Wednesday, September 13, 2006

rebellion.... but against what?

'The Man in Black' by Matthew Sheahan - Get Underground Featured Article :
"On his wearing black, Cash wrote the following in his 1997 autobiography Cash:

'I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It’s still my symbol of rebellion – against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others’ ideas.'"

i seem to remember having said something similar recently.... it's interesting when you see/read/hear that others have the same notions as you.... it's encouraging to me, thanks God, for bringin' this article with this quote my way.

and now i have to get to sleep. i haven't eaten since 10, it's almost 2, i'm starving but i have a fasting blood test in the morning *bleh*, and instead of sleeping i've been reading about johnny cash's faith... one of these days, i gotta rent that movie! (lol - is it even out on dvd yet? i'm clueless!!! :P )

another good little write up on the man worth a read is Grace of Johnny Cash. cute picture at the end, too... but do read the article before looking at the picture, if you can! (lol)
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Outcast, Adopted.

THIS BLOG IS IN NEED OF AN OVERHAUL. there are posts from years back i would not be able to post in good conscience now. i plan to overhaul the blog, and either delete or add a disclaimer to those posts. but that is gonna take time....

The Radical Summons: "Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:13.

"The Spirit never loosens where the Word binds; the Spirit never justifies where the Word condemns; the Spirit never approves where the Word disapproves; the Spirit never blesses where the Word curses." —Thomas Brooks

‎"God receives none but those who are forsaken, restores health to none but those who are sick, gives sight to none but the blind, and life to none but the dead. He does not give saintliness to any but sinners, nor wisdom to any but fools. In short: He has mercy on none but the wretched and gives grace to none but those who are in disgrace. Therefore no arrogant saint, or just or wise man can be material for God, neither can he do the work of God, but he remains confined within his own work and makes of himself a fictitious, ostensible, false, and deceitful saint, that is, a hypocrite." --Martin Luther (W.A. 1.183ff)

i will not let You go: "Jacob's sense of his total debility and utter defeat is now the secret of his power with his friendly Vanquisher. God can overthrow all the prowess of the self-reliant, but He cannot resist the earnest entreaty of the helpless." --Albert Barnes

i will not let You go: "Jacob's determination did not flow from his strength, it flowed from his weakness." --Charles Leiter