... Now some of these friends of mine I have not seen or spoken with for over twenty years...but they have not left my heart. Just the other day I was thinking of them and thanking the Lord that He had brought them in my life for a season of time. If I saw them today, something tells me we would pick up where we left off and still care very much. I believe this is because there are some in our lives that God creates a godly soul-tie with; like He did with Jonathan and David in the Bible. They both knew that there friendship tie would be there forever.
Do you have to be right there in someone's life to still keep them in your heart? And if they always remain in your heart, in a way, are you still being there for them? Isn't that the message MJ ws trying to get across in YANA and a couple other songs...even though he wasn't in his LITD girl's life (or his fans) he was still there. How? Throught a spiritual connection?
If I had a godly soul-tie friendship formed with MJ and he got all pouty because I decided to not be visible to him anymore online due to God calling me to other things, then, oh boy...I'd have to hand that one over to God and say...get him lined up, God, with this...help him be understanding and less selfish. (not that I think he was the type that would have been).
One could argue that "seeing" her (his LITD girl) around in some capacity was important to him based on us hearing him sing pointedly, "Keeping her around, keeping her around" during the TII rehearsals. But still, that could just mean his being able to "pick her up" as being around through their spiritual connection. And if for some reason MJ had to be out of sight because it was God telling him to do so, should his LITD girl be pouty because it's too hard for her not being able to see him in some way or know what is going on? I should hope not! It should be far more important to her that her man is obeying God no matter what the cost to their relationship, and she should trust both MJ and God and wait in faith. (I am remembering that speech where MJ talked about others saying things like: "Where is he?...or...There he is again!" so he did at times disappear from view for awhile)
If God is behind their love for each other, it will remain steadfast and they will BE there for each other (even if not seen as being around) as they wait on God to work all things into good for them. And they should still be able to "feel" each other, but even if that for some reason abates, they need to stand on their love anyway...just like with God at times, sometimes He will feel more distant to us at times than others...yet, this should not change our faith or knowing His love for us, even...if we can't feel it. But "feeling it" seems to have been crucial to MJ as far as feeling the love from his fans and his LITD girl (iif she exists).
When you initially brought up the songs, Favoritetune, Don't Walk Away, and Fall Again, and asked the question how can he stop losing her? ...and, what was he wanting her to do? I was thinking that he was emphasizing to "her" the importance to him that he always continues to feel her through that spiritual connection. He won't feel he is "losing her" if he knows she is still having her thoughts pointed towards him. Because of his unique situation of his celebrity and his sensitivity to things and his feelings of loneliness...staying connected has a strong importance to him, I think...like a lifeline. It seems the most valuable thing to him, is that he knows she cares, even if he can't see her or be with her.
He made it a point to say to her in the adlibs of TGIM 2008, that "you know, you know I really care." That is the same thing he wanted from her...to always know and FEEL that she really cares, and by his saying that she knows he really cares in that adlib, then he must have hoped she was able to "feel it" even when he couldn't show her in the ways a man can, when in an actual personal relationship with someone. MJ's life was unique, and he needed her to be willing to get onboard with a unique way for them to relate. Theirs seems to be destined to not be like an everyday love relationship. And what was important to him was something so much deeper than even the physical display (although always nice...not of as much value to him than the strong "divine" connection). That is why he sang, 'It doesn't matter to me how you kiss, touch, love, or hold me." In other words, he viewed what they had, a divine love connection, of greater, and deeper value.
We do know, if we consider this repeated lyric in several of his songs through the years, that he yearned for some physical connectiveness with her. But it wasn't about sex (not that he wouldn't have enjoyed that!) it was just to be able to finally touch her, since he loved her from a far...like gently tough her hand or to softly stroke her face. It reminds me of Wall-E and how much he hungered to just hold Eve's hand. That's all Wall-E wanted...to be able to touch her in that sweet and pure way.
It makes me wonder if MJ finally had a chance (I shouldn' have to say this , but what I am setting up is just for example sake, not that this should ever be possible. Privacy first!) to touch her after longing to for years, and we his fans who have heard his lyrics and picked up on his longing...could sit there in a theater and see up on the screen, just as it was happening for him and her for the first time...there...he is lovingly taking her hand and is feeling all the sensations accompanying it...wouldn't we, wouldn't we all just feel compelled to yell out and hoot and applaud in joy for him, since he waited soooooooo long just to do that with her. We were awfully happy for Wall-E; how much more if it was our beloved Michael. Yes? He's taken us through it all with him through his songs and lyrics. It's like he's saying "You're in on it with me, because you've been paying attention." AllForMJ was paying attention, wasn't she? And so we have this thread ...