Back on the porch! We have had some hard rain here yesterday and today, but I seem to be able to find a dry phase to slip into between rains. Today’s Ponder actually came up Sunday morning church service…the Sermon was wrapped around the song Oh What a Wonderful World, sung by Louis Armstrong. The gist of the sermon was to strike a contrast between the words of the song and the turmoil we find ourselves in as a country and our own personal lives. Music is a wonderful way of to kind of get away from the stress of the day…Kinda like a Lyrical back porch. But like most things, let mankind get involved it can always be disruptive. That is the Ponder this evening on the Porch. Back in the day Disney Studios produced a movie called Song of the South, in 1946. The following is from Wikipedia: “Johnny befriends Uncle Remus, an elderly worker on the plantation, and takes joy in hearing his tales about the adventures of Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Fox, and Br’er Bear. Johnny learns from the stories how to cope with the challenges he is experiencing while living on the plantation.” Did well at the box office until the collective minds of those people got involved. It seems some folks can melt ice cream just by looking at it. The movie was declared to be racist and for some time it was banned from being shown or purchased in the USA. I brought a copy of the movie from a company in England. Here is my thought. We lost a treasure of whimsical story telling along with lessons for all people and a world of talent and ethnic wisdom of practical advice for everyone. James Basket played the part of Uncle Remus and sang “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da…Oh what a wonderful day… Then …Those People with an agenda that steal the little joys of life from us all came along. I am a great believer that even in the worst of times and events, with God’s help we can find some good. There was no good in slavery, no justification of such human mistreatment of others…We find good in the faith of the slaves, in their suffering and most of all the character and strength and wisdom they found in their suffering. Two songs, two reasons to keep the faith.
Click on these below and for the Wonderful World also click on the you tube link to see it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bWyhj7siEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBrd_3VMC3c
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