tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36501840135826319112024-03-14T19:53:39.286+13:00Songs of Influence"He has put a new song in my mouth." (Psalm 40:3)
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">I identify with this song because it reminds me of my own
circumstances, and that this world is not my home.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>In 1987 I left my home town of Christchurch, to move to
Wellington for better work opportunities.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>When I arrived, I felt a bit like a fish out of water: the
weather was worse, the pace of life was much faster, and the people were not as
friendly.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Inside I knew I had to make a go of it, but there was always
that niggle to throw in the towel and go back home.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>But Christchurch changed. The people I used to mix with,
well most had moved on with their lives as well. More so now that the 2010/11 earthquakes have levelled
the CBD, and changed the entire landscape - when I visit, I can’t get my
bearings anymore because the iconic landmarks I used to find my way around, have gone. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Borrowing from the song, I was lost between two shores - Wellington
is fine, but it ain’t home, Christchurch is home, but it ain’t mine no more. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>But then I remember that, as a Christian, regardless of
where I live, none of this world is my home. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Going back to the past is pointless, because it can never be
as I remember it.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>And moving on to potentially something better is just as pointless, because I’ll just start pining
for what I have now.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>So, I just wait. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I wait for Christ to return. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I wait to see Him burst through the clouds, or knit together
my separated bones from my rotten carcass in the grave - to carry me away to
the place he has prepared for me in advance. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A place where I will be content for all eternity: a place I
can truly call “home”.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Until then, I will never be completely satisfied with this
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>…and that’s OK by me.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="lf-line"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;">L.A.'s fine, the sun shines most the time</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">And the feeling is 'lay back'</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Palm trees grow, and rents are low</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">But you know I keep thinkin' about</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Making my way back</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line"><br /></span></span></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Well I'm New York City born and raised</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">But nowadays, I'm lost between two shores</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">New York's home, but it ain't mine no more</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line"><br /></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">"I am," I said</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">To no one there</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">An no one heard at all</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Not even the chair</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">"I am," I cried</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">"I am," said I</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">And I am lost, and I can't even say why</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Leavin' me lonely still</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of bein' a king</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">And then became one</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Well except for the names and a few other changes</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">If you talk about me, the story's the same one</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line"><br /></span></span></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">But I got an emptiness deep inside</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">And I've tried, but it won't let me go</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">And I'm not a man who likes to swear</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">But I never cared for the sound of being alone</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">"I am," I said</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">To no one there</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">An no one heard at all</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Not even the chair</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">"I am," I cried</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">"I am," said I</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">And I am lost, and I can't even say why</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #474747; line-height: 107%;"><span class="lf-line">Leavin' me lonely still</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I'm not really a Country music fan, but this song has a special place in my heart.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Hank Williams recorded this song way back in 1948, and it went on to become the top ranked 'Greatest Songs of Faith' in Country Music Television.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The words read like a Gospel story - man buried under the weight of sin, and rescued and brought into eternal life by a gracious Saviour.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>In his later years, my Dad developed a real love for Country music. It was a bit of a shock for us all, because he really only listened to Christian music. But he regularly attended the local Country and Western Club, and would occasionally get up and loosen the vocal chords to whatever song the band were covering.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>On his 80th Birthday, six of us children all donned cowboy hats. With one of my brothers on the guitar, and myself on the harmonica, we all belted out a personalised rendition of this song that spoke about our big, blended family.</b></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>He listened with tears in his eyes, and gave us a standing-O at the end!