Great Great Joy!

Twelve years ago I started this blog, with the purpose of sharing lyrics of songs from Christian music, lyrics that I felt had meaning. By 2014 I had gotten through my favorite songs, and the rate of posting slowed to a trickle. This is common for blogs – either the writer just gets tired of coming up with something to post, or inspiration dries up, or other things take precedence.

I have not lost my enthusiasm for Christian music or, more importantly, the Christian faith. Jesus still is first priority, and I depend on Him for guidance and help in all facets of my life.

Back in 2008 when I posted my first song lyrics here, that was also an election year. And, looking at what I posted at that time, it was also contentious. Every election cycle it seems that each side accuses the other of being a terrible person, who will do terrible things when they get to Washington, and the new candidate will go to the capital and “clean things up”. As usual, they over simplify what they can accomplish, whether running for House, Senate, or President, and over accuse the other side of being Satan incarnate.

Every election is important, and the outcome of every election sets the tone for the next two to four years in our country. In this post I will not get into the details of one side versus the other; what I want to again emphasize is what I posted on November 3, 2008 – that aside from voting, it is my job to pray for the country. We have so many disasters facing not just the U.S. but also the rest of the world – the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of acres of land burning, hurricane after hurricane pounding the southeast, and unrest with citizen fighting citizen. Some are literally stating on videos or on social media that they want people from the side opposing them to be dead or arrested and jailed.

My response is that I can vote with my conscience for the candidates who best support my views, but most importantly I need to pray. We all need to pray.

The song is similar, but a different arrangement from the post in 2008. This song, from the 1975 musical presentation by Jimmy & Carol Owens, “If My People”, led and narrated by Pat Boone.

(spoken) “In second Chronicles 14, God made a promise to Israel, which the Holy Spirit is renewing today in the hearts of God’s people in many nations. We’ve come to begin fulfilling God’s conditions for that promise of a great awakening and healing in our land.”

If My people
Which are called by My name
Shall humble themselves
Shall humble themselves and pray

If My people
Which are called by My name
Shall seek my face
And turn from their wicked ways

Then will I hear from heaven
Then will I hear from heaven
Then will I hear from heaven
Then will I hear and will forgive
Forgive their sin

If My people
Which are called by My name
Shall humble themselves
Shall humble themselves and pray

I will forgive their sin
I will forgive their sin
I will forgive their sin
And heal their land

Robbase1969 is his handle on YouTube, and he is the creator of the CCM Medleys mentioned in my last post. I checked his YouTube page again today, and found that he has some additional music medleys that he has created since I posted about this a year ago.

I do not recall how far his year-by-year CCM medleys went as of last year, but they now include the years 1986 through 1990, and he has two medleys for Maranatha! praise music. I want to encourage any reader to check out his YouTube page here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/robbase1969

Here are the two praise music medleys:

and this one:

Just discovered these videos on YouTube. Robbase1969 has created eight videos that include clips of songs for each year from 1979 to 1986, much longer than those I put on my decade-long Timesweep. They are fantastic surveys of the music being played on CCM stations in the early 1980s, and well worth a listen. I have created a playlist of all of them:

Here is the Medley for 1984:

Check them out, and if you like them, leave Robbase1969 a “like” and a positive comment.

Some years ago, a friend of the web site sent me recordings of the KYMS 1984 top 50 countdown show (actually the top 28 were all that were included in his recordings). These were great, and I’ve finally put them into a “scoped” version (the start and end of the songs are the only part of the music included), and uploaded them to YouTube to share. Host Jim Hodson’s comments are a fascinating look into the world of CCM in late 1984. Enjoy!