America Access Backstage
America Search
Menu
Home
America Fan Blog
Dan Peek Fan Blog
Photos
Live Shows
Billboard Info
Other News
Links
Terms
America Store

Log In
Username

Password

Remember Me


Share & Bookmark Us


Bookmark and Share




googlesvcs from Data Management & Warehousing, the Data Warehousing knowledgebase and consultancy

Search Bulletin Board





Download It Now
With Bonus Tracks!




Order It Now!


Get Horse On Your Phone
Ringingphone 110x39

Buy Your Own Taylor
And Play Along


Here's The Sheetmusic

Report Message
Forums :: Dan Peek Fan Blog :: Re: OT: Message #5 ... The Second of the Four Blood Moons ... October 8 (Tomorrow)

Reason:


Poster: shasta
Message:
I'm HOME, KoG! So what'd ja do, what'd ja do, what'd ja do, do, do??? That young lady has a LOT of potential, vocally-speaking. She already shows signs, unfortunately, of becoming a spoiled little child superstar, and I hate to see that. The song tackles a terrible epidemic that nobody labels "epidemic." God hates divorce, and I think one of the reasons is that it disinherits the children. Since my father's first wife divorced him (for another man) I have first-hand experience. He brought his woundedness into his relationship with my mother. My older siblings never really recovered. When he died, I got it all. However, he told them AND me what he wanted each one of them to get and I ended up giving them even more. But what they got was filtered through me first. Secondly, we think that because the warm fuzzies are gone, that love must be gone. Love is a commitment, not a feeling. The commitment has to carry people through, when the feelings have waned or are gone altogether. Thirdly, relationships - ANY - take work, and when things aren't going well, they take more work. God probably had a smart idea in keeping me single, because I'm a lazy thing when it comes to relationships! After so many years, I've got my own little world and I usually take great delight in it! I've gotten bored twice this year. There's always something to do, and I keep busy during my free time. Fourthly, the people of God have done a pathetic job with counseling. We're great at dispensing psychology, but that doesn't cut it. The evidence is in the divorce rate amongst Christians. Hurting people need to hear from their Creator and that takes a lot of time on the part of the pastor, on his face before God on behalf of those he counsels. Precious few pastors understand that or are willing to put in the time. Best teaching I ever received on relationships - any relationship - was by a Kiwi named Tom Marshall. He was in YWAM and had pioneered Teen Challenge (David Wilkerson's program) in New Zealand. His book, "Right Relationships: How to Create them and How to Restore them," was our "textbook" when I took a biblical counseling school through YWAM. He taught that in ANY relationship, there are 4 ingredients: love, trust, honor and understanding. Love endures, no matter what. Trust is very fragile and hard to regain. Our modern society is bereft of honor or respect. And we have a deep need to be understood by others. The biggest negative of this past weekend was the total lack of relationship extended to me by the people who attended this benefit event. One dude walked by me like I wasn't there. Three inches closer and he would've mowed me down! Nobody, but nobody opened up to me, until this morning. I wanted to backhand the man sitting next to me during the concert Friday night. He literally sat there with his arms folded defiantly across his chest, as if to say, "I'm a married man, Lady, so keep your distance." Well I wasn't interested in flirting with the turkey, for pity's sake! I'd pick somebody I thought was better-looking than him, believe me! I left him and visited with a couple from Redding that I met in the parking lot. I spotted their California license plate, and they happened to be the couple I wanted to meet anyway! When I returned, he changed his physical stance and we actually had a little conversation! This morning at breakfast I got a man to open up to me. He was a retired construction worker and my father was a bulldozer operator. I understood the lingo. A younger man joined us. (I must say they both cussed a blue streak) but the older guy told the funniest stories about people putting their boats on their boat trailers! Just a simple little conversation like that meant a lot to me and mellowed my opinion of the whole affair (America's outrageously good concert excepted)! Married people are generally pathetic at knowing how to reach out to single people, and I happen to get along quite well with most men. But I'll tell you, that couple from Redding didn't have any problems with me. We hit it off and hopefully we will be hearing from her at least on this website.


phpWebSite (c) Appalachian State University - is licensed under the GNU LGPL and GNU GPL..
Web designer Campbell Media Services