Subj : Re: Lamentations To : AUGUST ABOLINS From : JIM STAAL Date : Sat Oct 21 2000 03:50 pm -=> AUGUST ABOLINS wrote to JIM STAAL <=- AA> Hi JIM STAAL of 1:3603/140, AA> In a message to Steve Kemp, on you wrote: JS> ... Despite the fact that the song JS> was a serious cry for help, both it (I recorded it on my third album) JS> and I were shunned by the local Christian community. Not their JS> fault. AA> What kind of christians call themselves christian when they shun their AA> fellow man? How can they not be faulted; they made a CHOICE. Sorry I misrepresented my intended thought. Further explanation below. JS> ....What made me think JS> that I could live the lie... And still come back to you...there's no JS> reason why... Please don't let me die...oh Lord... AA> A lot of pain in the entire lyric. But what are you referring to when AA> you say "live the lie"? Do you mean the belief of God? Heh. No, quite the contrary. When I wrote that song, I was reaching a bottom ebb of a backslidden condition of my life, which had started a few years earlier on a tiny scales and one day I woke up to find God way over there and I was way over here. Now, in regards to my statement above: I live in the west Michigan/Grand Rapids area which contain listings for about 700-800 churches. More than enough to keep a traveling Christian minstrel busy all the time. :-) Either way, as my Bible says 'Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.' (Gal 6:7 NIV), (and I believe what it says to be true), even though I was hiding the 'dark' side of my life from the general public quite well, my God knew and hence my phone rang less and less and finally just didn't ring very often any more. Interesting enough, after a 21 day stint in rehab, with my life back on track, the phone gradually began to ring again. .... http://skybusiness.com/jimstaalmusic --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.32 * Origin: Get all your fido mail here: www.docsplace.org (1:18/140) .