Rebekah Faith posted: " Recently as I was listening to the Andrea Bocelli station on a music streaming service a familiar song introduction began to play. I was a bit surprised because I hadn't heard the song "My Tribute" in some time, let alone by Bocelli. Boy was I surpri"
Recently as I was listening to the Andrea Bocelli station on a music streaming service a familiar song introduction began to play. I was a bit surprised because I hadn't heard the song "My Tribute" in some time, let alone by Bocelli. Boy was I surprised when instead of a tribute to God I heard, "My Way," streaming in my house. A famous song with a likable tune, sung by amazing singers, but not what I was expecting at all. I was so jarred that I turned it off completely, but I could not stop thinking about these two very different, very famous songs.
"My Way," as we know it today was written for Frank Sinatra (love that voice!) and was number one multiple times in the UK, a crowd favorite everywhere. However even Frank Sinatra didn't like the song that brought him back to the spotlight. This became Frank Sinatra's signature song, but he couldn't stand it, saying he "loathed" the song. In his later years, he described the song as "a Paul Anka pop hit which became a kind of national anthem." In a 2000 interview with the BBC show Hardtalk, Sinatra's daughter Tina said, "He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent. He didn't like it. That song stuck and he couldn't get it off his shoe." (Songfacts.com).
His description is accurate. It is all about self. I did it. It was all me. Myself. My way.
He said, 'Read John, chapter 17.' In that passage Jesus said, 'Father, I have glorified Thee, now glorify me.' I read the passage and didn't feel any inspiration to write."
"The following morning I got up singing 'to God be the glory.' I asked myself, 'Where did that come from?' I then went to the piano and wrote "My Tribute," in about 10 minutes."
Here is a side-by side comparison. Look for the different uses of the words "I," and "me." Then scroll down and we will bring this closer to home.
My Way
My friend, I'll make it clear I'll state my case, of which I am certain
I've lived a life that's full I traveled each and every highway And more, much more I did it, I did it my way
Regrets, I've had a few But then again, too few to mention I did what I had to do And saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course Each careful step along the byway And more, much, much more I did it, I did it my way
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew When I bit off more than I could chew And through it all, whenever there was doubt I ate it up and spit it out I faced it all and I stood tall And did it, did it my way
I've loved, laughed and cried I had my fill, my share of losing And now, as tears subside I find that it's all so amusing
And to think I did all that And may I say not in a shy way No, no, not me I did it my way
For what is a man, what has he got If not himself, then he has naught Not to say the things that he truly feels And not the words of someone who kneels The record shows I took all the blows And did it my way
How can I say thanks For the things You have done for me? Things so undeserved Yet You gave to prove Your love for me The voices of a million angels Could not express my gratitude All that I am and ever hope to be I owe it all to Thee
To God be the glory To God be the glory To God be the glory For the things He has done
With His blood He has saved me With His power He has raised me To God be the glory For the things He has done
Oh, just let me live my life Let it be pleasing, Lord to Thee And if I gain any praise Let it go to Calvary (Calvary)
Oh, with His blood (His blood) He has saved me (He has saved me) With His power (His power) He has raised me (He has raised me) To God (to God) be the glory (glory) For the things He has done
Specifically for me with music, this has been a battle- my glory and purposes or His? I'm thankful that those two purposes are lining up more and more, but how many other places am I taking the credit, trying to do it all myself, my way, my time?
Dear God,
Forgive me when I think I've done it all or I can do it all, when I don't rely on you. Forgive me when I take the glory that is due to you. …."Just let me live my life Let it be pleasing, Lord to Thee And if I gain any praise Let it go to Calvary!" You have saved me! You have raised me! To You be the glory, now and forever! Amen
Heather Wampler posted: " It has been a rough week for Netflix and shows why if you go woke you go broke. Dave Chappelle's Netflix special, 'The Closer', came out last week to raving reviews from the audience and a dismal critic score. Of course, we know how well you can trust"
It has been a rough week for Netflix and shows why if you go woke you go broke. Dave Chappelle's Netflix special, 'The Closer', came out last week to raving reviews from the audience and a dismal critic score. Of course, we know how well you can trust the critics' score. Dave Chappell is no […]
taurusingemini posted: " We the people got those, feeding tubes, FED down our throats, with the government, force-feeding those lies down into our, stomachs here… Feeding us lies, and, there's no way, any of us, can, puke it back out, because, they would, make us eat up all o"
We the people got those, feeding tubes, FED down our throats, with the government, force-feeding those lies down into our, stomachs here…
Feeding us lies, and, there's no way, any of us, can, puke it back out, because, they would, make us eat up all our puke too! Feeding us lies, the government's done that, since the start of its term, since the DDP became the party in power here, and, it'd still not, taken the responsibilities, for giving we the people exactly WHAT we desperately needed: where the @#$% is our vaccines??? (the wolves are coming, stated the government who'd cried "wolf"!)
Feeding us lies, and they still, expect us, to be, ever so grateful, for their abuse of us, of giving us the "free cash" vouchers (the money came from we the taxpayers??? And there were those, who were actually, RETARDED enough to believe, that it's FREE CASH!!!), instead of upping its vaccine buying power, so everybody CAN have her/his second dose, and it'd still NOT allowed the mixing of the vaccines, despite how foreign medical journals showed that mixing of the vaccines are, more effective against the mutated delta strain.
lies, lies, lies, and actions that don't comply with, "with the people's best interests" in mind...
comic found online
And, there's, the not-having enough energy, the blackout that occurred "by accident", because an unknown employee pressed that WRONG button at the electricity plant of Taipower. Oh, and how 'bout the system of upload that "accidentally" went "off-line", that got FRIED, and out goes, a whole lot of the already uploaded learning process files, and because kids today don't got NO (and your point being???) sense to BACK up their work, they all got, SCREWED on the process of submitting the info packets for their college admissions.
And the list still goes on, on, on and on, to INFINITY & BEYOND (as in the words of Mr. B. Lightyear???)…and we the people are still, DEAD in that COMATOSE, not yet waking up!
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