

This makes it clear that we cannot win the spiritual battle by our own strength.

These agitations of the soul create a heavy burden for the lost and could lead him or her to be hostile of songs that sing about GOD’S GLORY. The melody & theme of HEAVENLY music is hateful and intolerable to the devil, a spirit which causes us to be blinded of the effects of sin and is responsible for the woes of this world such as melancholy, anguish, tribulation and trial. That INVINCIBLE DIVINE be our HEAVENLY FATHER, WHO THROUGH HIS SON’S MISSION HAS INSPIRED believers to write songs that sing of HIS LIFE GIVING LOVE to deal with emotional & physical pain, economic instability, mortality and the emotional instability of others with the motive of winning over souls for HIS KINGDOM. Who can save us from wounds that are silent, wordless and cruel all the while tearing us apart inch by inch on the inside, which could radically accelerate the demise of the human body? I will use caps as emphasis to show the honest reverence for GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY when writing about HEAVENLY music in the paragraphs below. Unfortunately, this band aid approach is only a time out from the hurt and in the meantime we are fortifying its wall with painful memories waiting in line. The end users of their music become fans because the lyrics are relatable and the sound of the singer’s voice & rhythm helps them cope with the pains of this reality. Any earthly joy they experience is darkened by the heavy burden of performing and the loss of privacy. As a result, music celebrities develop a tendency to sin against their body, through excessive drug use, for not measuring up to or to satisfy the demands of their music. alcohol, smokes, marijuana, cocaine, opioids, benzos and propofol to name a few) is intertwined with the survival of an artist to deal with the pressure of performing in order to stay relevant in the music industry, and to serve as fuel for creativity. Earthly music speaks to the experiences of this world through the singer-song writer’s eyes. The painful realty of this existence gives rise to the birth of music in two forms, earthly & HEAVENLY. The negative influences of this world are designed to make our heart sick through emotional & physical pain resulting in a given person turning to music as one source of comfort to the body. They were Nancy Whiteley, author of “The True Face of Earth,” Tabatha Rowley, the author of “Hair Chronicles,” and Robin Cullen, the author of "Christmas in Prison".Įditor Wally Lamb, along with contributors, presented the book, Couldn’t Keep It To Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters, published by Regan Books.I found the artistic representation very cool, as they demonstrated how music can stir up faith. Three contributors to the book joined Mr. Some of the contributing authors have completed their sentences, while others are still serving their prison terms.

The memoirs recount tales of broken homes, poverty, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, teenage pregnancy, and race and gender bias. Each of the eleven selections is a re-examination of its author’s life and of the reasons that she ended up in prison. The book is a collection of autobiographical writings produced in a workshop conducted for the female inmates of Connecticut’s York Correctional Institution. T15:02:20-05:00 Editor Wally Lamb, along with contributors, presented the book, Couldn’t Keep It To Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters, published by Regan Books.
