Pork Chops and Strawberry Milk and Soul Repair
Coz and Rob covered most of the highlights in their blogs but I thought I would cover a couple of things that made the weekend stand out for me. Angie(my wife)shared a mandarin phrase with me at the beginning of last week that was particularly relevant to the whole experience we had last week with FE. "Ling Xiu"(pronounced leeengSHE-oo) which tranlates as "Soul Repair", was a phrase that perfectly describes this experience for me. The weeks preceeding this one were particularly full of chaos, hectic scheduling and unfulfilling musical moments. These were no doubt a cumulative attackof the enemy meant to affect our outlooks and attitudes. I have to confess, to some degree He was successful. Nevertheless God makes all things work 2gther for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. This weekend was one that reminded me that what we are doing is purposeful, meaningful and just freakin' FUN!From the time we left until the time we got back we laughed basically non-stop. The comradery between FE and DWB was supernatural. We talked about some of the things going on in our families, in our lives, in our music and helped build each other up. We shared all our gear, all our clothes and most of all laughs. A cheerful heart is medicinefor the soul..SOUL REPAIR! FE's hospitality went beyond anything we could ever have imagined. They made sure we had a place to sleep and something to eat everywhere wewent. We never went without anything that we needed. It turns out both FE and DWBwere in kind of spiritual and musical desert so to speak and this was a divine appointment meant to help us both hold on to hope! The highlights for me included Diva's never ending bowl of fried pork chops and the FE post-gig ritual of aquiring and drinking the state's prize winning strawberry milk. I haven't had strawberry milk since Iwas a kid. Scratch Track jumped up and did a Hip Hop version of "Man of Constant Sorrow" w/ FE in Burlington that was off the chain! Also JR's set was phenomenal in St. Louis which included a particularly soulful version of John Mayer's "Gravity" If u haven't seen JR or Scratch Track those are acts U need 2 check 'em out too. Next time we do a set of dates 2gther be sure and don't miss it cuz we 'gon drop the joy bomb wherever we go! It was a weekend of of Ling Xiu for me, fo sho!
2 verses come to mind as I close.
He who is a friend is always a friend, and a brother is born for the time of stress.
-- Proverbs 17:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another
.--Proverbs 27:17
Be sure 2 read Coz and Rob's account of the weekend below!
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