger
Fly
Swim
Search for that faraway girl
Like the Wild God
The Wild You
