Jim Blazsik

I am going to make that audience rock…

Why are folks drawn to Susan Boyle? Why do they watch her audition singing I dreamed a dream on Britain’s Got Talent over and over again? Why is it that they are deeply touched each and every time they see it?

Why am I playing it as I am writing this?

I know, a lot questions. But I think I have the answer. Or at least one of the answers. There is still a thing of what we call beauty in this world. It’s not the contrived so-called beauty that is passed for beauty. It is a beauty that God intended.

I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:9-11

When we watch that video, we see God making everything beautiful in it’s time. At that very moment, we experience everything coming together all at once: the ordinary, mundane, and the cynical transformed – all because Susan was transformed. We realize that she was born for this moment, and that she became a door of God’s beauty unfolding before our very eyes.

But beauty reaches beyond the moment into eternity: because God brought Susan’s dream, her experiences and hardships together, and made them meaningful – in a world that fights meaning.

Because God places eternity in our hearts, He makes everything work together. He takes our dreams, experiences and even suffering to make everything beautiful in our lives.

I know there are other Susan Boyles out there: men and women who have a dream, a lifetime of experiences and have gone through adversity. People in their 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and beyond who have been forgotten, put on the shelf, and seemingly confined to the unimportant. But they are jewels in God’s hand: prepared for this very time – to bring light and beauty in this dark and ugly world.

God has something very special for you – do you believe that? Will you get off your duff and let God reveal His beauty in you?

Here is Susan stuff – I will update this blog as I find new stuff.

Susan Boyle welcomes the press from the doorway of her home. EW.com

UPDATE! 4/20

Another song by Susan Boyle – this video has Cry Me A River, and a new uncovered recording – Killing Me Softly with His Song.

Here’s some of the story behind her prior recordings:

The 48-year-old recorded two songs ten years ago and distributed them to only a handful of her closest friends in the village of Blackburn, West Lothian, where she lives alone with her cat.

The recording, which was unearthed by Telegraph.co.uk, features two songs – an early version of the blues ballad Cry Me a River and Killing Me Softly with His Song, the track immortalised by Roberta Flack in 1973.

Last week the Daily Record newspaper in Scotland uncovered Miss Boyle’s first CD recording – a version of Cry Me a River recorded for a millenium charity compilation CD at Whitburn Academy.

The recording unearthed by Telegraph.co.uk is an earlier demo tape that Ms Boyle had produced to send to record companies, and to local and national TV and radio talent competitions including Michael Barrymore’s My Kind of People, for which she later auditioned but was rejected.

The recording was made at her own expense with Miss Boyle telling friends at the time that she had “spent all her savings” on it.

It is the earliest example of Miss Boyle’s attempts to gain recognition of her talents as a singer. By the time the tape was made she had already built a reputation among the pubs and clubs of West Lothian. Read more

Here is Susan’s audition. If you haven’t seen it, or if you haven’t seen the 7:07 min video – please enjoy.

Cut from the Larry King Show

Video news piece from Fox News How Times Change

Susan Boyle Fan Site

From Susan Boyle to Janeane Garofalo by Eric Golub

Priest not surprised by Scottish woman’s performance on British TV – CNS

The Susan Boyle Bubble – WSJ

A Devastating Week for Elitism by Chris Stigall

Making over Susan Boyle – The Anchoress