About two months ago I was out in one of my sheds and found a box there that wasn't opened or marked. I thought...what was in it? I opened it and found to my surprise 100 CD's that had been pretty much miss placed at least from my memory. I took one out and put it in my car while I was heading to town. It was my CD that I had professionally recorded back in 2006 called "Yours Alone". When I reached a song in it that was a cover of Don Francisco's called "I Don't Care Where You've Been Sleeping", I pulled over to the side of the road and cried for some time in sorrow for what I had been doing in my flesh and was allowing me to be controlled.
The lyrics of a song that was a blessing to many who had heard it when I was involved with Judah's Praise those so many years ago, say this..
I loved you long before the time your eyes first saw the day
And everything I've done has been to help you on the way
But you took all that you wanted then 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞, THIS WAS ME!
And 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 THIS WAS ME!
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 THIS WAS ME!
𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 THIS WAS ME FIFTEEN or more OF THEM!
𝐈'𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐲. AND I DID and even sit here reading this and have tears of joy running down my cheeks!
I don't care where you've been sleeping, I don't care who's made your bed I already gave My life to set you free;
There's no sin you could imagine that is stronger than my love,
And it's all yours if you'll come home again to Me. 𝘼 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙐𝙉𝘾𝙊𝙉𝘿𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀!!
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞; 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.....𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 I DID. Big time. I have been so blessed in my life so far and for me to have turned away the way I did saddens me so. Father has been blessing me since the day I was born. For you see, I was a "love" child conceived before wedlock. My mother could have had me aborted but she didn't. So here I am 70 years later having lived a blessed life and having been "backslid" for so many years taking the GIFT my Father sent me to this planet with into the mire I had been in.
Now doors are opening. My mind is in after burner drive sharing and witnessing the songs that I professionally recorded on two cassette tapes and two CD's. This is the song that HE used to turn me around by my OWN voice and presentation! I want you all to be blessed by the gift he has given me because when you are blessed by my talent, I am blessed also. If you go to my stack you can hear one that I did on my album, "Is There Room".
And I want to let you know that Rightful Freedom's TESTIMONY is what prompted me to write this one of myself. So THANK YOU FOR THAT!
Thank you for sharing your story and testimony, Courageous. God bless your mom! And the experience of tears of joy in remembering as they hymn says, ‘How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!’
And thanks for the link to “Is There Room”. Inspired and inspiring. “Will we know Him when He comes again?” great lyric. And I downloaded "I Don't Care Where You've Been Sleeping" to play on my MP3 when I walk in the mountains. You’re right, the message of that song is a wonderful reminder of what we gain when we are saved.
It’s a thought-provoking message about salvation and its incomparable and miraculous value. I hope and pray that you and I will and the people who have commented will have many opportunities in the year ahead to do God’s will.
I am so feeling a calling to be involved with Woodland Hills Family Church in Branson Missouri. I feel that my ability can be used there to bless many. And everyone I bless blesses me. Here is my cover rendition of Todd Agnew’s Grace Like Rain which is a version of Amazing grace with some nice differences.
‘How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!’ Words that could have only been brought forth by His holy spirit!
Thanks for the link; I downloaded the Mp3. And thanks for the offer of a USB but I wouldn't put you to the trouble. I joined Soundcloud and followed you so I can listen there.
Glad you have a church where you feel at home. I moved to a very small town, a little village really. Not many churches to choose from. Oddly there is an Eastern Orthodox one of the Serbian branch of that faith and I feel drawn to the people there. A very close community of faith. But it's basically like Catholicism and I don't feel I could believe in some of the rituals and creeds. Very nice people though.
I will watch what you're up to on your Substack. 2025 promises to be a very interesting year for people like us. God bless you, also.
You didn't mention the miracle that changed you. Now I pray...but not to this particular god bloke who seems to destroy any narrative that Hitler, Mao, and Ghengis Khan were the worst mass murderers of all time. I pray to a Spirit that is not attached to any body. So Merry whatever December means to all the people here.
They are not facts. Those the spew of a cynical, arrogant, & embittered creature who can't stand in the presence of spiritual beauty, and must therefore degrade it with found spew.
Just a minute every morning and evening I stand in quiet prayer to Wakantanka Great Spirit and give thanks for the 75 years of life. But Wakantanka ain't god. It is human spirit and much more powerful
Merry Christmas! I’m in too! Aren’t we blessed?
We are indeed!
So glad to hear that you are in! What a blessing after the years you spent not knowing Him. I'm in, and so overjoyed to be able to say so.
Beautiful Xmas essay, see Xmas is also good because it’s starts with a cross! May our Saviour bless and keep you⚔️
I am Delighted to know that you were blessed to See the Light Sir...
Merry Christmas...indeed.
JOG...
A very beautiful missive, sir. Of course, I would expect nothing less from you.
What a very nice comment. Thank you, and Merry Christmas.
About two months ago I was out in one of my sheds and found a box there that wasn't opened or marked. I thought...what was in it? I opened it and found to my surprise 100 CD's that had been pretty much miss placed at least from my memory. I took one out and put it in my car while I was heading to town. It was my CD that I had professionally recorded back in 2006 called "Yours Alone". When I reached a song in it that was a cover of Don Francisco's called "I Don't Care Where You've Been Sleeping", I pulled over to the side of the road and cried for some time in sorrow for what I had been doing in my flesh and was allowing me to be controlled.
