Hello, thank you for joining me again, forgive him 15.

The title of our post today is The Song.

One of the great dream stories of our day bears a resemblance to part of God's dream journey.

As a contestant on Britain's Got Talent,

Susan Boyle pursued her lifelong dream of a successful singing career.

At 47, her age, pleasant but non-striking appearance, and shyness caused the judges and crowd to initially be condescending and dismissive of her.

Perhaps you saw later how her introduction and opening interview were met with mock smiles and derisive nods by the panel of judges.

A few chuckles even arose from the crowd as this misguided dreamer shared her dream.

Then Susan began to sing.

Mouths flew open, applause exploded at a star.

Or should I say, a dream was born. On the surface, the title of her flagship song,

I Dreamed a Dream, taken from the musical Les Miserables, seemed perfect for the dream come true

story of this middle-aged phenom.

The irony, however, is that the song is really quite depressing.

It is the story of a person who has completely given up on dreaming,

and the song ends with the line.

Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

What a disheartening statement.

How tragic and sad and how oft repeated.

But the story didn't end there for Susan Boyle.

She robbed the song of its meaning.

This amazing lady defied all odds and rode one of the world's most famous dead dream songs to her own dream.

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