Do you write how you feel?

I wonder if any other songwriters who write Gospel songs have this issue. You feel a certain way and you want to write about how you are feeling. On the other hand you have a belief set that says that your faith is suppose to overcome the emotions that you are feeling and then your change or blessing will occur. But haven't you just wanted to write a song about how you feel?

Joan Osborne's recording of a song that asks many questions about God in a totally undefined and open way gives me a bit of envy. That song says:

heyyyy ayyyy ayyyy
If god had a name?
what would it be?
and would you call it to his face?
if you were faced with him and all his glory
what would you ask if you had just one question?

an yeah yeah god is great
yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
what if god was one of us
just a slob like one of us
just a stranger on a bus
tryin to make his way home

if god had a face
what would it look like?
and would you wanna see?
if seeing ment you would have to belive
in things like heaven and in jesus and the saints and all the prophets

an yeah yeah god is great
yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
what if god was one of us
just a slob like one of us
just a stranger on a bus
tryin to make his way home
trying to make his way home
back up to heaven all alone
no body calling on the phone

except maybe the pope maybe in rome

yeah ohhh ohhh ohhh

an yeah yeah god is great
yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
what if god was one of us
just a slob like one of us
just a stranger on a bus
tryin to make his way home
just tryin to make his way home
like a hole in rollin stones
back up to heaven all alone
just trying to make his way home
no body calling on the phone
except for the pope maybe in rome

Many preachers have loved to preach using this song as an introduction. It's familiar to most people and it usually grabs the attention of the listener. But the preacher will bring us back to orthodoxy by the end of the sermon. Does being a Christian and a songwriter mean we always have to do like the preacher does?

What do you think?