Three Years & Two Songs Later

About 3 years ago, I was sitting in church listening to the pastor read his scripture reference. It came from Matthew, and was the familiar reference to casting your burdens on Christ. I had heard that scripture many times before, but something inside me was really touched.

I can't tell you what he preached about that day because I just kept reading the veres over & over. While I wasd doing that, a melody started running through my head. The only paper I had was my bulletin so...I used it. I jotted the solfege for the melody down and brought it home. Over the next week, I began playing with the melody & eventually came up with a chorus I really liked.

Fastforward nearly two years...I still have the chorus & haven't been able to come up with anything to go with it. In the meantime, I began writing a second song. This time I got a little further - wrote three verses & a bridge. And...just like the last song...I seemed to hit a wall & couldn't come up with anything else. So I just put them away & let my mind rest (at least as far as the songs are concerned).

The past couple of months my songs have been haunting me - the melodies & words kept running through my head. The second song came together ane afternoon as - was sitting at home. All of a sudden it just came to me so I ran to the paino & figured it out so I wouldn't forget it. Not too lang after that, I was driving one afternoon & started to have a verse for my original chorus run through my head. Thank goodness I have a voice recorder on my phone! :)

Since that time, I have finished & "perfected" BOTH of my songs. It's been a very exciting experience, and I've even enjoyed watcing how God is using my songs already. It's definitely obvious that God gave me the words for a reason. And...once again it's obvious that it was His timing (eveb though it about drove me crazy at times)!

Here you go, Traci :-)

Someone (won't mention any names...hahaha) told me a couple days ago that I really needed to update my blog. I guess she was right!!! Didn't realize it had been so long.

Since my last post, I've went fishing on Lake Erie with Val, Shawn & the kids, started school, had knee surgery (which had me off school for 4 weeks), started school again (my nephew, Harrison, called to see how my "2nd first day of school" went - he's so sweet), had several concerts, and have been doing physical therapy regularly.

There have been ups & downs, but one thing has remained constant...God has been there! He's laughed with me when I've laughed...cried with me when I cried...and He's carried me when I didn't think I could go any further. I'm so thankful I have Him on my side!!!