Well I just got done seeing Rent and I’m so over taken with sadness. The voices are strong and beautiful. Each Song on it’s own has two or three levels of meaning but what was meant to celebrate Life, and give a sense of Hope to me has shadowed hopelessness and the endless struggle people have with try’n to reconcile with a God that they do not acknowledge or know that He exist to bring them Hope. I cannot explain the emotional state I’m in.. I am really Heart Broken with tears. the things people try to fill their lives with , the things they try to bring meaning with- the lies that we all tell hoping to believe.
I believe in Carpi Diem in the sense that we must live our lives with out expectation of tomorrow. I believe that we must make today count ( although I confess that I usually do not) however there’s a song in Rent that says there is no past there is no future it says theirs only these moments and no time for regrets or Life will pass you by.- well obviously that’s not word for word but that’s the message. IT’s a beautiful song and repeated often, regardless, it leaves me with the sense that it is saying “do what every you wish to find your truth because we only have now”. How can we who Know better show those who do not see? Often times, those. do not wish to see that there is A different reality- that Tomorrow is not necessarily a day by chance, That Christ has come to Give a life of Abundance— That His Sheep Know His voice- and HE Does Know each and every one by Name
I believe in Carpi Diem in the sense that we must live our lives with out expectation of tomorrow. I believe that we must make today count ( although I confess that I usually do not) however there’s a song in Rent that says there is no past there is no future it says theirs only these moments and no time for regrets or Life will pass you by.- well obviously that’s not word for word but that’s the message. IT’s a beautiful song and repeated often, regardless, it leaves me with the sense that it is saying “do what every you wish to find your truth because we only have now”. How can we who Know better show those who do not see? Often times, those. do not wish to see that there is A different reality- that Tomorrow is not necessarily a day by chance, That Christ has come to Give a life of Abundance— That His Sheep Know His voice- and HE Does Know each and every one by Name
Lyrics from RENT
There's only usThere's only this ...
Forget regret or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today
The heart may freeze or it can burn
The heart may freeze or it can burn
The pain will ease if I can learn
There is no future, there is no past
I live this moment as my last
There's only us, there's only this
Forget regret, or life is yours to miss
No other road,
no other way
No day but today
There's only us, only tonight
There's only us, only tonight
We must let go to know what's right
No other course, no other way
No day but today
I can't controlMy destiny
I trust my soul
My only goal is just to be
There's only nowThere's only here
Give in to love
Or live in fear
No other path
No other way
1 comment:
Larnel Harris sang a song called "Walking With My Lord." One of the lines says: "And if at life's end He had promised nothing more, I'd still be satisfied walking with my Lord." My time on earth is satisfying, but it is only a glimpse of what will come...I see in a glass dimly, but one day I will see Him face to face!
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