New Beginnings

     I was reading the "Gospel Greats " newletter this morning when I ran across the headline that Jessy Dixon had passed away. He went home to be with the Lord on September 26th. Jessy will be missed on the Gaither "Homecoming" tour singing songs such as "Highway to Heaven", "I Am Redeemed" just to name a few.      I became familar with Jessy Dixon in 1976 with a song called "Gone at Last" from Paul Simon. The piano playing in rthe background sounded a lot like the piano player from our church at the time.  They would announce it as Paul Simon and the Jessy Dixon singers. In 1977 when I went to work at WJLS, they were getting some black gospel music in and there was an album by "Jessy Dixon' called "I Expect To See Him". On the back of it were endorsements from Leo Sayer, Paul Simon and others from the pop music world. I asked if I could have the album, and I bought it home. It was kind of contemporary, but I loved...

     Several years ago Mike Bowling had a song "The Call".  It was talking about his call to share the Gospel through song.. Being called to do something for the Lord is special, scary and uncertain. My call to the ministry was in fact uncertai,n scary and something I avoided for a long time.      Some people see themselves as Joyce Meyer or TD Jakes when they get the call to preach the gospel. They don't realize that it takes a while to reach that status, if you reach it at all.  Some choose preaching as a profession, like you would choose to be a doctor or a chef. God chooses you.  The thing I couldn't get over is why did God choose me. I was like Moses.  Moses told the Lord he couldn't speak well, I told the Lord I couldn't see well. That was dumb, God made my eyes and made me the way He wanted me, He knows that. I didn't have any problem talking in front of people, God had prepared me for that long ago. When I was young I...

     A few years back Tonya Goodman Sykes wrote and sang a song called "The Things I Believe In". I have faith in His promises of things unseen, all because it's more than a dream. I'm building my life on the things I believe in. That's what I am trying to do, is build my life on the things I believe in.      I believe that if you treat people right, I mean the way you wish to be treated  you will be treated the same way. If you show kindness to people, kindness will be shown to you. If you help people, others will help you.  I know my ideas and beliefs sound a little simplistic and old fashioned, but that's the way I am.      I believe in the marriage vows. Even though sometimes I would really like to give my husband a piece of my mind.  I hold back, because I love him and some things aren't a matter of life and death and if I say too much, he may not be willing to help out if I need it. Marriage i...