Good Ol' Gospel

When I need encouragement, I always revert to gospel music. Not KLUV christian type music, I'm talking Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin.

Grant isn't a fan of the gospel music I have. All he hears is lots of clapping and cheering and repeating of the same lines over and over.  But that cheering and uplifting sound, those repeating lyrics - they speak to me. It might seem strange, a very white woman in Colorado listening to stand up and dance type gospel music on a regular basis, but it has been frequent on my Ipod this last 12 months. I think it was ingrained in me from my teenage days, listening to gospel (and lots of r&b and rap) on the bus on the way to track meets. And with Brandi, Carly and Kelsey, swapping gospel albums while traveling in my college track days. Whatever it was, it has stuck with me, and I always go back to that kind of music when I need a pick me up (yes I know....I just got very strange in the eyes of many. I'm ok with that).

Maybe it's because it's mother's day wknd or because it's May, but I woke up early this am, and today is a gospel kinda day. Thought I'd share some of the beautiful lyrics found amidst all the clapping and cheering in these artists' songs:
 
When I cannot hear the sparrow sing
And I cannot feel the melody
There's a secret place that's full of grace
There's a blessing in the storm
Help me sing it
There's a blessing in the storm

When the sickness won't leave my body
And the pain just won't leave my soul
I get on my knees and say, "Jesus please"
There's a blessing in the storm
Help me sing it
There's a blessing in the storm

When I cannot seem to love again
And the raindrops won't ever end
If you just hold on
Those clouds will soon be gone

There's a blessing in the storm
Help me sing it
There's a blessing in the storm
-Kirk Franklin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YLn9xAq1c

Ooh child things are gonna get easier
Ooh child things will get brighter
Ooh child things are gonna get easier
Ooh child things will get brighter

Some day we'll put it together and we'll get all down
Some day we'll walk in the rays of the beautiful sun
Some day when the world is much brighter

if you're tired of the crying
if you're tired of people dying
if you're tired of the fighting
no more wars, no lying
all the people in the world
every boy every girl
you know it's not over until God says that it's over
come on
-Donnie McClurkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUSY1ydMpi8

Here's another just for fun:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hgMZFH5BM

And just to prove Gran't doesn't share my same affinity for this style of music, he just woke up and yelled from the bedroom "Is that Gospel? Put on a better wakeup song!!!"
G, You know you like it. :)