</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">I wouldn't let my dear saviour in</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Praise the Lord I saw the light.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">I saw the light I saw the light</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">No more darkness no more night</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Praise the Lord I saw the light.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Just like a blind man I wandered along</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Worries and fears I claimed for my own</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Praise the Lord I saw the light.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">I saw the light I saw the light</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">No more darkness no more night</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Praise the Lord I saw the light.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">I was a fool to wander and a-stray</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Straight is the gate and narrow the way</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Now I have traded the wrong for the right</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Praise the Lord I saw the light.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">I saw the light I saw the light</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">No more darkness no more night</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love this song for the words. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">They talk of standing up for what you believe in, regardless of however people treat you.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you become a Christian, your attitudes and heart change direction 180 degrees, like going from swimming downstream to upstream.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">You feel like the whole world has now turned you into public enemy No.1. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">You suddenly find out who your real friends are. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">But that's OK, because Jesus already warned us that would happen:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">John 15:18-25 (NKJV) <br /><sup><span style="color: black;">18 </span></sup> <span class="JesusWords">"If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before <i>it
hated</i> you.</span> <br /><sup><span style="color: black;">19 </span></sup> <span class="JesusWords">If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet
because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore
the world hates you.</span> <br /><sup><span style="color: black;">20 </span></sup> <span class="JesusWords">Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater
than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they
kept My word, they will keep yours also.</span> <br /><sup><span style="color: black;">21
</span></sup> <span class="JesusWords">But all these things they will do to you
for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.</span>
<br /><sup><span style="color: black;">22 </span></sup> <span class="JesusWords">If I had
not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse
for their sin.</span> <br /><sup><span style="color: black;">23 </span></sup> <span class="JesusWords">He who hates Me hates My Father also.</span> <br /><sup><span style="color: black;">24 </span></sup> <span class="JesusWords">If I had not done among
them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have
seen and also hated both Me and My Father.</span> <br /><sup><span style="color: black;">25 </span></sup> <span class="JesusWords">But <i>this happened</i>
that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, <i>'They hated
Me without a cause.'</i></span> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I do not have to fear because I believe in the One who casts out all fear. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the Dylan purists, here's a raw live version:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lyrics (courtesy lyricsfreak.com):</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>They ask me how I feel</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>And if my love is real</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>And how I know I'll make it through</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>And they, they look at me and frown</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>They'd like to drive me from this town</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>They don't want me around</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>'Cause I believe in you.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>They show me to the door</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>They say don't come back no more</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>'Cause I don't be like they'd like me to</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>And I, I walk out on my own</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>A thousand miles from home</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>But I don't feel alone</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>'Cause I believe in you.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>I believe in you even though we be apart</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>I believe in you even on the morning after</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Oh, when the dawn is nearing</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Oh, when the night is disappearing</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Oh, this feeling is still here in my heart.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Don't let me drift too far</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Keep me where you are</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Where I will always be renewed</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>And that which you've given me today</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Is worth more than I could pay</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>And no matter what they say</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>I believe in you.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>I believe in you when winter turn to summer</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>I believe in you when white turn to black</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>I believe in you even though I be outnumbered</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Oh, though the earth may shake me</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Oh, though my friends forsake me</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Oh, even that couldn't make me go back.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Don't let me change my heart</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Keep me set apart</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>From all the plans they do pursue</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>And I, I don't mind the pain</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>Don't mind the driving rain</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>I know I will sustain</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #474747; font-family: inherit;"><b>'Cause I believe in you.</b></span><br />
