If you want proof that beauty is not synonymous with perfection, just listen to this ragged-but-right vocal by Junior Sisk.
A lot of people will resist the sentiment expressed in these lyrics, and that’s probably a healthy thing. Most of us only have the experience of relating to other people – no better and no worse than we are. If we promise ourselves this way to other folks, regardless of relationship, we open ourselves up to abuse of all kinds. If we promise ourselves this way to corporations, groups, ideologies, or nations, genocide is almost a given.
The tragic, scary thing is that, more often than not, when people promise themselves this way to other folks, to corporations, groups, ideologies, or nations, they believe they are promising themselves to God. It’s no easy task to tell one from the other; one has to tread carefully every damn day.
Maybe that’s what Jesus meant when he commanded his followers to take the narrow way.
This is Junior Sisk & Rambler’s Choice with, “The Lowest Valley”.
A lot of people will resist the sentiment expressed in these lyrics, and that’s probably a healthy thing. Most of us only have the experience of relating to other people – no better and no worse than we are. If we promise ourselves this way to other folks, regardless of relationship, we open ourselves up to abuse of all kinds. If we promise ourselves this way to corporations, groups, ideologies, or nations, genocide is almost a given.
The tragic, scary thing is that, more often than not, when people promise themselves this way to other folks, to corporations, groups, ideologies, or nations, they believe they are promising themselves to God. It’s no easy task to tell one from the other; one has to tread carefully every damn day.
Maybe that’s what Jesus meant when he commanded his followers to take the narrow way.
This is Junior Sisk & Rambler’s Choice with, “The Lowest Valley”.
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