Hey
there! Welcome to Tuesday! You have come to the perfect place for
musings on music, thoughts on theology, and tidbits of trivia! It's all
rolled up into one neat blog called...Tuesday's Musical Notes! In
honor of yesterday's observance of President's day, we offer these
musings, thoughts, and tidbits, from Presidents Washington and
Lincoln...
"Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble" - George Washington
"In the end, it is not the years in your life that count, but the life in your years" - Abraham Lincoln
"Associate
yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.
It is better to be alone than in bad company." George Washington
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." Abraham Lincoln
"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God" George Washington
"Sir,
my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is
to be on God's side, for God is always right." Abraham Lincoln
The
Notes wishes to submit to you this editorial observation...the first
presidential candidate in the 2016 election that makes these kinds of
common sense quotes, instead of party talking points, would be worthy of
the office to which he wishes to obtain. Be looking for this person...
But we digress...
Welcome
to Tuesday's Musical Notes where we endeavor to write with you on our
minds and in our prayers... and sometimes with 2 different videos for
the same song...in short, "I Got My Mind Set On You"...
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It
would be the last #1 hit from a Beatle and one of only 3 #1's that
George Harrison would ever have as a solo artist. It was a cover of a
25 year old song, that never charted when originally released. It was
also the #1 hit the week prior to The Beatles being inducted into the
Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame, making George Harrison among the elite artists
to have a #1 single at the time of his induction.
The single
would be one of 2 that would hit the Billboard Hot 100 ("Back When We
Was Fab" was the other) from the #8 comeback album Cloud Nine.
His iconic status afforded him the luxury of having some of rock's
greatest players as musicians for the album. Jeff Lynne (ELO), Eric
Clapton, Elton John, Gary Wright ("Dream Weaver"), Ringo Starr, as well
as high profile session musicians, Jim Keltner(Drums), Ray Cooper(drums
and percussion), Jim Horn(baritone and tenor sax), Bobby Kok (cello),
and Vicki Brown (lead vocals for "Shanghai Surprise) would contribute to
the resurgence to popular music Harrison sought after having a 5 year
hiatus from recording and a 15 year stretch from the charts.
His
continued collaborations with Lynne would lead to the forming of
supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob
Dylan. The group never toured or performed together live. After the
death of Orbison, Harrison and company would record the second album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 in tribute and memorium. Harrison suggested the title according to Lynne "to confuse the buggers" ("Wilburys Set To Travel Again" USA Today June 6, 2011 Life/Music).
George Harrison's comeback with Cloud Nine
would mark the last solo studio album released during Harrison's
lifetime. It would return him to popular music and bring back to the
minds of music listeners the sound of The Beatles. It would be one of
the pieces of the puzzle that would come together later to inspire
1995's The Beatles Anthology.
As
we have traveled down our musical roads together, The Notes has
attempted to highlight wherever possible the pathway to eternal life
with God. George Harrison, in like manner, used his music to point to
the religion of Hare Krishna. The Notes confesses to a lack of
knowledge on Hare Krishna so therefore, we make only this conclusion.
From what we do know, Hare Krishna is not a religion dedicated to
putting on the mind of Jesus, therefore, it should be considered one of
the false religions to which the Bible refers in the New Testament:
True
belief is to understand that Jesus was the Son of God. Born in a
miraculous way, via the virgin Mary. Lived the life of a carpenter's
son. Fulfilled his calling as a preacher of the Good News, and
eventually become a sacrifice for all of the world's sins, through the
most torturous death ever created. He would then be buried after dying a
physical death on the cross, and would rise to be physically seen by
over 500 people who were followers. (1 Corinthians 15:6-9 The Message/King James Version Parallel)
He promised, as He ascended to the right hand of God, to return for
those who believe in Him. Followers of Jesus await that day. And as
they wait, the attempt to become more like Him.
The
above passages support the idea of setting our minds on the things of
Jesus. This process may very well take time, a whole lotta precious
time, in fact it may take patience and time, to get it right, child.
But the end results will be worth more than a whole lotta spending
money. This process transforms you into the likeness of Jesus causing
you to love everyone. It causes you to love everyone with a sacrificial
love that puts their needs ahead of yours. It causes you to love
everyone enough to tell them about Jesus regardless of the persecution
you will face. It causes you to provide resources for those who can
physically cross oceans to love other folks when we can't. It also
causes you to physically cross oceans to love other folks when you can.
More importantly, it causes you to love the other folks that you come
into contact every day. It is a daily process that can only be achieved
by spending time with Jesus...by putting our mind on Him, from our
waking moments until we pass into dreamland. Our goal should be to
spend time with Jesus to the point that He transforms us so much into
His likeness that others around us see Him and not us. And that's how
we know it's for real, the feelings that we feel, we know if we put our
minds to it, we know love really can do it...
This process of transformation to having the mind of Christ really becomes our next step...beyond belief...
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'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving you,
Randy
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