Nights in White Satin

[ILG]

I remember when I was thinking of leaving the UPC. I listened to this song and with tears streaming down my face and while speaking in tongues.....I took it to heart.....singing to the Lord, I love you.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8


Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters Ive written,
Never meaning to send.

Beauty Id always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I cant say anymore.

cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.

Gazing at people,
Some hand in hand,
Just what Im going thru
They can't understand.

Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end,

And I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters Ive written,
Never meaning to send.

Beauty Id always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I cant say anymore.

cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

[KWSS1976]

Yea I like this song...

[TJJJ]

What did the song have to do with you leaving the UPCI? If I might ask? Just curious.

[ILG]

What did the song have to do with you leaving the UPCI? If I might ask? Just curious.

It just expressed how I was feeling...."just what the truth is, I can't say anymore"....."Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend"....." just what I'm going through, they can't understand" and yet....to the Lord "I love you"....

[Rhoni]

It just expressed how I was feeling...."just what the truth is, I can't say anymore"....."Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend"....." just what I'm going through, they can't understand" and yet....to the Lord "I love you"....


It's a worldly song. I really like it but don't think of it in context of my relationship to God.
Blessings, Rhoni

[rgcraig]

ILG,

I think it's neat that you were able to relate and have some healing by listening to this song.

There are several secular love songs that could be interpreted that way.

[*AQuietPlace*]

A song that proved to be a turning point in my life was a song by Ray Stevens..... actually a serious song. "Be Your Own Best Friend". It convinced me that it was time to stop wallowing in the past, pick myself up and move on. I would drive down the road with tears pouring down my face, listening to it. God used that song in my life. It helped turn me around.

[KWSS1976]

I just love when people uses the term wordly and secular must be a pentecostal thing cause thats all I ever hear say those to words..LOL

[rgcraig]

I just love when people uses the term wordly and secular must be a pentecostal thing cause thats all I ever hear say those to words..LOL

I prefer using "secular" when expressing the difference from a Christian song.

[Scott Hutchinson]

I used to have alot of Moody Blues albums.Nights in White Satin came from a album recorded with The London Philharmonic Orchestra.

This is kinda of a neat song,but I haven't a clue what it means.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dp29XacCe8

[Scott Hutchinson]

A Lovely Song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfITbE4DECo

[ILG]

A song that proved to be a turning point in my life was a song by Ray Stevens..... actually a serious song. "Be Your Own Best Friend". It convinced me that it was time to stop wallowing in the past, pick myself up and move on. I would drive down the road with tears pouring down my face, listening to it. God used that song in my life. It helped turn me around.

You know....lately I've realized that I just kind of let things go. It's a nice place to be. That doesn't mean there aren't times when things are stirred up, but I remember a time when I felt daily anger and resentment. I don't remember when I stopped but I think you just get sick of feeling angry all the time and realize you can't change it anyway. (But anger is also a necessary step. Some woule likd to just skip that part. You can't heal until you first feel the anger.) However, I just am happy to be elsewhere with my life. Life is too short to spend being angry.

[*AQuietPlace*]

Life is too short to spend being angry.

It is. It's too short to waste years wallowing in the past.

I had been very hurt and couldn't seem to put myself back together. I worried about what others said, what others thought. Why these things had happened. I wanted other people to validate my feelings and tell me I was right for feeling this way. I just couldn't seem to MOVE ON.

That song hit me right between the eyes. Okay, it was bad. It really was. But it's time to put your life back together and move on. One line says "A lifetime of pretending won't put Humpty Dumpty back again. Be your own best friend." We can wallow and wallow in "Why, why, why????" And waste so much time wishing things were different. There comes a time when we have to just realize it is what it is and move on. To me the song just said - do YOURSELF a favor and GET OVER IT.

That song really began my healing process and my world is SO different now. The past is truly in the past for me.

[Hoovie]

You know....lately I've realized that I just kind of let things go. It's a nice place to be. That doesn't mean there aren't times when things are stirred up, but I remember a time when I felt daily anger and resentment. I don't remember when I stopped but I think you just get sick of feeling angry all the time and realize you can't change it anyway. (But anger is also a necessary step. Some woule likd to just skip that part. You can't heal until you first feel the anger.) However, I just am happy to be elsewhere with my life. Life is too short to spend being angry.

This is how I feel as well. I'm glad you are finding yourself moving on.

[Ferd]

Algae, thanks for this thread, Ive been listening to some Moody Blues via youtube from this thread and it has been very enjoyable....

and then there is the subject matter... .GREAT THREAD and you have said some really good things here.