The music was a quartet named Open Heart from Bedford, Indiana.
It has been awhile since I have listened to Southern Gospel music.
What the songs lacked in sophistication they made up for with heart-felt sincerity.
The People That God Gives You
I got the call this morning
I can't believe he's gone
Thought he'd be here forever
But one more time, time proved me wrong
It was just a week ago
Thought I should call and say Hello
Now I'm reminded once again
Life's a vapor in the wind
Love the people that God gives you
They're a gift that Heaven sent
Live and laugh and make some memories
Treasure every moment spent
Cause none of us are here forever
That's a proven fact
Love the people that God gives you
Cause one day, he'll want them back
Each day the mirror tells the story
I wonder where the time has gone
Children laughing round the table
They now have children of their own
There may be things you need to say
So why today is still today
You have the chance to hold them close
One more chance to let them know
Love the people that God gives you
They're a gift that Heaven sent
Live and laugh and make some memories
Treasure every moment spent
Cause none of us are here forever
That's a proven fact
Love the people that God gives you
Cause one day, he'll want them back
Oh the list keeps getting longer
Friends and family that i miss
But when I think about what matters most
It all comes down to this
None of us are here forever
That's a proven fact
Love the people that God gives you
Cause one day, he'll want them back
This was a good reminder of how fleeting life can be, especially during a pandemic. The lyrics of the last song really did not speak to me. Definitely not where I had been in my Christian experience.
Alabama Mud
It was a hot and hazy July morning,
Gathered by the river with the birds all hummin',
And the smell of jasmine, hanging on the breeze,
Preacher he was a preachin' from a King James Bible,
When the church hall broke out in revival,
Saints and sinners, fallin' on their knees,
That was the day, everything changed...
[Chorus]
I put my feet in the Alabama mud, waded out in the water
Choir on the banks singing "Power in the Blood, wonder workin' power",
I went under, He washed me clean,
Came up shoutin', "Hallelujah I'm free",
Thank God He met me where I was,
Ankle deep in the Alabama mud.
[Verse 2]
Ever since then, He's been beside me,
Like a north star shinning, He's there to guide me,
Through the bends, the turns, the curves, of this ol' life,
Lookin' back now on the southern summer, I'll never get over all that He put under when he took this rebel's heart and washed it white
That was the day, everything changed...
Gathered by the river with the birds all hummin',
And the smell of jasmine, hanging on the breeze,
Preacher he was a preachin' from a King James Bible,
When the church hall broke out in revival,
Saints and sinners, fallin' on their knees,
That was the day, everything changed...
[Chorus]
I put my feet in the Alabama mud, waded out in the water
Choir on the banks singing "Power in the Blood, wonder workin' power",
I went under, He washed me clean,
Came up shoutin', "Hallelujah I'm free",
Thank God He met me where I was,
Ankle deep in the Alabama mud.
[Verse 2]
Ever since then, He's been beside me,
Like a north star shinning, He's there to guide me,
Through the bends, the turns, the curves, of this ol' life,
Lookin' back now on the southern summer, I'll never get over all that He put under when he took this rebel's heart and washed it white
That was the day, everything changed...
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