Blinging the good news
Mary J. Blige says she has found religion, but she makes no apologies for her earthly materialism. In fact, she says God has willed her to wear bling.
“My God is a God who wants me to have things,” the singer tells May’s Blender magazine. “He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block. I don’t know what kind of God the rest of y’all are serving, but the God I serve says, ‘Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I’m gonna make sure you’re doing that’.”
Blige also is not modest when it comes to her place in history. “I do consider myself part of black history,” she told the mag. “Since 1991, I’m still doing this and I’m successful. And I haven’t hurt anyone in the process.”
And Jesus said to her "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." But when she heard this she became sad, for she had much bling.
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Reminds me of your Moloch parady of awhile ago.
"I need a religion that suits my needs."
Chuh.
Cin, I think you were referring rather to the Mammon parody, not Moloch.
Nevertheless, I don't know if she has "got religion" but I understand Oprah Winfrey to have said something similar lately!
man, why doesn't God want ME to have lots of bling? Where's MY bling?
I actually subscribe to Blender. The tag line to the article ("Dear Superstar" where readers send in questions for her) is "At the Church of Mary, Rolexes are righteous and gay men can "get down" any way they please. Amen!"
Let me stop and roll my eyes at another celebrity "finding" Jesus. Please.
I think I'll hold out for the heavenly bling.
I second Gretchen. I've heard that this bling eventually degrades into its elemental form and is unable to come with when you die, whether death means nothingness, or heaven/purgatory/hell.
:)
If she really has found Jesus, she'll find the truth eventually.
Like the Virgin said to Bernadette, "I can not promise you happiness in this world. Only in the next". As it is, the only "Bling" in this world sits in a tabernacle in a Monstance. Now that's some serious BLING.
Mary J Blige's favorite hymn, BLINGING IN THE REIGN.
Her favorite bible Passages: 1) And God said, 'let there be bling... and Mary J Blige saw that it was good.' 2)Beware of casting your bling before street people.3) It is easier for a rock star with bling to pass thru the eye of a needle than for a has-been to enter heaven.
This opens the Door for some new Hymns!
Bling of Mary
Bling of Jesus Love
Bling the name of Jesus
Bling Bling of the Saints of God
Bling with all the Saints in Glory
So many riffs....so little time here at the office....hehehehe.
Our Bling is an Awesome Bling
Yours is the Blingdom of God?
-J.
"But when she heard this she became sad, for she had much bling."
Too funny! Wish I had thought of it first!
She's oBliged to bling..
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