{"id":6287,"date":"2020-09-30T16:56:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T21:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=6287"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:36:53","slug":"what-bono-wants-you-to-know-about-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/what-bono-wants-you-to-know-about-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"What Bono Wants You to Know About Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No one sings feelings like Bono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know his favorite book of the Bible is the Psalms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last song played at many U2 concerts is &#8220;40,&#8221; based on Psalm 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U2-blog.steveblaising.jpg\" alt=\"Bono performs &quot;40&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-6296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U2-blog.steveblaising.jpg 775w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U2-blog.steveblaising-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/U2-blog.steveblaising-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">U2\/Christian Peterson\/Getty Images<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The song was created in ten minutes after an all-night recording session for their third album, &#8220;War.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;40&#8221; offers a clue to one of the biggest mysteries about God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-bono-feelings-and-psalm-40\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Bono, Feelings and Psalm 40<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The studio manager was about to throw them out with little time left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Minor Detail<\/em>, the next band, had arrived early for their session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, Bono opens the Bible to Psalm 40 and quickly writes the lyrics for the last song of the 1983 album, &#8220;War.&#8221;  He writes about hope in God.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/War-by-U2-blog.steveblaisin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/War-by-U2-blog.steveblaisin.jpg 275w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/War-by-U2-blog.steveblaisin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>I waited patiently for the Lord.<\/em><br><em>He inclined and heard my cry.<br>He brought me up out of the pit<br>Out of the miry clay.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will sing, sing a new song.<br>I will sing, sing a new song.<br>How long to sing this song?<br>H<em>ow long to sing this song?<br>How long, how long, how long<br>How long to sing this song?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You set my feet upon a rock and made my footsteps firm.  Many will see, many will see and hear.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-why-bono-loves-the-psalms\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Why Bono Loves the Psalms<\/mark> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many folks today, like Bono, find God in the Psalms when they discover God&#8217;s feelings and their feelings meeting as one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God has great feelings, great passion just like us and you see this in the Psalms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feelings are a source of energy.  Feelings are messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, 2015, theologian David Taylor set up a meeting and interview with Bono and Eugene Peterson (<em>The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching a rock icon and famed biblical scholar join hearts over the hope stirred by reading the Psalms is a treasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bono &amp; Eugene Peterson   THE PSALMS\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ay6-LsKcTo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Bono and Eugene Peterson<\/span> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">author of The Message<\/span> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Bible translation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than two years after this interview, Eugene Peterson died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-a-new-song-for-the-future\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">A new song for the future<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his final days . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cit was apparent that he was navigating the thin and sacred space between earth and heaven.  We overheard him speaking to people we can only presume were welcoming him into paradise.  Among his final words were, \u2018Let\u2019s go.\u2019 And his joy: my, oh my; the man remained joyful right up to his blessed end, smiling frequently. In such moments it\u2019s best for all mortal flesh to keep silence. 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