Donna Summer: "I Feel Love"

Believe it or not, today's electronic dance music owes its form to a black American woman and a white Italian man. This song they recorded soared up the charts in August of 1977, boosting Donna Summer's career into the stratosphere. Hear it here:

What a feeling being in love is! We've all felt that way from time to time. I certainly fell in love with this song when it first came on the radio. It sounded like Kraftwerk with a femail vocalist.

Of course that state of euphoria doesn't last, more's the pity. Jesus spoke of folks who gladly receive the gospel but don't stay faithful for long. Mark 4:16 and 17 (Bible in Basic English) explains one of the four types of human hearts. "And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy; And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts."

How then can we maintain that condition of joy in our hearts? We read how in Jude 1:24 and 25 (BBE). "Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy, To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it."

Studying the scriptures also brings us joy. We read this in 1 John 1:4 (BBE). "And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete."

But can we feel joy even when we suffer for our faith? The apostles certainly esteemed it an honour. After being whipped, Acts 5:41 and 42 (BBE) tells us what they did next. "So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name. And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ."

We who suffer for righteousness have much joy to look forward to, as 1 Peter 4:13 (BBE) explains. "But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy."

If that longed-for event hasn't happened by Thursday, I expect to post about a song expressing the perspective of a fetus.