I really don't think Amy Grant was being sarcastic when she wrote this - that's your spin on things.
I think it's a pretty straight forward song. Amy has a friend who has been sexually abused as a child. Most of the song is empathizing for her friend and what her friend went through.
Although Amy believes in a loving God, she still finds it hard to explain how she believes in Him to other people when horrible things like this happen. In the end, the friend says that she's still found His mercy and her friend actually answers the question for her.
Thesis? I don't think Amy is directly trying to sell Christianity to abuse survivors.
I really don't think Amy Grant was being sarcastic when she wrote this - that's your spin on things.
I think it's a pretty straight forward song. Amy has a friend who has been sexually abused as a child. Most of the song is empathizing for her friend and what her friend went through. Although Amy believes in a loving God, she still finds it hard to explain how she believes in Him to other people when horrible things like this happen. In the end, the friend says that she's still found His mercy and her friend actually answers the question for her.
Thesis? I don't think Amy is directly trying to sell Christianity to abuse survivors.