tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149492.post3694397497066528879..comments2023-10-26T06:20:49.016-05:00Comments on Renderings: What's up with the word "Beautiful"?Alan Bancrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134303488661330868noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149492.post-37522178231784464512009-07-24T10:03:41.485-05:002009-07-24T10:03:41.485-05:00hi. i'm two years late to the conversation. bu...hi. i'm two years late to the conversation. but i'd like to join in.<br /><br />maybe it doesn't have to be in Scripture at all, so long as it's heartfelt by the songwriter. know what i mean? as a songwriter myself, i find that my way of expression is not the same as every other songwriter...much less the songwriters in Scripture...and even less so...those who wrote non-musical/poetic parts of Scripture.<br /><br />perhaps for whoever writes those words, that is the honest response to the presence of God in their lives. and perhaps it means more than simply "hi God, i think you're pretty." but more acknowledging God as the SOURCE of all beauty...<br /><br />or maybe it's just hooky and memorable and worth a hundred pounds of gold in publishing money...ha. i don't know. great blog though.lukehttp://www.poorrichfolk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149492.post-16190575410768464662007-09-07T18:22:00.000-05:002007-09-07T18:22:00.000-05:00I'll take you back, alwayeyays..On a serious note,...I'll take you back, alwayeyays..<BR/><BR/>On a serious note, you should check out Sara Groves, "Why it Matters" for a really nice song about beauty - its a good one. real art, i promise.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140671255311378458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149492.post-55970534519835553612007-08-30T09:26:00.000-05:002007-08-30T09:26:00.000-05:00Actually, Psalm 27 does talk about beholding "the ...Actually, Psalm 27 does talk about beholding "the beauty of the Lord." But I totally get where you're coming from, Alan. I think that we also have to ask how many times the words Trinity or Triune are used in scripture. None. Yet that is what we claim the very essence of God to be. There is talk of God being "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," and we derive our trinitarian language from that. So maybe this works in the same way. Maybe these song writers derive the "beautiful" language from something else they see in scripture; something more explicit.Patrick Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072461772917284139noreply@blogger.com