Mandisa’s Beautiful Post about Sanjaya

One of my daughters e-mailed me the link to a post Mandisa made on her MySpace. She wrote it at the end of Sanjaya’s American Idol run. It was so moving and sweet that it left tears in my eyes – not tears of sadness, but tears of amazement.

MySpace is, primarily, a place where people promote themselves. It’s covered with young girls and boys (and not so young girls and boys) who post pictures of themselves in various stages of dress and undress. Here I am laughing (I’m just funny that way…), Here I am making a mad face (You’d better not mess with me…), Here I am sitting on the john (Oh my gawd, is that sexy or whut…). A recent AI contestant took it a step further and, in addition to the john picture, included a patriotic set of pics of her on a war memorial.

Another recent contestant, after making her exit, hastily added nude pictures to her MySpace page. It’s like it hit her: Wait a minute! I don’t have any talent! Plan B!

Then like a candle burning in the middle of the night, you have someone like beautiful Mandisa. Click the link (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=56974104&blogID=255117148&MyToken=fc13a23c-2f3f-4cce-bbc9-f403c80c8480) for a post you’ll want to read.

Even if you’ve never watched American Idol before and have no idea who either of these young people are – you’ll get something out of her words. I promise.

At the end of the message, Mandisa encourages everyone to pray for Sanjaya. I propose that, in addition, we all pray for more Mandisas.

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