Leaving college was the first good decision I made that year. Because, even way back then (in the early part of the fourth quarter of the 20th century) they laced most of the classes with anti God ideology. And my Christian background made me stubborn enough to change course and resist the subtle indoctrination.
I didn’t know it right then, but music would change the course of my life.
No, I didn’t change course right after I left college. In fact, it wasn’t until a few years later, and a wide variety of jobs, that I started to go for a career in music. And that was after it kinda pursued me first.
My brother and I sang songs around the pool of an apartment complex where we lived. We did that in the evenings after hammering nails all day. And I can honestly say we built quite a loyal and substantial following.
Next thing we knew (remember, this is the condensed version of the story) we auditioned at lots of local live music spots in Houston, Texas. Yeah, we worked as carpenters during the day and sang wherever we could each evening and weekend.
Eventually we landed a regular “gig” as the featured happy hour entertainment in a very popular local nightclub. It was regular music work, three hours each evening every Monday through Friday. And we got to see, and get to know, the late night bands on the weekends. Before long other local spots started sending managers and reps to see us. No more auditions. And that’s when we started getting the juicier, more coveted gigs. You might say we had “made it” in the local scene. Traveling the country was next.
Fortunately I grew out of all the pop-star-glory-eyed nonsense.
And one day, after years in the music business, I decided to change course again. Because I no longer liked most of the typical venues I’d been part of for so long. And a secular musical career held no appeal to me anymore. Something else became way more important to me.
Eternity.
In fact, it seemed much closer to me than ever before (probably because it was…and is). So I figured I’d better put more focus on what it was all about.
That’s when a different kind of glory started to guide my words and music.
Yeah, the power of words and music still burns as bright as ever in me. But now I know how much more important it is to use whatever abilities I have with words and music to tell others about who gave them to me.
And if the story I share about Jesus being the only way to eternal life is false, then I’m one of the biggest fools who ever lived. Because that would mean I invested a lot of my life to perpetuate a lie. And it would mean I also wasted hours, days, weeks, and years writing and singing about that lie.
But it’s not a lie.
The mountains and mountains of evidence boldly and clearly point to a Creator who made the whole universe just by speaking it into existence. And He made sure I could change course from death to eternal life. I hope you have that hope. Tragically, most people don’t. Even though it’s readily available.
Since there is a Creator of all life, there is hope.
And if not, there would be only doom and gloom.
But I know my Creator’s promises give me hope.
And they started when He made me in the womb.
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