Already immortal

 Caught  the Muscle Shoals special, saw  The Swampers, Wexler, & Hall

Clarence Carter (CC) said, “once recorded, you’re immortal”, I’d  done  passed through the portal 

Got in line when I heard His call

Time was early nineties 

I went down and knelt at front 

Found what I’d been looking for, He’d been knocking on my door 

I’s just a little lost out in the hunt 

Already immortal

Already immortal

I stood up immortal , My names in the book

no matter where I go I can’t get lost 

Takes a lifetime of learning to know why you ain’t burning 

Truly understand all it cost 

Moving forward in this life 

I seek, I get things done 

The day that really counted 

Was back in ‘91

Already immortal

Already immortal.

I’m back from crazy

 For a little while there I slipped into insane 

Now know how it feels to be crazy 

Looking back over again it, no matter how I spin it

Had a little to do with lazy 

I’m back 

I’m back from crazy

Don’t ever want to go there again 

I’m back 

I’m back from crazy

Stay sane for my family and friends 

Make sure I stay sane, stay in my lane

Do things that push us forward 

Way better choices, better head noises 

I’m talking less noise and way more Word

I’m back 

I’m back from crazy

Don’t ever want to go there again 

I’m back 

I’m back from crazy

Stay sane for my family and friends.

Unity

 Starting out today  I thought it was settled 

We had it in the bag

Turns out His timing, kinda like a’rhyming 

At times there’s a little lag

Unity is needed, Unity is felt 

Somehow sense it in your soul

When seeking a selection, best choice or direction

Of a sudden two halves make a whole 

Thank You we can hear You, Together we can move 

Push past the season of doubt

Listening for calling, we are both His darling 

Spring comes, winter’s on the way out 

Unity is needed, Unity is felt 

Somehow sense it in your soul

When seeking a selection, best choice or direction

Of a sudden two halves make a whole 

Unity is needed, Unity is felt 

Somehow sense it in your soul

When seeking a selection, best choice or direction

Of a sudden two halves make a whole 

Forget my name

 Forget my name I don’t want fame 

My God is all that’s needed 

The One to show, I point and go

Strain to where He’s seated 

Forget my name 

Forget my name

Fame is fickle, beauty blind 

This world’s view won’t  last

There is One who made the sun 

From Him the mold is cast 

He’ll be here just wait and see 

The world won’t  be enticed 

The name you see, not you or me

The name is Jesus Christ 

Forget my name

Forget my name

Philippians 3:13-14

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Shone a light on His Word

 How kind a couple 

generous to a tee 

You've  opened up your home and life 

Shown the Lord to me 

You've looked past the differences 

Hang ups, Habits, & hurts

All these years, through laughs & tears 

Shared many mains & desserts

Through all of life’s ups and downs 

Seems come hell  or high water 

You've entrusted to me, a king I now see

Your precious oldest daughter 

We’ve lived through all the hard stuff 

Now know that His love endures 

What I’m  calling out, with whisper and shout 

Through trials we’ve learned so does yours 

Above all I’m grateful 

I’ve seen and I’ve heard 

Lived life to the full 

Shone a light on His Word

A tribute to David & Rosemary Harrison… my in-laws.

Psalms 136:1

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.

His love endures forever.

Growing up again… at 55!

 I was young and I was free 

All of Texas to roam 

Long hair, barefoot, living large

Didn’t even own a comb

Of  a sudden I’m 25

Married, overseas

Have a house now, mortgage,babies

Boss and wife to please

It all happened fast, adult at last 

Like someone snapped their finger 

Guess God knows best, More’n all the rest 

He knows how lads can linger 

A day in time, a rhythmic rhyme 

They too go hand in Hand 

I’m suiting up, I’m cutting hair 

I’m breaking up the band 

To work I go, twas time to grow 

Up from boy to man 

Now looking back, clear as white on black 

Handwriting’s in His hand

Grow up I did, to man from kid 

Done  all the adult stuff 

Done seen and heard, first worm, now bird 

This world’s flippin hard and tough 

Thought it may be like valleys and peaks 

Where life was all good or all bad 

Adult firing on all fronts, sees life all happens at once 

Like train tracks, part happy, part sad

Happy trumps sad, joy buries bad

I’m older, I’m healing, I thrive 

No reason to hide, interesting ride

Growing up again at 55.

New Zealanders

 I love Kiwis, of course I married one 

She's led me to The Lord my whole walk 

1991, my new man saw the sun 

Where I've tred I've tried to walk the talk 

I've watched in admiration, I've learned a thing or two 

I'm learning, in The Body, I'm a part 

It's not all or any, I'm just one of many 

All my kin worship from the heart 

I do love New Zealand, I see its flags and flaws 

My central citizenship's in heaven 

No nation is the heart, All people form a part

He forgives seventy times seven 

Kiwis, as a lot, are some things I'm just not

Muted, kinda boring, lack of passion 

Makes them rational, as an ethos, international 

Solid thinking unfollows fashion 

I thank the Lord He brought me here back in '91

I've struggled and I've bloomed where I'm planted

I've been forgiven, protected as I've driven 

Now I don't take anything for granted. 

Psalms 22:27 (KJV)

27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

1 Corinthians 12:14 (KJV)

14 For the body is not one member, but many.

Crying in church

 Who of you hasn’t had cleansing 

Who out there hasn’t had tears 

Talking ‘bout weeping, tea still steeping 

downing weight you’ve shouldered for years 

Holy Spirit moves you 

Holy Spirit speaks 

Of a sudden finding that your vessel leaks 

Normally containing, yet you want to let it flow 

Inside you are certain He has something to show 

You let loose the rampart, unbuckle the shield 

No telling how you’ll feel 

I can guarantee you one thing 

That’s comfort for you boy 

Spirit to support you 

Tears  just bring you joy 

Psalms 94:17-19

Unless the LORD had given me help,

I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

When I said, “My foot is slipping, ”

your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.

When anxiety was great within me,

your consolation brought me joy.

Shuffling good bits globally

 Verse 1:

I’ve moved a bunch of bits around 

Not all of them been good 

If you’ve been on the Net,  out for what you can get 

You may’ve missed all you could 

Chorus 1:

See if we’re not part of the answer, we’re  the problem by default 

How can we say, in every way 

If we ain’t light and salt

Verse2:

It’s a simple concept 

Still forces a reply 

What we consume, where, & with whom

Demand feeds supply 

Chorus 2:

See if we’re not part of the answer, we’re  the problem by default 

How can we say, in every way 

If we ain’t light and salt

Verse3:

So let’s be on the good side 

Shuffle the good bits around 

Won’t worry when you get your phone out, that you may be thrown out

And trampled on the ground 

Chorus 3 x2:

See if we’re not part of the answer, we’re  the problem by default 

How can we say, in every way 

If we ain’t light and salt

Matthew 5:13-16

Salt and Light

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.