As Fi Bows to Peer Pressure

It’s not a song, but this something equally worth thinking about. In the last 24 hours:

20 people were killed by a car bomb in Iraq

13 people were killed, and over 40 injured, in a bomb blast in a vegetable market in Sri Lanka

12 Kurdish rebels and 2 Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash in south-east Turkey

2 shoppers were killed, and 7 were injured, in a bomb blast in Iraq

2 bystanders were killed, and 23 wounded, in a bomb blast in Iraq

2 policemen and 1 civilian were killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq

3 government employees were hunted down and killed by gunmen in Baghdad, Iraq

5 more US soldiers in Iraq were killed

12 killed, 32 injured in a traffic accident in central China

1 pro-democracy protester was killed in Nepal

6 insurgents were killed in Afghanistan

1 person was killed in a bomb blast in Macedonia

13 people were killed in a rebel attack in Sudan

1 aid worker in Somalia was killed

55 people were killed and more than 100 injured in Pakistan

1 person was killed in a grenade blast at North-Caucasus counter-terrorism centre

6 people were killed and some 300 others injured in a rampage in Bangladesh

2 Palestinians were killed in Gaza Strip

6 people were killed and 2 others injured in India

There are many more. Hundreds of people were killed in road accidents yesterday. Many people were murdered in cities all over the world. Every 3 seconds, someone dies from the effects of living in absolute poverty. According to statistics kept by Voice of the Martyrs in Bartlesville, Okla., over the past two decades, an average of 400 Christians have been killed in Islamic states every day.

What a wonderful world.

I have to admit to not having seen The Passion yet, but my sister was given the “songs inspired by the movie” album last year and there are some awesome songs on it. I couldn’t call this song my favourite, in many ways it’s a very painful song, but I’ve been listening to it a bit and the more I dwell on the lyrics, the more I realise the importance of Easter.

Thanks to amazon.com - Links to short snippet of the song: Music sampler; Windows Media player; Realplayer.

How Many Lashes - Kirk Franklin & Yolanda Adams

Sitting here speechless,
still kinda numb,
my mind’s closed in, my soul’s closed in
on what I just saw
on the big screen, what big things happened
I saw like a nightmare
some kids cried, some try to be hard
like they didn’t care

*chorus*

Autumn has sprung and it is rapidly becoming cold and wet. Bring on my year of Winter!

I like songs and I find them a fantastic way to think about the importance of Holy Week, so everyday will have a different song’s lyrics and hopefully a link to a snippet of the song (but not for today’s unfortunately). I’m not paying attention to the days so all songs relate to the 48 hours leading up to Jesus death. I have all these songs on cd should you feel the urge to borrow one just let me know.

“Holy Week is the last week of Lent, the week immediately preceding Easter Sunday.  It is observed in many Christian churches as a time to commemorate and enact the suffering (Passion) and death of Jesus through various observances and services of worship.” - The Voice

Gethsemane - Ian White

On reaching the place he said to them,

“Pray you will not fall to temptation”

And then he withdrew a short distance away,

And kneeling down, he started to pray;

“Father if you’re willing, take this cup from me

and yet not my will be done, but the will of Thee.”

Suddenly, an angel from heaven

Appeared to Him and strengthened Him,

And being in anguish He prayed all the more.

And His sweat was like blood, running down to the ground.

“Father if you’re willing, take this cup from me

and yet not my will be done, but the will of Thee.”

Rising from prayer, going back to the disciples,

He found them asleep, exhausted and tired.

Saying “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray

That you will not fall to temptation.”

“Father if you’re willing, take this cup from me

and yet not my will be done, but the will of Thee.”

The Garden of Gethsemane

I have deleted my Wellington Central blog. There’s just no point in having a separate politics blog, but this won’t mean more politics in this blog, promise!!