REMEMBERING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPUryHzCcQ
I came across this video of the late J.D. Sumner. He is one of my favorite old time singers. As most of you know I just love southern gospel music. It's where my heart is in music. I watched some of J.D.'s stuff tonight. Thinking about things he said, and what his music means. It's deeper than the ocean! I listen to him and I feel so many things. I think about when my great grandmother and my grandmother took me to singings at every church in town when I was growing up. I think about ridding down the street with my grandparents on Sunday afternoon's with their boston terrier. How I would sit in the middle and sing to the top of my lungs.My favorite song back then was," Have a little talk with Jesus." It also made me think tonight how things are so different now. Most of the people I loved and adored so long ago are in heaven now. I know they would never dream how the world is today for so many reasons. There is one thing I want to pass on to my own kids... Without God we are nothing ! HE'S ALL WE HAVE IN THE END! I remember how it felt to get baptized. I remember thinking what it all meant. I was so glad that I had a chance to go to heaven. Ya know, that all meant a lot to me then, but I can tell you it means even more to me now. God is there waiting to greet us, he has so many people I can't wait to see again. I want to thank him for giving his son , and then I want to hold my son! I'm sure glad he wipes all tears away because otherwise I might just flood heaven. So strange how we have to grow up to understand how important all those little things will mean to us later on in life.
We have so many new groups that sing now. I love the praise and worship music . There's just something about the old stuff that puts you in a place you need to be sometimes! Makes you feel and remember where it all started , and what its all about! I don't know where I'm really going with all of this other than just hoping that everyone takes a minute to remember what is important in life and never take people you love for granted. Heaven might be tonight, or it might be in 100 years . I just want to take all the people I love with me!