Carry On Wayward Son

Originally posted by @whodey
I prefer songs that I know what it is about.

Amish paradise anyone?

As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain
I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain
But that's just perfect for an Amish like me
You know, I shun fancy things like electricity
At 4:30 in the morning I'm milkin' cows
Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jaco ...[text shortened]...
Living in an Amish paradise
But you'd probably think it bites
Living in an Amish paradise

FMF is gonna have a million questions for you!

Originally posted by @secondson
Actually, it's the blurting and I'll-considered things you say I'm having difficulty standing by.

When someone keeps asking questions about the obvious, I begin to think they are hiding an agenda.

Go ahead, ask me what I mean.

Why would affection for songs be part of "the things on the earth" that are precluded by your spirituality?

Originally posted by @secondson
FMF is gonna have a million questions for you!

Bring'em on! 😠

Originally posted by @suzianne
"Carry On Wayward Son" is a rock song by the band Kansas, from the 1976 album Leftoverture. This song, along with "Dust in the Wind" were both written by Kerry Livgren and were arguably Kansas' highest charting songs ever.

Here are the lyrics:


[i]Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don' ...[text shortened]... ather than mere "searching".

What say you? Does this song resonate for you, and in what way?

Suzy, if you can interpret this song in it's meaning, I will rank you right up there with the likes of Joseph in the Bible interpreting dreams.

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Originally posted by @whodey
What does a song about Dive have to do with anything?

It's not just "Dive", it's about all of us.

All of the "wayward" souls, like the prodigal son, searching for an answer, and hopefully finding it and coming back "home".

Originally posted by @whodey
Suzy, if you can interpret this song in it's meaning, I will rank you right up there with the likes of Joseph in the Bible interpreting dreams.

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I'll venture a guess. That guy is singing about being deliriously happy.

Originally posted by @suzianne
It's not just "Dive", it's about all of us.

All of the "wayward" souls, like the prodigal son, searching for an answer, and hopefully finding it and coming back "home".

Even the trololo man?

Originally posted by @secondson
I'll venture a guess. That guy is singing about being deliriously happy.

Yes, drugs are never the answer.

Originally posted by @suzianne
It's not just "Dive", it's about all of us.

All of the "wayward" souls, like the prodigal son, searching for an answer, and hopefully finding it and coming back "home".

And the answer is Jesus. The way, The truth and The life.

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

Originally posted by @whodey
Even the trololo man?

I try not to encourage trolling like that.

The thread would have rolled along fine without the distraction.

Originally posted by @secondson
And the answer is Jesus. The way, The truth and The life.

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

That's as may be, but do you deny that others find other paths?

Maybe not "to God", but to peace and some of the answers they seek.

Originally posted by @suzianne
I try not to encourage trolling like that.

The thread would have rolled along fine without the distraction.

But....but....but....I thought I was a wayward son Suzy?

Guess not, never mind.

Originally posted by @suzianne
That's as may be, but do you deny that others find other paths?

Maybe not "to God", but to peace and some of the answers they seek.

Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

There is only one path to real peace, and that path is "in Christ".

Notice how Paul states in his epistles the phrase "grace and peace". In that order. Without grace there is no peace.

The scriptures also distinguish between "peace with God" and "the peace of God". Salvation makes one at peace "with" God, but then there is the peace "of" God, which is as a result of a life lived for God in obedience to the Word of God.

Originally posted by @suzianne
It's not just "Dive", it's about all of us.

All of the "wayward" souls, like the prodigal son, searching for an answer, and hopefully finding it and coming back "home".

For the purposes of this thread, what do perceive the word "wayward" as meaning in practical terms? Difficult to control or predict because of unusual or problematic behaviour.from the point of view of others, a group, or a set of rules or standards the "wayward" person is deviating from?

Or do you see it - for this thread, anyway - being more a case of finding it difficult to control oneself and to conform to one's own standards and therefore reach one's goals?

Originally posted by @fmf
For the purposes of this thread, what do perceive the word "wayward" as meaning in practical terms? Difficult to control or predict because of unusual or problematic behaviour.from the point of view of others, a group, or a set of rules or standards the "wayward" person is deviating from?

Or do you see it - for this thread, anyway - being more a case of fin ...[text shortened]... ficult to control oneself and to conform to one's own standards and therefore reach one's goals?

Everybody should start talking like this

***** Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say. *****

LOL