You can say that again...Shila
Beautiful name, btw.
Thanks, Shabuya! I'm queenie, ya know (don't wanna trick ya)with yet another nombre in here!
Shabuya said:
Just last week i've had another run in with death, something that seems to be a constant in my life, so i can only be ever so thankful to the Lord i'm still alive.
I'm glad for us all that the Lord decided He still needs you around. You obviously have more of us out there in this life that He wants you to bless. :hug:
From
Will You Be There:
Carry Me
Like You Are My Brother
Love Me Like A Mother
Will You Be There?
I was just taking a nap and I had the strangest thing happen. Right before waking up I had a dream and in it I was goofing off with my brother...kinda fake punchin' and being silly. I hadn't done anything like that with him for years, not since probably I was a teenager. I have other brothers, but this one always has a special place in my heart, because all through my childhood, he had time for me, and he would play and goof off and be silly with me. Children love so this kind of attention.
So in this dream I was probably in my early twenties and he and I were acting like this together, and then I went into a half awake/half asleep state, and I heard the song
Will You Be There being sung with those words
Carry me/like a brother.
Then I woke up completely... and started thinking about MJ, and what it was God was trying to tell me through the odd juxtaposition of the brother dream and those lyrics.
I felt He was telling me this:
There was a great importance to MJ for someone to first and foremost love him like a brother.
This means it had even a higher rating than someone being "in love" with him.
So what does it mean for someone to love another
like a brother? I have passed over that line in WYBT so many times without thinking much of it. I thought it meant in maybe a humanitarian way...I thought the whole meaning of the song was larger than any plea to a particular woman to love him in a certain way. There are guys who hang around each other that say "hey, brother, or hey, bro." When you think of brotherly love, you think it means loving your fellow man.
Sometimes those that share the same faith refer to one another as sister this or brother that. True? I don't know how it is in Kingdom Hall, but maybe those there respectively call others in such a way. It is respectful, especially, when a male calls a female in their church "sister," indicating that they are looking at her with modesty and the utmost purity.
Christians, in general, that share the same faith, also are known to refer to others as "my brother in the Lord" or "my sister in the Lord." Paul, in the Bible, in his his letters often did this. In his final greetings in Ephesians, for an example, he calls Tychicus "the dear brother" and he adds, "Peace to the brothers..."
What does MJ mean by "brother" in WYBT?
Why would MJ want to be loved by the woman of his choice in this way...love me, carry me, like a brother?
Its like lisa figure it out already: either u love him or dont ...make up ur mind!
When someone is "in love" it has ups and downs, highs and lows, in other words, it fluctuates. When someone loves someone like a brother, it represents a love that is less fluctuating and has more constancy. So if his love relationship is girded by a love like this, if the woman's primary love for him is "like a brother," she won't be taking her love away from him depending on what's going on.
I think MJ might have already known the answer to the question he was asking in
Don't Walk Away.
How can I stop losing you?
If the LITD girl's love never fluctuates, then he will never really lose her.
Remember I said in an earlier post that love takes different forms. But if one loves first like a brother, than the love will never completely go away. It will not become indifferent. It may change its look a bit, but it will not grow cold. Some love will remain.
He asks,
Can't we find some love to take this away?/cause the pain gets stronger every day.
I am glad that LMP has good memories of MJ and her being united. But if someone does not share the same beliefs as you in God, you cannot be truly united with them. I am not sure where she is at today spiritually; she was once a Scientologist. Do they believe in a higher power? She mentioned "The Universe" in the interview. I get a sense MJ and her were never on the same page regarding faith in God.
I believe in order for MJ to feel truly safe with a love from a woman, that that woman would have to love his God like he does, and see Michael, and love Michael, deeply as a brother in the Lord. For one thing, MJ would be "unevenly yoked" with her if this wasn't in place. And problems would ensue.
Yes, Michael, of course, would want to be
in love and have the LITD girl be in love with him back, and all the wonderful feelings that come with that. But he would want that love to be first built on something very solid. So she will stay. So she
will be there. And he would stop losing her, for good.
I now think that the song
Will You Be There was something like Michael's "wishlist" for the way he wanted to be loved by a woman. What do you guys think?
"Will You Be There"
Hold Me
Like The River Jordan
And I Will Then Say To Thee
You Are My Friend
Carry Me
Like You Are My Brother
Love Me Like A Mother
Will You Be There?
Weary
Tell Me Will You Hold Me
When Wrong, Will You Scold Me
When Lost Will You Find Me?
But They Told Me
A Man Should Be Faithful
And Walk When Not Able
And Fight Till The End
But I'm Only Human
Everyone's Taking Control Of Me
Seems That The World's
Got A Role For Me
I'm So Confused
Will You Show To Me
You'll Be There For Me
And Care Enough To Bear Me
(Hold Me)
(Lay Your Head Lowly)
(Softly Then Boldly)
(Carry Me There)
(Lead Me)
(Love Me And Feed Me)
(Kiss Me And Free Me)
(I Will Feel Blessed)
(Carry)
(Carry Me Boldly)
(Lift Me Up Slowly)
(Carry Me There)
(Save Me)
(Heal Me And Bathe Me)
(Softly You Say To Me)
(I Will Be There)
(Lift Me)
(Lift Me Up Slowly)
(Carry Me Boldly)
(Show Me You Care)
(Hold Me)
(Lay Your Head Lowly)
(Softly Then Boldly)
(Carry Me There)
(Need Me)
(Love Me And Feed Me)
(Kiss Me And Free Me)
(I Will Feel Blessed)
[Spoken]
In Our Darkest Hour
In My Deepest Despair
Will You Still Care?
Will You Be There?
In My Trials
And My Tribulations
Through Our Doubts
And Frustrations
In My Violence
In My Turbulence
Through My Fear
And My Confessions
In My Anguish And My Pain
Through My Joy And My Sorrow
In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow
I'll Never Let You Part
For You're Always In My Heart.