The banks of doon

So tonight I've had some stuff on my mind. The first song I directed was " The banks of Doon" By Donna Gartman Schultz. The Orginal text was a poem by Robert Burns. The words are very powerful. The words helped me pass 12th grade english class( COGDILL!!!) . I used it in my senior portfolio.

You Flowery banks of bonny Doon, How can you bloom so fresh and fair?
How can you chant, you little birds, And I so weary full of care!
You will break my heart, you warbling bird, That flies through the flowering thorn!
You remind me of departed joys, Departed never to return.
Often have I roved by bonny Doon To see the rose and woodbine twine,
And every bird sang of its love, And fondly so did I of mine.
With lightsome heart I plucked a rose, Full sweet upon its thorny tree!
And my false lover stole my rose -But ah! he left the thorn with me

The Banks of Doon, written in 1783, tells of a forsaken young woman of rank who bore a child without the sanction of the Church.

That's one situations but I think about how it relates to our life. I think of it as something has happened in our life that we can't forget and can't get it.

When I was directing this song, I would go over this at least twice a week the girls' choir that was going to sing it a district festival.

Imagine someone giving you a rose. You put it in you hand. The smell of it. The beauty of it. And the meaning behind it. Why the person gave it to you . Now Imagine that person snatching it out of your hand. And all that's left is a thorn from this beautiful creation that you just held. How could something so beautiful leave such painful thing?

Life is kind of like that. We have thing that happen to us. People come into our lives and then leave us for something more beautiful. Taking there rose with them.
In the back of you mind, you knew this would happen, but didn't want to admit it. Or you are totally in love with you job and know it's to good to be true. And then one day, it ends. You get fired or layed off for some reason.

In this poem/song, the writer reiterates several times the pain that he has experienced.
Something that I am realizing is that you can dwell on the thorn. You had something great or beautiful and now its gone and you have to deal with it and move on. There is nothing we can do to make time rewind and do it over.

God forgives us and helps us to deal with the thorns in our lives. He allowed that thorn to come into our lives for a reason. We may not understand, but he does. He gently takes our hand, looks at the thorn, and removes it. If you've ever had a splinter, you will understand removing it isn't the most painless process. I remember hating when mother would remove the splinter. But even more, I hated the constant and annoying pain that the splinter caused. When it was over, she would kiss it and make it better.
God Kisses the wound and thorn is gone. And that's that.

At the end of the day, you may not have the rose, but the pain from the thorn will be removed....If you allow it to be. If we just let go of the past pain, we can feel better;whole again. We may never forget it(We shouldn't! It helps us to grow stronger) but not constantly reminding ourselves of it.

Remember the thorns but let God remove them and be healed!
"He will wipe away every tear. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain." Revelation 21:4.

Peace

Antony