It was a month ago today -- April 26th -- that I first became familiar with
the amazing Scottish woman, Susan Boyle -- a contestant on the "Britain's
Got Talent" TV show -- by way of a message posted on our Armageddon BBS. For
those of you who aren't aware of it, "Britain's Got Talent" is the British
version of the American TV show "American Idol", which I have
never watched.
I am simply not into the flashy, worldly shows which promise to make people
rich and famous, and I detest Hollywood gossip and its liberal attitudes.

At any rate, after reading some comments on our Armageddon BBS, I got
curious and decided to download a high quality video of Susan Boyle's
"Britain's Got Talent" performance from the YouTube website.

In a word, Susan Boyle's performance of "I Dreamed A Dream" from "Les
Miserables" made me quite emotional and brought a tear to my eyes. I was
truly touched by her heart-felt performance. If you have seen pictures or
videos of this woman, then you will already know that from the moment that
Ms. Boyle walked out on that stage, the deck was stacked against her. You
could see it in everyone's faces -- both the judges' faces, as well as the
audience's faces -- as their eyes rolled in disbelief at the thought that
this woman might possibly have some talent.

But then, after fumbling a little bit with her words during her
introduction, Susan opened her mouth to sing, and the fact that she is 48
years old, unemployed, and looks like she works on a pig farm and doesn't
have a single singing bone in her body, just vanished.

Everyone was mesmerized by her powerful singing, including the skeptics, and
they gave her a standing ovation. Even the toughest judge, Simon Cowell, was
forced to recognize this woman's talent. It was truly amazing. What a
powerful moment of vindication for that dear woman from Scotland! She beat
the odds!

I was reminded of the fact that big surprises often come in unusual packages
-- even human "packages" -- after all, the Bible informs us that this is
even the way that God often seems to work. As His Word tells us:

"For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the
foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base
things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea,
and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh
should glory in his presence."
1 Corinthians 1:26-29, KJV

Well, on Monday, May 25th, Susan returned to "Britain's Got Talent" TV show
in her attempt to move up to the finals. But by this time, a lot had changed
for this dear woman from a humble background. Her story is now world-famous,
her videos have been viewed on YouTube over 200,000,000 million times, and
millions of people literally all around the world have been rooting for her
and sending her words of love and encouragement.

This time Susan chose to sing "Memory" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous
Broadway musical "Cats". While she started out weak the first few seconds,
she quickly picked up, and once again gave an outstanding, moving
performance. By the time she was done, the audience -- as well as all three
judges -- gave her a standing ovation. In fact, hard-nosed Simon Cowell was
so taken by her performance that he offered her an apology by saying:

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"You are one special lady, I have to say, you really are. You know what, I
just want to apologize because of the way we treated you before you sang the
first time. You made me and everyone else look very stupid and I'm very
happy for you, very proud of you."

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In an earlier interview, Simon Cowell had also stated "We're all guilty on
the panel of judging [Boyle] before she sang. We were completely and utterly
wrong. It's terribly embarrassing."

I was just reading online that after all of the call-in votes were tallied
at the end of the May 25th show, Susan did in fact move into the final round
of "Britain's Got Talent".

It seems that it is my nature to side with the underdog in most situations;
and I have to say that I truly wish Susan the best. I suppose I get a little
vicarious satisfaction out of seeing someone beat the odds, and figuratively
stick their nose up at the rich and powerful of the world. I just hope that
this sudden attention and popularity doesn't change Ms. Boyle in a negative
way, as often happens with people who find themselves in such situations.

I encourage you to visit the YouTube website and view or download Susan's
performance of "I Dreamed A Dream" and "Memory". See if
you are not also
touched by this dear woman.



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