Cashing in his love

[adderslj]

I picked up Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around in the HMV sale yesterday, and I've been listening to it while writing a feature today. It's a work of beauty, of a man who knows that death is coming, of a man who knows who and what to love. If found this in the liner notes:

I am persuaded that nothing can separate me from my love of my God, my wife, and my music. Life is rich when I can come home, after hours in the studio, feeling as frayed as a hundred Big G strings, and curl up with June Carter. She's a soft, fluffy Mama Bear. That's when I give God a "thanks a lot, Chief." Sometimes in the morning I'll say "Good Morning" to the Awesome Presence, but sometimes I forget to.

Amen, brother.

If I feel like that about my life, my wife, my work and my God at the end of my life, I'll be as blessed as him.

Enjoy Heaven, Johnny.

Comments

Johnny Cash

[amory520.livejournal.com]

I really think June's death hit him so hard that he kind of gave up, in a way, decided to follow her....
My grandparents were 92 and 83 and passed away within months of each other....some couples complete each other so well that it's hard for one to carry on without the other.
He was a great man of faith and character. Although he didn't really see himself as great. That was part of his personal beauty, his humility.

[nerd-king.livejournal.com]

We should all feel so happy.