Everybody around the world knows who he was. He was a very popular entertainer and people around the world loved him. He had a lot of accomplishments, and all of the news media are talking about how great of a person he was and how much they will miss him. It would be comical if it wasn’t so serious, but everywhere I look, everyone is saying ‘rest in peace’.
Nowhere in Jackson’s life can I find that he ever came to know Christ. I won’t go so far as to say he lived completely for himself because he gave to charities and such, but even some of that was pretty controversial. What I will say is that he did nothing for the cause of Christ. According to my Bible, and according to his testimony, he is far from Heaven.
Hell is real. It is hot. Everything Jackson did here was temporal. Nothing lasted. Nothing he did will help him. Nothing. People will say that his influence lives on, and his spirit lives on in his music, etc. I don’t deny that. But it still will not help him. It will not help you, either.
Everyone, if all you live for is to satisfy the flesh, whether it be with music or anything else, it is all temporal. It has no lasting eternal benefit. I’m not against having fun, but if you’ve never been saved, you’ll end up with the same fate as this ‘great’ person.
If you are saved, our first priority ought to be to please God. I can’t think of much of anything about this person that pleased God. Especially his music.
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A while back, I saw this thing on YouTube where they wanted to put together a music video from all over the world. They called it the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, or YTSO. I considered trying to play a piece for it, but didn’t put all that much thought into it, and eventually forgot about it.
I ran across it again today, and they’ve just posted a mashup video of all of the entries that makes up the entire song. Pretty impressive! I sort of wish I’d tried out for it now…Take a look!
I ran across this video today and had to share it. If you’re a big Star Wars fan you’ll love it. Even if you’re not a Star Wars fan you’ll love it. I watched the first Star Wars episode when they were all redone, but never really got into it. This video, however is awesome.
Lately there are things that keep happening that are inspiring me to try to get back into music a little bit. For instance, a good while back Becky and I decided we wanted to try to learn a song or two to be able to sing in church. Mostly if not completely my fault, we haven’t learned anything yet. One of the new churches we’re visiting has asked us if we sing, so there’s one thing.
I went to my cousin’s house one day to pick up some eggs (of all things, I know). Her daughter was in her room practicing the piano, and when I came in she asked me to play a certain southern style of “I’ll Fly Away” for her so she could hear it and try to learn that style. It’s been forever since I played that song, much less that style, so I wasn’t able to do it.
It’s just little things like that. I’m thinking more and more of needing to get back on the piano, or my guitars. I also have a mandoline, fiddle and banjo that I can’t play. I need to learn how to play those. I love the way they all sound – I just haven’t taken the time to learn to make that sound myself.
So I’m trying to inspire myself even more with this photo I took of the fretboard on my bass guitar. I’ve also got a music theme background on my computer, so that every time I sit down to use it, I see it. I’ll get there one day.
