Not every song that
will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian”
in the eyes of this world. For some will
be anguished cries from the pit of despair while others will be quite obviously
fervent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless,
be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another)
and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.
It Won’t Be Like
This For Long
Darius Rucker
He didn't have to
wake up
He'd been up all night
Lyin’ there in bed and listenin’
To his newborn baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss
And says
It's gonna
Be okay
It won't be like this
For long
One day we'll look back laughin’
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby
Just hold on
It won't be like this for long
Four years later
‘Bout 4:30
She's crawlin’ in their bed
And when he drops her off at pre-school
She's clingin’ to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says
What can I do
She says
Now, don't you
worry
This'll only last a week or two
It won't be like this
For long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won't even know you're gone
This phase is gonna
fly by
If you can just hold on
It won't be like this for long
Someday soon she'll be a teenager
And at times
He'll think she
hates him
And he'll walk her down the aisle
And raise her veil
But right now she's up and cryin'
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her goodnight
And she says her prayers
He lays down there beside her
‘Til her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart
'Cause he already knows
It won't be like this
For long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
And this phase is gonna fly by
So he's tryin’ to hold on
It won't be like this for long
It won't be like this for long
This
Darius Rucker
Got a baby girl
sleepin’ in my bedroom
And her mama laughin’ in my arms
There's the sound of rain on the rooftop
And the game's about to start
I don't really know how I got here
But I'm sure glad that I did
And it's crazy to think
That one little
thing
Could've changed all of it
Maybe it didn't turn out
Like I planned
Maybe that's why I'm such
Such a lucky man
For every stoplight I didn't make
Every chance I did
Or I didn't take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
All the things I knew
But I didn't know
Thank God for all I missed
'Cause it led me here to this
Like the girl that I loved in high school
Who said she could do better
Or that college I wanted to go to
'Til I got that letter
All the fights
And the tears
And the heartache
I thought I'd never get through
And the moment I
almost gave up
All lead me here to you
I didn't understand it
Way back when
But sittin’ here right now
It all makes
perfect sense
For every stoplight I didn't make
Every chance I did
Or I didn't take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
All the things I knew
But I didn't know
Thank God for all I missed
'Cause it led me here to this
How I cried
When my mama passed
away
But now I've got an angel
Lookin’ out for me
today
So nothing's a mistake
For every stoplight I didn't make
Every chance I did
Or I didn't take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
Everything I knew
But I didn't know
Thank God for all I missed
'Cause it led me here to this
“Come Monday…” is a
weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television
shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be
generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my
duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be
good—right? Therefore, since good is
generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel
universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being
something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
First
of all, please understand that both my wife and I absolutely love [Kelly Clarkson], which started during the first season of American Idol, which she [won]. Yeah, I know that sounds kinda creepy, but
since we are old enough to easily be her parents, it has to be innocent—right?
Anyway,
we also love [Jennifer Nettles], who does most of the singing for [Sugarland]. She also knows how to sing a great duet.
Alas,
I do not believe that we will be hearing anything like that coming from
[Duets]. Well, unless the show gets a
whole better than it was in the first episode that aired last Thursday.
No,
I cannot point to any one thing as being at the root of the problem, which
sounds promising. On the other hand, I
can recall hearing several rather sour notes (both literally and figuratively) throughout
the first episode, with not the least of these coming from [John Legend] and
[Robin Thicke], which does not bode well for the show at all.
By
the way, did you notice something different about that trailer for Duets? If you didn’t, it had [Lionel Richie] being
on show, and he was [replaced by John Legend] before the first episode
aired. Could it be that Richie didn’t
want to be part of a train wreck so soon after climbing back to [the top of the charts]?
Of
course, I could be wrong. If you would
like to find out, the next episode of Duets is scheduled to air next Thursday,
May 31, at 7 p.m. CDT. My wife and I
will not be watching, but you are more than welcome to get back to me on how
right I am about the show.
Back during my childhood, our parents would often load up my
brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive
around where we lived.Even though we
were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them, and this is
why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a weekly series
revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.The link below the image is to the site
itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.
This is a weekly
series that will include a brief summary of the latest articles that have been
published on The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter. Hopefully, this will encourage you to go
check out some truly outstanding articles that have been published by a number
of truly outstanding authors. Moreover,
I hope this will also encourage you to want to become a contributing
member/author, as well. The “Hear
Ye! Hear Ye!” site explanation near the
top of the side-bar should answer many of your questions. Yes, this series also included an “SOS! (Spam
On Saturdays)” segment before, but it
just wasn’t working for me. Therefore,
that will be replaced by a republishing of one of the Trib articles.
[Varmint Signs 13] has a cat trying to get in better shape in order to survive the
coming apocalypse.
[YouTube Links] has me wondering why not all links work as they should.
[R.I.P. GCB] contains some thoughts on an ABC show that has already been cancelled.
If
you are not familiar with it, hacked off is an old expression that denotes
being rather upset over something. Kinda
like ticked off—only different.
Truth
be told, it is probably an expression that only someone at the end of a
three-day drunk having some issues with an uncooperative bartender would likely
use, but it goes fairly well with the topic at hand. For it greatly upsets me to hear newscasters
contributing to the dumbing down of America.
What
I am talking about in this particular case is hearing the software engineers at
Facebook being referred to as hackers.
For by [definition]: Computer hacking is broadly defined as
intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized
access.
In
all fairness, the definition that I am referring to does not appear to be
chiseled in stone. For according to the
[Wikipedia article] on the subject: Hacking
means finding out weaknesses in a computer or computer network and exploiting
them, though the term can also refer to someone with an advanced understanding
of computers and computer networks.
Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit,
protest, or challenge. The subculture
that has evolved around hackers is often referred to as the computer
underground but it is now an open community.
While other uses of the word hacker exist that are not related to computer
security, they are rarely used in mainstream context. They are subject to the
long standing hacker definition controversy about the true meaning of the term
hacker. In this controversy, the term hacker is reclaimed by computer
programmers who argue that someone breaking into computers is better called a
cracker, not making a difference between computer criminals (black hats) and
computer security experts (white hats). Some white hat hackers claim that they
also deserve the title hacker, and that only black hats should be called
crackers.
On
the other hand, what generally comes to mind when you hear the term, hacker,
being used, and wouldn’t it be advantageous for the bad guys to have no
distinction placed between their nefarious intentions and those of legitimate
programmers? It does give you something
to think about—doesn’t it?
Oh,
and in regards to Facebook stock, look for the price to start heading south in
a hurry not all that long from now. For
as was addressed in that Nightline segment, if Facebook yields to the demands
of serious investors/traders by adding more and more advertising, it will fade
into oblivion like MySpace, and if Facebook doesn’t yield, those serious
investors/traders will dump their holdings.
The SOLE purpose of this weekly series is
to call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one
way or another. Just to be clear,
inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as a recommendation, and I
have included sites that are rather disturbing to me. The link below each image is to the site
itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken
when applicable. Please, go see for
yourself.
