{"id":1394,"date":"2023-01-16T20:44:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T20:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:49:13","slug":"gone-too-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/16\/gone-too-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Gone Too Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mj.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1391\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Do you know Jesus?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Jackson was a business man&#8230;..and a player. He had questionable ethics and character. (money will enhance the crazy)&#8230; plus a chimp in a diaper is a little much. He did not try to hide the fact he was afraid of &#8220;catching a virus&#8221; that causes his demise. <br>     There is biblical principle at work here. What he feared came upon him. The Lord gives and he also takes away. He was the first one to die in his family. How jacked is that? MJ could sing&#8230;..(Prince was better, and had HIS own demons) &lt;&#8212;- more on that later. How ironic is it to hear &#8220;Gone Too Soon&#8221;  ???<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like a comet<br>Blazing &#8216;cross the evening sky<br>Gone too soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like a rainbow<br>Fading in the twinkling of an eye<br>Gone too soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shiny and sparkly<br>And splendidly bright<br>Here one day<br>Gone one night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like the loss of sunlight<br>On a cloudy afternoon<br>Gone too soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like a castle<br>Built upon a sandy beach<br>Gone too soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like a perfect flower<br>That is just beyond your reach<br>Gone too soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born to amuse, to inspire, to delight<br>Here one day<br>Gone one night<br>Like a sunset<br>Dying with the rising of the moon<br>Gone too soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gone too soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Jackson - Gone Too Soon (Official Video)\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IcNamirwTaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Jackson was a business man&#8230;..and a player. 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