like A LIGHT BEAM FROM an alien Space ship, the Light draws a human’s “being” (essence) to it – there is a “natural” longing stirred within for this Light with no defined understanding of it and a feeling of something missing when it is not present — it is beyond human understanding and, as humans, we do NOT tend to like NOT understanding – we insist on defining everything according to our limited heart/mind and declare our definition is “truth” . . . this blocks our heart/mind from receiving TRUTH which, when received as a child, simply requires acceptance without definition, “faith”- belief in what I cannot see is “faith”- and relying only on what I can define is indeed human arrogance, a remarkable, overwhelmingly blind arrogance – a path I have confidently walked often . . . maybe even now . . .
a work in progress . . . God's grace has brought me through many traumas of varying intensities and I am alive today (both physically & spiritually) because of Him and His work: "For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus"-Philippians 1:6.
My childhood was spent living in many places in the United States due to my family's music or ministry—The Hicks Family, made up of Olan & Barbara Hicks, my younger brothers, Clint & Chuck & me, sang in different combos (put out an album), does so no longer professionally . . . but, visit a family gathering in Searcy & you're bound to hear some foot-tapping sounds (or catch my dad & mom on the road)!
I believe that every moment of each life path (the good & what I perceive as the bad) God works together for my good as His child whether I understand it or not. MUSIC and MINISTRY are still primary aspects of the path God has me walking—so exciting!
Words that have encouraged me since 1980: ". . . giving them a garland instead of ashes,The oil of gladness instead of mourning,The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting So they will be called oaks of righteousness,The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified." Isaiah 61:3
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