And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Cor 9:8
My personal blog about weight loss woes, spiritual yearnings and the whispers to my soul, parenting, being a wife and mother, politics...pretty much whatever comes to mind.
We don't have great gospel radio in Tampa, but we've recently stumbled upon the Moody Urban Praise station online. That station took us on an 18-hr roadtrip--36 hrs both ways--with very few repeats and just the type of gospel we'd been craving. So I've got lots to share...
I haven't posted much because I'm working on a single website that will incorporate both this blog and my books blog. Bringing the many sides of me together in one place.
But I had to post this. You didn't go to church in the 1970s and 80s and not here at least one James Cleveland song each Sunday morning, whether it was the choir marching into the church on "We've Come This Far By Faith", singing "Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus" while marching around to put your offering in the basket, or the altar call selection of "Peace Be Still".
Enjoy this all-star tribute to the songwriting talents of James Cleveland that was performed at this year's Celebration of Gospel:
Note the other videos from the show are beneath this one, and I think the program automatically walks you through them. So if you like, hang out and enjoy the praise party.
In 1977, I was 14 years old when a certain album was released. I wore the grooves off that LP!
I loved the sound, the quality of the singer's voice. Her range amazed me. But the words of her songs ministered to my pubescent heart, on the cusp of young womanhood and desperately longing for a real relationship with Jesus.
One of her songs, I Will Make The Darkness Light, popped into my head yesterday as I walked home from my bus. I could hear every note, every riff, every run, but I couldn't remember her name.
I Googled the song on my phone but kept finding a newer rendition entitled The High Place by LaShun Pace. Nuh-uh. I enjoy Ms. Pace, but that's not what my soul longed to hear.
Called my old friend and running buddy, now my sister-in-law. She remembered the song, but not the rendition I sought.
When I got home, Hubby started Googling. This thing was going to bother me until I found it. No luck, but then, minutes before I ran off to an exercise class, I sat down and, using the Google Advanced Search, I found what I sought.
The incomparable Sara Jordan Powell singing I Will Make The Darkness Light:
Here's a second song that I also adored, When Jesus Comes:
These songs encourage me. They remind me of who Jesus is, what He's capable of, and what He's promised to do.
From the Piano Guys. Melodically, one of my favorite Christmas hymns. Hauntingly beautiful.
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
I must confess I have never considered the lyrics as an adult, although I've known them since childhood. In this day, they seem very political as well as spiritual. More thought required. I hope you enjoyed.
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That stuff describes what I do but not who I am. I'm a woman trying her best each day to live her best life, one that is personally fulfilling, one in which I, with my husband, raise our children to be good and decent, contributing human beings, and one in which I walk closely with and listen to God. I hope to love and laugh much along the way, to cry more for others than for myself and to never stop being curious about this great big world and the people in it.
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