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<b>We all do it, don’t we? Every time we go to watch our nations’
National sporting teams go into battle with anothers’, we stand and sing our
respective National Anthems with great gusto. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>It fills us with pride. It gives us spectators a lift, and
those competitors a purpose for the battle – to defend their country’s honour
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<b>Most National Anthems laud the beauty and spectacle of their
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in its’ borders and be its’ ambassador to the rest of the world.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>And there is nothing wrong with having pride in your own
country. But did you ever stop and give thanks to God for His bountiful provision,
and protection?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>That is why I love the New Zealand National Anthem. </b></div>
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speaks of the gift of beauty. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>But it also goes a step further to thank the Giver for the
gift, and ask for protection.</b></div>
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<b>It is a prayer directed to the Creator of our beautiful country, although seldom treated as such.</b></div>
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<b>The anthem was written as a poem by Thomas Bracken of Dunedin, in the 1870's. It was set to music in 1876, but only officially became New Zealand's National Anthem in 1977. </b></div>
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<b>Actually, we have 2 official National Anthems. The original one, <a href="http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-anthems/god-save-queen">God Save The Queen</a>, is still recognised, but seldom sung by New Zealanders.</b></div>
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<b>God Defend New Zealand has 5 verses, but normally only the Maori and English first verses are sung.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>I love this folky version from Cindy Ruakere.</b></div>
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<b>E Ihowā Atua,<br /> O ngā iwi mātou rā<br /> Āta whakarangona;<br /> Me aroha noa<br /> Kia hua ko te pai;<br /> Kia tau tō atawhai;<br /> Manaakitia mai<br /> Aotearoa</b><br />
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<b>God of Nations at Thy feet,<br /> In the bonds of love we meet,<br /> Hear our voices, we entreat,<br /> God defend our free land.<br /> Guard Pacific's triple star<br /> From the shafts of strife and war,<br /> Make her praises heard afar,<br /> God defend New Zealand.</b></div>
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<b>Men of every creed and race,<br /> Gather here before Thy face,<br /> Asking Thee to bless this place,<br /> God defend our free land.<br /> From dissension, envy, hate,<br /> And corruption guard our state,<br /> Make our country good and great,<br /> God defend New Zealand.</b></div>
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<b>Peace, not war, shall be our boast,<br /> But, should foes assail our coast,<br /> Make us then a mighty host,<br /> God defend our free land.<br /> Lord of battles in Thy might,<br /> Put our enemies to flight,<br /> Let our cause be just and right,<br /> God defend New Zealand.</b></div>
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<b>Let our love for Thee increase,<br /> May Thy blessings never cease,<br /> Give us plenty, give us peace,<br /> God defend our free land.<br /> From dishonour and from shame,<br /> Guard our country's spotless name,<br /> Crown her with immortal fame,<br /> God defend New Zealand.</b></div>
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<b>May our mountains ever be<br /> Freedom's ramparts on the sea,<br /> Make us faithful unto Thee,<br /> God defend our free land.<br /> Guide her in the nations' van,<br /> Preaching love and truth to man,<br /> Working out Thy glorious plan,<br /> God defend New Zealand.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>This song is especially meaningful for me, for three reasons:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firstly, the uplifting lyrics. They speak of true friendship and loyalty regardless of the circumstances.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Secondly, the hauntingly beautiful voice of Art Garfunkel that sends </span>shivers down my spine.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thirdly, this was my late mothers' favourite song. I remember that when it came on the radio, she would quickly turn it up and sing along at the top of her voice.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A special song, with special lyrics, evoking special memories. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Enjoy!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>When you're weary</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>Feeling small</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>When tears are in your eyes</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">I will dry them all</span><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="line-height: 30px;">I'm on your side</span><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="line-height: 30px;">When times get rough</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>And friends just can't be found</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>Like a bridge over troubled water</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>I will lay me down</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>Like a bridge over troubled water</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">I will lay me down</span><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="line-height: 30px;"><br /></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>When you're down and out</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>When you're on the street</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>When evening falls so hard</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">I will comfort you</span><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="line-height: 30px;">I'll take your part</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>When darkness