The lyrics of a song that was a blessing to many who had heard it when I was involved with Judah's Praise those so many years ago, say this..
I loved you long before the time your eyes first saw the day
And everything I've done has been to help you on the way
But you took all that you wanted then 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞, THIS WAS ME!
And 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 THIS WAS ME!
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 THIS WAS ME!
𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 THIS WAS ME FIFTEEN or more OF THEM!
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐞
𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙒𝘼𝙎 𝙈𝙀 𝘽𝙄𝙂 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀!
𝐈'𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐲. AND I DID and even sit here reading this and have tears of joy running down my cheeks!
I don't care where you've been sleeping, I don't care who's made your bed I already gave My life to set you free;
There's no sin you could imagine that is stronger than my love,
And it's all yours if you'll come home again to Me. 𝘼 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙐𝙉𝘾𝙊𝙉𝘿𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀!!
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞; 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.....𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 I DID. Big time. I have been so blessed in my life so far and for me to have turned away the way I did saddens me so. Father has been blessing me since the day I was born. For you see, I was a "love" child conceived before wedlock. My mother could have had me aborted but she didn't. So here I am 70 years later having lived a blessed life and having been "backslid" for so many years taking the GIFT my Father sent me to this planet with into the mire I had been in.
Now doors are opening. My mind is in after burner drive sharing and witnessing the songs that I professionally recorded on two cassette tapes and two CD's. This is the song that HE used to turn me around by my OWN voice and presentation! I want you all to be blessed by the gift he has given me because when you are blessed by my talent, I am blessed also. If you go to my stack you can hear one that I did on my album, "Is There Room".
And I want to let you know that Rightful Freedom's TESTIMONY is what prompted me to write this one of myself. So THANK YOU FOR THAT!
https://bornagainclassics.com/MarkReynolds-MP3s/YoursAlone/IDCWYBS-MarkReynolds.mp3
𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜'𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑀𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒;
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒,
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑒
𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘: 𝐵𝐸 𝐵𝐿𝐸𝑆𝑆𝐸𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝐻𝐴𝑁𝐾 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝐹𝐴𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒. 𝑷𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑺𝑬 𝒀𝑨𝑯𝑾𝑬𝑯!
https://soundcloud.com/user-96621491
Thank you for sharing your story and testimony, Courageous. God bless your mom! And the experience of tears of joy in remembering as they hymn says, ‘How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!’
And thanks for the link to “Is There Room”. Inspired and inspiring. “Will we know Him when He comes again?” great lyric. And I downloaded "I Don't Care Where You've Been Sleeping" to play on my MP3 when I walk in the mountains. You’re right, the message of that song is a wonderful reminder of what we gain when we are saved.
Speaking of that the comment here by Vyina Felix led me to the Substack of Becomelects Ministry https://substack.com/home/post/p-153395513
It’s a thought-provoking message about salvation and its incomparable and miraculous value. I hope and pray that you and I will and the people who have commented will have many opportunities in the year ahead to do God’s will.
I am so feeling a calling to be involved with Woodland Hills Family Church in Branson Missouri. I feel that my ability can be used there to bless many. And everyone I bless blesses me. Here is my cover rendition of Todd Agnew’s Grace Like Rain which is a version of Amazing grace with some nice differences.
‘How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!’ Words that could have only been brought forth by His holy spirit!
https://bornagainclassics.com/MarkReynolds-MP3s/YoursAlone/GraceLikeRain-MarkReynolds.mp3
PM me your address and I’ll send 31 of the songs I have recorded from four different albums in Mp3 format on a USB drive. Thank you! Be blessed. ~Mark
Thanks for the link; I downloaded the Mp3. And thanks for the offer of a USB but I wouldn't put you to the trouble. I joined Soundcloud and followed you so I can listen there.
Glad you have a church where you feel at home. I moved to a very small town, a little village really. Not many churches to choose from. Oddly there is an Eastern Orthodox one of the Serbian branch of that faith and I feel drawn to the people there. A very close community of faith. But it's basically like Catholicism and I don't feel I could believe in some of the rituals and creeds. Very nice people though.
I will watch what you're up to on your Substack. 2025 promises to be a very interesting year for people like us. God bless you, also.
This is coming in late but.. Merry Christmas!
I hope you all enjoyed the holiday season and are having a happy and blessed New Year!
Blessings and more Blessings , Sir !
Have a wonderful and safe New Year !!
God is always present and Felt as soon as we let Him in !!!
So very happy for you :-)
"God is always present and Felt as soon as we let Him in !!!"
Yes. He is waiting for us to find Him, whether we realize it or not.
Absolutely true ! God is Love and Love has patience among so many other virtues ..
You didn't mention the miracle that changed you. Now I pray...but not to this particular god bloke who seems to destroy any narrative that Hitler, Mao, and Ghengis Khan were the worst mass murderers of all time. I pray to a Spirit that is not attached to any body. So Merry whatever December means to all the people here.
Wow, how profoundly disrespectful!
When has fact been disrespectful
They are not facts. Those the spew of a cynical, arrogant, & embittered creature who can't stand in the presence of spiritual beauty, and must therefore degrade it with found spew.
Just a minute every morning and evening I stand in quiet prayer to Wakantanka Great Spirit and give thanks for the 75 years of life. But Wakantanka ain't god. It is human spirit and much more powerful