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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 9/27/2002 6:22 PM (GMT -6) |   | 
"MOSES VENTURA"
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Mephi2K
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| Posted 9/30/2002 3:51 AM (GMT -6) | | Brief suggestion...
For whoever is into gospel music, do yourself a favor and pick up this beautiful one:
Karen Clark-Sheard's "2nd Chance"
www.elektra.com/elektra/karenclarksheard/discography.jhtml
Give a listen to my favs on this one:
2nd Chance
www.elektra.com/elektra/karenclarksheard/framesetaudio_2262881.html
Higher Ground
www.elektra.com/elektra/karenclarksheard/framesetaudio_2262887.html
I've loved Karen and the other Clark Sisters for a while now. So I had to cop Karen's new stuff. When I first heard "2nd Chance", I instantly resonated. Check out the lyrics. I listened to this one song for at least an hour, just teary and weeping. This song is for those people who are the recurrent Prodigals out there who know that it is ONLY by God's grace that they are what they are. This song is for people who were so self-destructive that they have utmost faith that ONLY something divine could have stopped their descent. This song is for people who constantly spit in the face of their Maker, even as he brings them out of situations they could see no way out of.
What grace. What love. What mercy.
Maybe some of you don't know what I'm talkin' about. When the bills were PAST due...and you didn't know where the money was coming from... When you'd completely blown it...and there was NO way out... When you just cussed God out for sticking you out...and God just listened... When the kid was sick, and all you could do was pray and cry... Oh, can I get a WITNESS, somebody!!!
Can we understand what was going through the mind of that woman who broke the jar and anointed Jesus, weeping? Can we understand the pure unadulterated AMAZEMENT that Paul, the self-proclaimed "chief of sinners", felt in being called by God? Can we understand the forgiveness that the adulteress saw in the eyes of Jesus?
I do. But sometimes I forget. I forget how many times over I should be dead. I forget how many times over I should have AIDS. I forget how many times over I should have been shot. I forget how many wrecks I should have had. I forget how many times I should have fallen flat on my face, from my own arrogance and short-sightedness. I forget how, even as God GODSELF has taken me through PURE FRIGGIN HELL, He's never left me...just like He said He wouldn't.
But, OH, when I remember His GOODNESS...
Listen, I can live in ambiguity on all levels, and I do. Heck, yeah, I KNOW that I could be wrong. But I believe in divine intervention. And I know Whom I choose. And to Whom I CHOOSE to be grateful for my life. And I let that be my step of faith.
Anyway, this song is a song of thanks. It is MY song. Remember how many chances YOU'VE been given in life. Some people didn't get another one. Live in in grace and gratitude.
And COP this CD!!!! Karen's sooo good.
Thank you, Lord...
Holla,
PS: Brandi, I'm on the final sections...
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."
-Friedrich Nietzsche (YES, doubters...Nietzche!  )
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BBBCanada
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| Posted 9/30/2002 11:30 AM (GMT -6) | | I REALLY don't mean to take away from what the Meph Man has said, but...SHE'S PRETTY TOO! 
Brandon
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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 9/30/2002 12:07 PM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Brandon: HE'S PRETTY TOO!
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BBBCanada
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| Posted 9/30/2002 12:13 PM (GMT -6) | | I've got about three to four books that I am reading at the moment, but there is one special one that I am almost finished reading. Are there any Henri Nouwen fans out there? I've heard of Henri for sometime now, but have never bought any of his books. Then I picked up "Return of the Prodigal Son." This book relies on the parable that Jesus told, but is REALLY based on the painting by Rembrandt van Rijn.
If you have never known anything about Rembrandt, then Nouwen will give you a little history lesson about him. This gives the reader a great appreciation for this 17th century artist. The way Nouwen does it though, is that he interweaves the history of Rembrandt with his paintings to provide us with a inspirational take on God the Father's love for us. Indeed, the "Return of the Prodigal Son" (as told in the Bible) is not so much about the Son as much as it is really about the Father and his yearnings and love for his children.
What sets the rendering of this story is the way in which Rembrandt's painting gives a particular twist to the parable. Rembrandt has taken liberties with the parable and issues some of his deepest insights through paint and canvas. Unlike the parable, Rembrandt's prodigal is not running from afar to the awaiting arms of a loving father. The bald headed Son (an important point in the book) is painted kneeling before a blind 'ol man (another important point in the book). Actually, there are many significant points that Nouwen draws from the painting in order to tell us of an important inspirational point he is trying to convey. For Nouwen, we tend to portray both of the Son's, but God ultimately wants us to become like the Father.
For those of you who have regrets about loss dreams, unfulfilled longings, finding significance because of who you are, then you will want to pick up this book. Nouwen, as always, speaks from the heart.
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/1660/return-prodigal-son.jpg
Brandon
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brandi
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| Posted 10/4/2002 9:31 PM (GMT -6) | | Mephi quote:
PS: Brandi, I'm on the final sections...
I look forward to reading it! 
I loved the music by Karen Clark. Hey, the art was great too!
~Brandi~
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Mephi2K
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| Posted 10/5/2002 4:00 AM (GMT -6) | | PS: Brandi, I'm hacking away at this thing. Telling you now, it's LONG...and probably more than you wanted, but I hope it ends up being helpful. I'm triming it down...and I'll put it in it's own thread probably.
Love,
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