comes</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>And pain is all around</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>Like a bridge over troubled water</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>I will lay me down</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>Like a bridge over troubled water</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">I will lay me down</span><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="line-height: 30px;"><br /></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">Sail on Silver Girl,</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">S</span><span style="line-height: 30px;">ail on by</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>Your time has come to shine</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>All your dreams are on their way</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>See how they shine</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>If you need a friend</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>I'm sailing right behind</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>Like a bridge over troubled water</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>I will ease your mind</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>Like a bridge over troubled water</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 30px;"><b>I will ease your mind</b></span><br />
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<b>There is probably no other Christian anthem that stirs the heart like this famous hymn!</b><br />
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<b>Translated and composed by Stuart K. Hine, from the 1886 poem "O Great God", by Carl Boberg, it speaks of the awesome nature of our God - creating a special world for us to enjoy; loving us enough to spare us from His wrath in offering His Son as a sin sacrifice on our behalf; and the promise of eternal fellowship with Him after death.</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.songandpraise.org/how-great-thou-art-hymn.htm">Here are the lyrics of the original version</a>, but for a special treat I thought I would post a New Zealand Maori version. </b><br />
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<b>This song is sung at almost every Maori funeral. </b><br />
<b>There is something special and heart-warming when the Maori folk come together with just a guitar as accompaniment, and sing with love and passion with their unique, hauntingly beautiful tones.</b><br />
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<b>I found this Maori / English version on Youtube, and it brought tears to me eyes. </b><br />
<b>It is a tribute from friends of 'Audrey Phillips', and features (among others) artists Fourtunate, Vince Harder, and 2009 Australian Idol winner Stan Walker front and centre.</b><br />
<b>Stan </b><b>is a full-blooded Maori, even though he was born in Australia. These people are affectionately known as Maori Auzzies, or 'Mozzies'.</b><br />
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<b>It is obvious from the clip that not all of them know the words, but you can still worship with your eyes closed if that distracts you! </b><br />
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<b>Lyrics to this version:</b><br />
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<b>Whakaaria mai </b><br />
<b>Tōu rīpeka ki au </b><br />
<b>Tiaho mai </b><br />
<b>Rā roto i te pō </b><br />
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<b>Hei kona au </b><br />
<b>Titiro atu ai. </b><br />
<b>Ora, mate, </b><br />
<b>Hei au koe noho ai</b><br />
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<b>Show Your Cross to me</b><br />
<b>Let it shine there in the darkness</b><br />
<b>To there, I will be looking</b><br />
<b>In life, i</b><b>n death</b><br />
<b>Let me rest in Thee.)</b><br />
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<b>When Christ shall come</b><br />
<b>With shout of acclamation</b><br />
<b>And take me home</b><br />
<b>What joy shall fill my heart</b><br />
<b>Then I shall bow</b><br />
<b>In humble adoration</b><br />
<b>And there proclaim</b><br />
<b>My God, how great Thou art</b><br />
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<b>Then sings my soul</b><br />
<b>My saviour God, to Thee</b><br />
<b>How great Thou art</b><br />
<b>How great Thou art</b><br />
<b>Then sings my soul</b><br />
<b>My saviour God, to Thee</b><br />
<b>How great Thou art</b><br />
<b>How great Thou art.</b><br />
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<b>Here's one of those songs that can give you goosebumps when you hear it.</b><br />
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<b>It's a common song that's sung at football matches in the UK, adopted primarily by the Liverpool Football Club, being from the home of the band.</b><br />
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<b>It's a song of hope. When things are going from bad to worse, there will be something sweet at the end of it.</b><br />
<b><br />It reminds me of the security I have in Christ. </b><b>I can go through storm after storm after storm, and still feel secure in the knowledge that He holds my eternity in His hands (Psalm 121).</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="line-height: 30px;">When you walk through a storm, h</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">old your head up high </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">And don't be afraid of the dark. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">At the end of a storm t</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">here's a golden sky </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">And the sweet silver s</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">ong of a lark. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;"><br /></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">Walk on through the wind </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">Walk on through the rain </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">Though your dreams b</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">e tossed and blown. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">Walk on, w</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">alk on </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">With hope in your hearts </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">And you'll never walk alone </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">You'll never walk alone. