{"id":2507,"date":"2021-12-09T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2021-12-09T16:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:28:43","slug":"blog-december-9nd-dont-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-elvis-presley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2507","title":{"rendered":"Blog December 9nd Don\u2019t Judge a Book by its Cover (Elvis Presley)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elvis_Presley_Jailhouse_Rock-2-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elvis_Presley_Jailhouse_Rock-2-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elvis_Presley_Jailhouse_Rock-2-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elvis_Presley_Jailhouse_Rock-2-624x775.jpg 624w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elvis_Presley_Jailhouse_Rock-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (COLOR and ORIGINAL TRUE STEREO) - Jailhouse Rock Movie\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HZJTgYzf9FE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The other day I read another great message from \u201cWord of Today\u201d and have to share it:<br \/>\nJohn Wesley said, \u2018We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.\u2019 Why did Jesus say, \u2018Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly\u2019? (John 7:24 NLT). Because He had experienced the pain of rejection and misunderstanding. \u2018He came unto his own, and his own received him not\u2019 (John 1:11 KJV).<br \/>\nThe apostle James writes: \u2018How can you claim to have faith in\u2026Christ if you favour some people over others\u2026give special attention\u2026to the rich\u2026but\u2026say to the poor\u2026\u201cStand\u2026there, or\u2026sit on the floor\u201d\u2026Doesn\u2019t this discrimination show\u2026your judgments are guided by evil motives?\u2026If you favour some people over others, you are committing a sin\u2019 (James 2:1, 3-4, 9 NLT).<br \/>\nThe story is told that when country singer Lonzo Green\u2019s nephew Jimmy asked him to tune a friend\u2019s guitar, he agreed. The problem was Jimmy\u2019s friend was from the \u2018wrong side of the tracks\u2019 and Jimmy\u2019s parents wouldn\u2019t allow him inside their house where Uncle Lonzo was visiting. So, they decided to meet outside. As the kid approached, Lonzo noticed his self-consciousness and sideways glances at the upscale neighbourhood. Lonzo, who had experienced poverty and discrimination in his own life, tuned the boy\u2019s old guitar, played a few songs, and taught him some chords. The young man thanked him and left with a warm memory he would carry throughout the rest of his remarkable life. Eventually that boy crossed the tracks for good with his guitar and soft, polite drawl and hesitant smile, and was never unwelcome again. That\u2019s because the boy who wasn\u2019t allowed in the house that day was \u2013 Elvis Presley!<br \/>\nJust in case you have not heard of Elvis Presley (!!) I have included a video of him singing \u201cJailhouse Rock\u201d which was released in 1957 when he was aged 22- of course it reached No 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the week <\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elvis-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elvis-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elvis.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I read another great message from \u201cWord of Today\u201d and have to share it: John Wesley said, \u2018We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.\u2019 Why did Jesus say, \u2018Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly\u2019? (John 7:24 NLT). Because He had experienced the pain of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ken-shearsmiths-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507\/revisions\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}