God Gives Us Music To Soothe Our Troubles
When I woke up this morning, I wanted to share with you that God gives us music to enjoy and to soothe our troubled souls. From the time I was ten or eleven, I knew the power of music and what a good song can do. There were the songs on the radio. We didn't have a station that played a lot of Christian music back then. I heard most of the music at that time in church. When I worked in Christian radio, I enjoyed a lot of the songs I played. They were a blessing to me as well as the listeners.
The first song that I will talk about is the song "That's Enough" Jake Hess, and the Talley Trio recently had a hit with this. The Talley Trio had used a recording of Jake singing with them. The first time I heard that song was when I was eleven at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The church wasn't a typical Baptist Church. Now it would be more of a full gospel church. Anyway the first time I heard that song, the church began to praise the Lord. The lady that sang it, she had a way of singing a song that made you think she was or had went through what ever it was she was singing about. Looking back she probably had been though some of the things she sang about. The song goes like this:
There always somebody talking about me, really I don't mind
They try to stop and block my progress most of the time
You know the mean things they say don't make me feel bad
I can't loose a friend I've never had, I've got Jesus and that's enough
There's been so many times when I didn't have a dime
I didn't tell nobody but the Lord
You know He heard my plea, came to see about me
He's my all and all
When you crush me down, Jesus picks me up
Stands by me when the going gets rough, I've got Jesus and that's enough.
That song has really stuck with me all of these years from the rough days of junior high, to those days after losing my job. It seemed like there for a while when I was down and feeling low, because I wasn't making a fuss about things, I had people talk about me like I was stupid. The folks I used to work for and with said things they shouldn't. When someone is down you don't need to take your heel and crush them further. People felt compelled to tell me stuff. When I would try to get up someone else would try to put me in my place, so I sang that song a lot. I've got Jesus and That's Enough...
The song with the lyrics "Show Yourself mighty, show Yourself strong
In the time of trouble , in the midst of the storm, show Yourself mighty show yourself strong."
That song was running through my mind , the day I got the call saying my disability was approved. I had gathered all of my doccuments together and was ready to go to DHHR to see if I was eligible for anything. Things had gotten really, really tight here. I had payed into this system as a taxpayer for over thirty years so I felt like I could at least check. That song God had showed Himself Mighty and strong in the midst of my storm.
"When God Has Another Plan" was one I played, the first time I heard it I knew that God was going to use this song. I could see things unraveling. I wasn't sure what to do, I just knew God Had another plan. When it was going to become clearer to me I didn't know. The day I turned in my key and carried as much as I could down those steps I knew that God had another plan for me.
"Will You Cover Me" is a song written by Bonnie Keen. She had recently went though a divorce and a single parent as well. She was frightened about the possibilities that lay ahead.
"Will you cover me, when I have lost my way, O Lord will you cover me?"
I was going through my CDs when I ran across that song. It was back in the fall of last year. I was asking the Lord the same thing, because I was scared.
"I Almost Let Go" is a song by Kurt Carr. It was one of my mom's favorite songs I am not sure why, but in my case I know why. When I heard that my mom had cancer, I thought it was unfair that a lady who did nothing, but take care of her family and everyone else, would be stricken with such an illness. The cancer she had was not one you could operate on and cut it out. It was bone cancer. I stopped going to church. I was so depressed and I almost walked away from the Lord. My faith was sorely tested. When she wasn't in church, she made us go. She was talked about, because my mom was like me in many ways she had a quiet strength. If she was upset about something you would never know it. I discovered that song, one day I had got a call from Sharon, who said they had to give mama some blood. I was asking God why did she have to go through all of this. I found a CD on my desk and I put it in the CD player.
I almost let go I felt like I just couldn't take life anymore
My problems had me bound depression wieghed me down
But God held me close, so I wouldn't go.
God's mercy kept me so I wouldn't let go
So I'm here today because God kept me
I"m alive today only because of His grace
He kept me so wouldn't let go
That was what I needed to hear, becasue I have served the Lord for a long time, believed His Word, both literally and spiritually, and for this to happen, it was just too much.
There were a few of the Paynes songs that come to mind; "God Delivers Again."
"God delivers again, My God delivers again
when it seems that all is lost
He reaches down His hand
Then all the forces of evil have to flee at His command
Just when things look hopless my God delivers again."
There was a song on a Greenes CD that said "Things Over My Head Are Under His Feet." I used to play it when I felt overwhelmed.
One of my favorite songs is "I am His and He is Mine."
"God's amazing grace reached down from Heaven
Rescued me from sin and from strife
Opened up my eyes and brought salvation
Now I am His, Praise His Holy Name
Now I know that He is Mine and I am His forever
Hie is leading me along the way
He will be holding to my hand when I cross death's river
He will take the sting of death away...
