Showing posts with label the refuge of music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the refuge of music. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Seeking refuge when there is no comfort / George Floyd May 25, 2020



Refuge is not the same as comfort.

“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they were no more.”

Jeremiah 31:15

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ref·uge
/ˈrefˌyo͞oj,ˈrefˌyo͞oZH/
noun
  1. a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble.
    "he was forced to take refuge in the French embassy"
    • something providing shelter.
      plural noun: refuges
      "the family came to be seen as a refuge from a harsh world"
      Similar:
      shelter
      protection
      safety
      security
      asylum
      sanctuary
      preservation
      safe keeping
      place of shelter
      place of safety
      haven
      safe haven
      sanctum
      safe house
      harbor
      port in a storm
      ark
      retreat
      bolthole
      foxhole
      hiding place
      hideaway
      hideout
      fastness
      querencia
    • an institution providing safe accommodations for women who have suffered violence from a spouse or partner.

  2. *   Music, poetry, art, books, the natural world, community.



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I remember being a child and weeping with other children when we learned by way of a classroom loudspeaker that President Kennedy had been shot and killed in Texas.



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We're not alone.  Never will be.  

It's been two years since George Floyd was murdered.  Just realized that.