"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."
--G.K. Chesterton
"The man's body is sacred and the woman's body is sacred.../Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the well-off, just as much as you."
--Walt Whitman
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According to the Buddha, right speech is a statement that is timely, true, kind, helpful (connected to liberation), and spoken with a mind of good-will. Let us all try to observe this precept.
Not all of Graham Kendrick's music is my style, but this praise chorus based on Psalm 25 wonderfully uplifts and comforts me. During this Holy Week, when I hear the line "No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame," I think of Jesus' humiliation on the cross. Because he took on the worst shame, out of love for us, and triumphed over it, we don't have to be so afraid of any defeat, mockery, or prejudice we encounter in our lives. Not that it doesn't hurt, in the moment, but we should remember that God's love for us is more significant than any human judgments.
(Copyrighted lyrics available on Graham Kendrick's official website, and in the video.)
I'll be vacationing without my computer this weekend, so no more blogging for a few days. Have a blessed Easter and Passover, everyone.