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">Walk on, w</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">alk on </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">With hope in your hearts </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">And you'll never walk alone </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 30px;">You'll never walk alone. </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>This beautiful hymn touches my heart for a number of reasons:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Firstly, it speaks of the beautiful peace we can have when we know whatever gets thrown our way, we can have assurance that God is working things out for good for us because we love Him (Rom 8:28)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Secondly, it was one of my father's favourite hymns. He loved the old ones, and he sung them with great gusto. This was like his anthem, peace personified in a turbulent world. I remember singing this at his funeral, struggling to get the words out.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Horatio Spafford was a successful lawyer and property dealer in the 19th century. However, he lost his son Horatio Jr to Scarlet Fever when he was only four years old. Then he lost almost all of his property fortune in the great Chicago fire in 1871. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>In order to get away from Chicago, Spafford decided to move his family to England. However, when the time came to set sail, a business emergency prevented him from sailing, so he sent his family on ahead and promised to set sail a few days later.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tragically his wife's ship was struck by a British steel ship and sank- most of the passengers drowned, including all four of Spafford's daughters. Spafford took the next available ship to Britain to be with his wife Anna. During the journey, the captain called him to the bridge to inform him that that he believed he was passing over the site of the shipwreck. Spafford then went to his quarters and penned this great hymn.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Horatio and Anna soon returned to Chicago, and were blessed with three more children. One of the sons they also named Horatio, but unfortunately he also fell to the same disease as his brother, at the same age as well.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Spafford knew tragedy. He suffered immeasurable loss. But he also had a great comforter in his God. He knew that all things ultimately work for good because God was in control. Six of his eight beautiful children were at home with The Lord, and he knew that was a better place for them.</b></span></div>
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<b>Soak in the beautiful words of this amazing hymn, remembering God's wonderful peace and assurance.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>This song by Billy Joel has a whole lot of truth in it.</b></span><br />
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<b>Anyone can tell you what they want you to hear. And if you're desperate enough for the truth, you are willing to look in even the wrong places to find it, to our peril. </b><br />
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<b>But the problem is, everybody lies.</b><br />
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<b>We lie to save face. </b><br />
<b>We lie to protect others. </b><br />
<b>We lie to cover the sordid truth. </b><br />
<b>Then we lie to protect our lies. </b><br />
<b>Then we forget which lies we've told to whom, and spend our time trying to cover this up with more lies.</b><br />
<b>Then we die.</b><br />
<b>Then we face God on Judgement Day.</b><br />
<b>Then we find that we can't hide anymore for our lies.</b><br />
<b>Then He tells us that lying lips are an abomination to Him (Prov 12:22).</b><br />
<b>Then He tells us that all liars will have a part in the lake of fire (Rev 21:8).</b><br />
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<b>And that's the truth.</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you search for tenderness</span></b></div>
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It isn't hard to find</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can have the love you need to live</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">But if you look for truthfulness</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">
You might just as well be blind</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">It always seems to be so hard to give</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honesty is such a lonely word</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone is so untrue</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honesty is hardly ever heard</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">at I need from you</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can always find someone</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">To say they sympathize</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If I wear my heart out on my sleeve</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I don't want some pretty face</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">To tell me pretty lies</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">All I want is someone to believe</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honesty is such a lonely word</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone is so untrue</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honesty is hardly ever heard</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">And mostly what I need from you</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can find a lover</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can find a friend</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can have security</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Until the bitter end</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyone can comfort me</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">With promises again</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">
I know, I know</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">
When I'm deep inside of me</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don't be too concerned</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I won't ask for nothin' while I'm gone</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">But when I want sincerity</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tell me where else can I turn</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cause you're the one that I depend upon</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honesty is such a lonely word</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone is so untrue</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honesty is hardly ever heard</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">And mostly what I need from you</span></b>Craig Godfreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13974215047987368027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650184013582631911.post-87522246083282838382014-03-18T18:41:00.002+13:002020-06-13T15:08:32.665+12:00The Cross, By Phatfish<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">OK, first up is getting my priorities straight...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a Christian, God is centre and foremost to everything in my life. It therefore seems an appropriate place to start this journey.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">This song thanks Christ for dying on the cross in my place, so that when I stand before God on Judgement Day, He can dismiss those sins that Christ covered up, and grant me eternal life.</span></b><br />
