Music For The Passionate…
… is the name of my hubby’s new site! He’s been working on it for years, in one form or another, but this is the first time it’s actually made it to the online community 😀
…so – check it out here!
If you’ve ever wanted to learn guitar or bass, or wondered how to play the blues – here’s your chance! Not all the lessons are up, but they’re on the way…
Everything is free to download, but if you like what you see, there’s a facility to donate the price of a cup of tea…
Go forth! Play music!
… and don’t forget to let my talented hubby know what you think about it all! 😀
His Child
As well as the song in the previous post 😀 I’ve also been playing “Father and Daughter” by Paul Simon a lot lately….
This is from a movie called The Wild Thornberrys, which I have seen, but can’t remember much about it….
I heard this song a while ago but as I was listening one day, I felt that God was singing it to me…. I heard such love, like a doting Daddy, and felt warmth and safety, and an unquestioning trust. I have heard it that way ever since.
I know that, line by line, some could take issue that I’m being flippant… perhaps I’m not being completely theologically sound…
I only know that God let me know He loved me 😀
My Dad was one of the good guys. He had a temper… and my memory is that he worked long hours… but he was trustworthy, a salt-of-the-earth type of bloke. When I hear of God as Father, it’s not a huge stretch for me to comprehend it…
… but I know there are many who didn’t have good fathers. Many who, when they hear of Father God, think of a cold, heartless, abusive, destructive being…. and they close up in fear..
I so wish that I could get across that image of God as loving Daddy… as a safe haven, a warm embrace. As One Who is delighted to watch His children grow. That’s the Daddy I know. I wish that everyone could find Him.
Yes, this is just a song. Maybe I’m the only one getting this image from it…
But I pray that you can listen, and catch a glimpse of the loving Father, waiting for you to come to Him…
My New Favourite Song…
We learned this for a group we attend on Friday mornings… I love it 😀
Their other songs are pretty good too….
Theme Songs
Sometimes in your life, there are certain songs that sum up how you feel a large part of the time… for a long time, this was mine..
I was a melancholy child…
I still have “rock” days… sometimes things overwhelm me… but that’s not who I am anymore..
..and it’s not true, by the way.
Rocks feel a great deal of pain.
Islands cry buckets.
Just not where anyone can see them..
… but
One day, I finally realised that Jesus loved me..
and this became my theme song.
😀
I didn’t find that song until later, though..
This was the song I played over and over, 18 years ago..
(I couldn’t find a youtube clip – here’s a Grooveshark link..)
Whatever happens in my life, I am loved…
it still hurts, when there are people I want to care, and who just… don’t.
But I am never alone.
And my theme is joy!
(Not the official clip for this song, but I thought it was cute..)
