starting over

I haven't taken Robbie Seay Band's cd out of my player since I got it last week. Their song Starting Over is another reason why. Here's a snippit:

"Now hope has found me
I am not alone
Now hope has found me
I am not disowned
And when I think it’s over
I am not alone
When you think it’s over
You can start it over"

"We have met the enemy...and he is us"

Saturday, I bought two CDs. Dave Crowder Band's Remedy and Robbie Seay Band's Give Yourself Away. Robbie Seay Band's CD is incredible. I recommend that you go buy it. Right away I was amazed by the lyrics. Check out the song "New Day":

"I'm gonna sing this song
To let you know that you're not alone
And if you're like me
You need hope, coffee, and melody
So sit back down
Let the world keep spinning ‘round
For yesterday's gone and today is waiting on you to show your face"

Most people who know me know that my java is Mt. Dew. Some mornings (well and honestly some days) God uses Mt. Dew to get me through it. It's an incredibly huge thing the HOPE that God has given us. Perhaps I need hope more than the rest of you, but I know without hope, I'd be lost. Their song "Song of Hope" is on my MySpace page.

"All things bright and beautiful You are
All things wise and wonderful You are
In my darkest night, You brighten up the skies
A song will rise

I will sing a song of hope
Sing along
God of heaven come down
Heaven come down
Just to know that You are near is enough
God of heaven come down, heaven come down

All things new
I can start again
Creator, God
Calling me Your friend
Sing praise, my soul
To the Maker of the skies
A song will rise

I will sing a song of hope
Sing along
God of heaven come down
Heaven come down
Just to know You and be loved is enough
God of heaven come down, heaven come down

Hallelujah, sing
Hallelujah, sing
Hallelujah, sing"


So, I'm attending this conference in OKC and this lady gives me a "Will Rogers for President" button. Too bad he's not really able to run. I don't want to make this a political forum, but I'm really sad to see that John Edwards has dropped out of the race. He's the only candidate that I have heard speak about poverty in America. So, anyway, this got me to thinking about the Okefenokee Swamp, home of the Pogo people and I was wondering if I Go Pogo is running for president again this year. If you're reading this and you don't know who I Go Pogo is, then you probably don't know anything about the Oklahoma county commissioner scandel featured in the Doonesbury cartoon by Garry Trudeau. Doonesbury cartoon has a website. So does I Go Pogo. Yes, I am old enough to be familiar with both of these. LOL

"Choose to love the Lord your God and to obey him and commit yourself to him, for he is your life." Deut. 30:20 NLT

the fatherless

I heard a James Dobson segment on the radio today that said of the 72 million children in America, 33% of them go to bed every night in a home where there is not a father present. I'm reminded of my own experience growing up without my dad around. I'm also reminded of where scripture tells us that the Lord is a father to the fatherless.

Psalm 68:4-6 (New American Standard Bible)

"Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts,
Whose name is the LORD, and exult before Him.
A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land."

faith

Jonah 33 is one of my all time favorite bands. Their song "Faith Like That" has alaways ministered to me. Here's the chorus:

"I want a faith that can move any mountain
And send them to the seas
I want a faith that can break every stronghold
That keeps You, that keeps from me

And I want a faith like that
To see the dead rise or to see You pass by, oh, I"

Amazing Grace

I am so blessed every time I hear Todd Agnew's song Grace Like Rain. The chorus goes like this:

"Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away"