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<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I see You hanging there, nailed to a splintered wooden beam,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Drinking pain and sorrow, breathing agony.</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And in those dark, dark hours as life drained from Your flesh and bones,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know my life had it's begining at Your cross,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I thank You....</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(CHORUS)</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the cross where You bled,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the cross where You died,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the cross where You've broken Satan's back,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the cross where You won,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the cross of victory,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the cross where You paid the price for me.</span></b><br />
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<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You were my substitute in laying down Your life for mine,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being cursed and bearing God's wrath for me.</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You were crushed by my sin - Your punishment has brought me peace,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By the wounds You suffered I'm alive and healed.</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I thank You....</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(CHORUS)</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Two days in the grave and then You rose up from the dead.</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now You reign in glory, rule in righteousness</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I was raised with You, free at last from all my sin,</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Safe forever in the home of my King.</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I thank You....</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(CHORUS)</span></b><br />
<b style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm free at last from all my sin, safe forever with my King </span></b><br />
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<b>Hi All</b><br />
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<b>Welcome to my new blog!</b><br />
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<b>I really just started this blog so that I would have a collection of some of my favourite music.</b><br />
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<b>There are moments in your life where you hear a song, and it strikes a chord (pardon the pun!) in your soul.</b><br />
<b>This can be anything from a Nursery Rhyme to an Anthem, Beethoven to The Beatles, Opera to Organic Punk (no, I didn't make that up, google it for yourself).</b><br />
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<b>Everyone has their tastes, and no two people have the same. So what influences mine?</b><br />
<b>Well firstly and foremost, being a born-again Christian has an <u>enormous </u>sway. This immediately discounts songs that have blasphemous lyrics and themes against my Creator. I subscribe to the old adage of garbage in, garbage out. If my mind is being stuffed with impure information, then my mouth, hands, and feet will surely follow.</b><br />
<b>Having said that, I can't just label all non-Christian music as worthless. Some have themes we can all identify with and relate to, while still having a clear conscience from our beliefs. While singing '3 Blind Mice' doesn't glorify God as such, it only offends Him if it becomes a replacement of my worship of Him. That's how I see it, anyway.</b><br />
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<b>I grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the early 60's. Being the youngest of 6 kids, I lived quite a sheltered life - I was protected from a lot of all the goings on in the world. This included a lot of the music I was subjected to in my early years as well.</b><br />
<b>I can remember my parents singing to Ray Charles' 'I Can't Stop Loving You' on the radio in the kitchen.</b><br />
<b>I can remember my mum humming hymns while doing the housework, and everyone tells me she used to sing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqGV0FVcEZ8">'Sleepy Joe'</a> to me, to wake me in the morning.</b><br />
<b>I can remember my sister dancing to all the protest folk songs in her paisley dress and a flower in her hair.</b><br />
<b>I remember my other sister crooning to The Bay City Rollers 'Saturday Night', dancing to Abba's 'Waterloo', as well as doing the Brooklyn Shuffle to the Bee Gees 'More than a Woman' (she'll probably slap me for saying that...).</b><br />
<b>I remember my brother's obsession to Boney M's 'Night Flight To Venus' album, as well as Meatloaf's 'Bat Out Of Hell'. Hmmm, not very honouring there, are we? (I'll <u>definitely</u> get a slap for saying that...)</b><br />
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<b>As for my own taste, well it was probably more middle-of-the-road easy listening. I could handle a bit of rock, but none of the head-banger stuff. I enjoyed singing along to songs whose lyrics had some sort of meaning for me. I couldn't be bothered with songs about sexual escapades . Meatloaf's "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad' seemed pointless to me - 'I want you, I need you, but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you' - how stupid is that?</b><br />
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<b>Anyway, I don't want to give away too much - you'll work it out as you go along!</b><br />
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<b>I will be tweaking things here and there as I go, so don't be surprised if the next time you visit things have changed.</b><br />
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<b>First music post coming soon...</b><br />
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<b>Enjoy!</b><br />
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