As you can tell I love music, and it helps soothe the rough times in life. Share your favorite songs with someone.
The first song that I will talk about is the song "That's Enough" Jake Hess, and the Talley Trio recently had a hit with this. The Talley Trio had used a recording of Jake singing with them. The first time I heard that song was when I was eleven at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The church wasn't a typical Baptist Church. Now it would be more of a full gospel church. Anyway the first time I heard that song, the church began to praise the Lord. The lady that sang it, she had a way of singing a song that made you think she was or had went through what ever it was she was singing about. Looking back she probably had been though some of the things she sang about. The song goes like this:
There always somebody talking about me, really I don't mind
They try to stop and block my progress most of the time
You know the mean things they say don't make me feel bad
I can't loose a friend I've never had, I've got Jesus and that's enough
There's been so many times when I didn't have a dime
I didn't tell nobody but the Lord
You know He heard my plea, came to see about me
He's my all and all
When you crush me down, Jesus picks me up
Stands by me when the going gets rough, I've got Jesus and that's enough.
That song has really stuck with me all of these years from the rough days of junior high, to those days after losing my job. It seemed like there for a while when I was down and feeling low, because I wasn't making a fuss about things, I had people talk about me like I was stupid. The folks I used to work for and with said things they shouldn't. When someone is down you don't need to take your heel and crush them further. People felt compelled to tell me stuff. When I would try to get up someone else would try to put me in my place, so I sang that song a lot. I've got Jesus and That's Enough...
The song with the lyrics "Show Yourself mighty, show Yourself strong
In the time of trouble , in the midst of the storm, show Yourself mighty show yourself strong."
That song was running through my mind , the day I got the call saying my disability was approved. I had gathered all of my doccuments together and was ready to go to DHHR to see if I was eligible for anything. Things had gotten really, really tight here. I had payed into this system as a taxpayer for over thirty years so I felt like I could at least check. That song God had showed Himself Mighty and strong in the midst of my storm.
"When God Has Another Plan" was one I played, the first time I heard it I knew that God was going to use this song. I could see things unraveling. I wasn't sure what to do, I just knew God Had another plan. When it was going to become clearer to me I didn't know. The day I turned in my key and carried as much as I could down those steps I knew that God had another plan for me.
"Will You Cover Me" is a song written by Bonnie Keen. She had recently went though a divorce and a single parent as well. She was frightened about the possibilities that lay ahead.
"Will you cover me, when I have lost my way, O Lord will you cover me?"
I was going through my CDs when I ran across that song. It was back in the fall of last year. I was asking the Lord the same thing, because I was scared.
"I Almost Let Go" is a song by Kurt Carr. It was one of my mom's favorite songs I am not sure why, but in my case I know why. When I heard that my mom had cancer, I thought it was unfair that a lady who did nothing, but take care of her family and everyone else, would be stricken with such an illness. The cancer she had was not one you could operate on and cut it out. It was bone cancer. I stopped going to church. I was so depressed and I almost walked away from the Lord. My faith was sorely tested. When she wasn't in church, she made us go. She was talked about, because my mom was like me in many ways she had a quiet strength. If she was upset about something you would never know it. I discovered that song, one day I had got a call from Sharon, who said they had to give mama some blood. I was asking God why did she have to go through all of this. I found a CD on my desk and I put it in the CD player.
I almost let go I felt like I just couldn't take life anymore
My problems had me bound depression wieghed me down
But God held me close, so I wouldn't go.
God's mercy kept me so I wouldn't let go
So I'm here today because God kept me
I"m alive today only because of His grace
He kept me so wouldn't let go
That was what I needed to hear, becasue I have served the Lord for a long time, believed His Word, both literally and spiritually, and for this to happen, it was just too much.
There were a few of the Paynes songs that come to mind; "God Delivers Again."
"God delivers again, My God delivers again
when it seems that all is lost
He reaches down His hand
Then all the forces of evil have to flee at His command
Just when things look hopless my God delivers again."
There was a song on a Greenes CD that said "Things Over My Head Are Under His Feet." I used to play it when I felt overwhelmed.
One of my favorite songs is "I am His and He is Mine."
"God's amazing grace reached down from Heaven
Rescued me from sin and from strife
Opened up my eyes and brought salvation
Now I am His, Praise His Holy Name
Now I know that He is Mine and I am His forever
Hie is leading me along the way
He will be holding to my hand when I cross death's river
He will take the sting of death away...
As you can tell I love music, and it helps soothe the rough times in life. Share your favorite songs with someone.
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