Bite-Sized NewsBoys #19
Song: The Fad of the Land
Album: Thrive
"I’m a marinade of what’s hot this summer…" who is? Peter. Peter Furler, and he admits it. He’s a guy who is always running after the newest trend and fad. The newest car, the newest phone, the newest CD, the newest book…yadayadaya. He’s one who chases after and keeps up with just about any trend (except clothing and hairstyles, mostly).
At the time he wrote this song he relized that his little dodads he’d collected for himself either sucked away all his time and appreciation for themselves or else didn’t make him happy. So he got rid of them. His cellphone and fax machine, TV and all that. The song basically informs us that all things (except God) should be in moderation.
Bite-Sized NewsBoys #20
Song: John Woo
Album: Thrive
I’ve tried over and over to explain this song to my sister and she still doesn’t get it. Hopefully that means she’s dense and my attempting to explain it to you isn’t in vain.
To those of you who don’t know who John Woo is (and any who do correct any of the misremembered facts): John Woo was a orphan in China who was sponsored by a organization like Compassion International. Over the years he overcame a great many obsticals and became a Christian, moved to Hollywood, and is now a movie director.
The verses of the song tell the story of a band (presumably the ‘boyz themselves) in a limo hangin’ out, punching each other in the arm, or staring out the window, whatever. They’re driven around on this hot summer day when a bee flies through the open window and (ironically) the limo’s driver is allergic to the bee’s sting. The passenger’s relized this and start swatting at it which only makes the bee mad (or scared as the case may be) even the Band’s bodyguard can’t seem to kill the bee and everyone in the limo fears for their life because if the bee stings the driver his throat will start swelling and if not treated almost immediately he’ll die from suffocation. (Why they didn’t just pullover is a mystery to me.) But one thing you do not want is someone passed out driving you around, right? An acsident is inevitable.
The last part of the song tells us that their is actually a moral to or meaning behind this song (we also know the ‘boyz need new library cards). So what’s this meaning? I’m not even sure the ‘boyz are sure what it is but I think it kind of tells us that God is in control. A little thing like a bee can throw someone’s life into jepordy and send everything haywire well at the same time large things like being a orphan from China can be overcome and you can become the movie director you’ve always wanted to be. God directed the bee into the limo window and directed John Woo to his career whatever the details of that were. There’s probably a book about him somewhere…
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. — Jeremiah 29:11
Bite-Sized NewsBoys #21
Song: Lord (I Don’t Know)
Album: Thrive
Thomas Merton. He was a Catholic writer who died several years ago, in ‘68 at the age of fifty-three. His father was a Kiwi painter, if anyone’s interested but that’s not what we’re here to talk about ( if you really want to know about him see Wikipedia) what we care about is one of his writings. I have no idea how many books he’s written but he wrote a poem/prayer once and this song is based on that prayer.
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I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. — Proverbs 3:5-6
(Imported from HomeschoolBlogger.)
