So one song in particular played over and over again last night- Man in the Mirror. Michael co-wrote the song and made it number 1 on the charts in 1988! (Side comment- for all you high school football fans in Texas. My high school, Converse Judson, lost the state title game to Dallas Carter that year. I was in attendance at Texas Stadium to see us get crushed, but we were later awarded the title when Carter was found to have cheated.) So with all of our efforts today to consider the state of the world and the plight of others "less fortunate", Michael was thinking like many today. Only he was doing it in '88! I think that's pretty amazing. I mean it's not like he was the first to try to make a positive difference in the world, but he was doing it a long time before others. He was also thinking this way when the world was larger- no email, internet, etc.
So here are a few lines I really like from the song.
I see the kids in the street,
Without enough to eat,
Who am I, to be blind?
Pretending not to see their needs.
and
They follow the pattern of the wind
The second line makes me think of the verse regarding the Holy Spirit. John 3:8
He is like the wind in that nobody can know for sure how He acts in people's lives. The song makes me want to be a wind follower. To follow the pattern of the One who is like the wind- unpredictable and untamed.
4 comments:
cool. i love that song, although when i was little i would try and sing along and thought the words were "man in the middle"...
you know, i was just thinking...it's hard to find songs these days that are about love or past loves or something random... anyway..random thought... but i like what you said about this song and about being a wind follower. "unpredictable and untamed." it's crazy to think about all that God is doing right now that we don't even have a clue about...
ok my comment is officially too long...
very cool song...i couldn't remember it, so I found a you tube video of Michael Jackson performing it live at the 1988 Grammy Awards with a Gospel Choir.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zpTQCQEFhg
oh how I love his performances...what a talented man. and I agree with B about your thoughts on the wind follower....so cool. It is interesting though how his lyrics talk about looking at the man in the mirror when you consider his past struggles and where he is today... :(
humm... michael jackson, eh. Thats cool. I want to download a couple Justin Timberlake songs but can't bring myself to do it. Ofcourse they are not as righteous as a song like Man in the Mirror.
wow...i was born in '88...
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