Striving To Be "Christ-Like"!

A tribute post and video link to remember the Queen of Country music, Loretta Lynn. We share a birthday month too. (April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022) Youtube link:  Loretta Lynn Tribute Video   I also have many other tribute and compilation videos I've pieced together and uploaded of her. Plus a tribute of her and Doolittle + her and Conway Twitty. That link will take you to my channel too. It's a long and deserving tribute, because this post interweaves memories and recollections of my late grandmothers as well. Writing out this blog brought great therapy and comfort to me. These ladies truly showed me what it meant to strive to continue to "become a better woman". I know Loretta will be remembered by so many as a legend. A treasure. A singer,  songwriter, and author. But she was much more than that. She was a human being with a family and problems, health issues and heartache just like us. She lived through regrets, disappointments, and impe...

"Who says God is dead? I'm a talkin' to Him now! Who says God is dead? He's with us all right now. He knows every move that you make. He knows every time you make a mistake. The rumor has been spread! Who says God is dead? ----- Who says God is dead? That's mighty low! I'd like to meet them face to face, and tell 'em it's not so. I've got my Saviour by the hand. He's leadin' me to the Promised Land. No, I'm not out of my head! Who says God is dead? ------ Who says God is dead? He's a watchin' you right now. Who says God is dead? He's a reachin' for you now. If I were you, I'd kneel and pray. 'Cause we're not promised one more day. Remember blood was shed. Who says God is dead?" When God leads you to a song that was released around 1967 and written by the late Loretta Lynn, and it stops you in your tracks! This ole gal is only still alive and pushing forward, because I serve and believe the one true God......

You start going back through old records, only to find this jewel released in 1968! We still have a working record player! Songs just sound better on it to me! Like drinking coca cola in a glass bottle! No auto tune or overdubs! Just rawness and realness!! Gracious this seriously had to the best album she recorded, besides the other Gospel music she recorded and released, i.e. "Hymns". Yeah she could sing the phone book, and there will never be another Comway & Loretta, but now this is a favorite on my Spotify. She had incredible writing abilities for sure!  "Glory hallelujah *she would sing "hallelujer", I'm not ashamed to let my salvation show. This old world's just my dressin' room, and I'm a gettin' ready to go!"  Look that song up on YouTube! What lyrics! Not to mention, "Standing Room Only"! Goodness that one gives me chills! I've now got this album on repeat! This new music needs to make a u-turn back to the sim...