India through the years / Salome from the Bible/ David

So I've been living in India for 10 years now. And I have to say the situation is getting worse day by day. Credit is limited. ATM's don't dispense cash. Staff in the Service Industry are generally rude. Places are getting more and more crowded.  One thing is that my Tulu has improved since hardly anyone speaks English here. And of course my Doomsday Prepper/ End of Days/ Village Living/ Farm to Table experience is now a reality.

A few thoughts on women and spite: don't be Salome from John the Baptist's story. 

Mark 6:22–24 (Amplified Bible):

"Now [Salome] the daughter of Herodias came in and danced [for the men]. She pleased and beguiled Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, 'Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.' ... She went out and said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for?' And Herodias replied, 'The head of John the Baptist!'"

Which brings me to David. Be like a King David. An Ideal Boy and Man.

“And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him” (1 Samuel 18:14).

Acts 13:22: "I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do."

Matthew 1:1 & Luke 1:32: Connect Jesus as the son of David and heir to his ancestral throne. [1]

2 Samuel 7:16 & Psalm 89:35–37: Emphasize the promise that David's house, kingdom, and throne would be established forever.
Psalms of Trust and Strength (Psalm 27:1, Psalm 18:32–34): Highlight God as a stronghold and source of victory, making feet like a deer and training hands for war. [1, 2, 3]

 I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne and cut your hair
And from your lips, she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

 

Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said

"Do you come from a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover"

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscle
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
And he said

"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover, yeah"

Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me?
Because I come from the land of plenty"
And he said

Oh, do you come from a land down under? (Ooh, yeah-yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover, 'cause we are

Living in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder (yeah)
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (Thunder)
You better-better run, you better take cover

Living in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? Ooh, yeah
You better run, you better take cover

Where women glow and men plunder
Can't you, can't you hear the thunder? (Can't you, can't you hear the thunder?)
You better run, you better take cover

Living in a land down under (living in a land down under)
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't you, can't you hear the thunder?

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Colin James Hay / Ronald Graham Strykert

Down Under lyrics © Emi Songs Australia Pty Limited, Emi Songs Australia Pty Ltd