Changing the Lyrics

Makenzie and Nathan playing and singing

If I let my thoughts wander, setting them adrift on the breeze of the past, often, they come to rest on Makenzie’s love of music.  This morning, they recall a song that sprang from her 6th grade lips every time we were driving in the car.  Her favorite — my favorite — FFH’s “One of These Days.”

A snipett of lyrics reads:

One of these days
Gonna see the hand that took the nails for me
One of these days
Gonna hold the key to the mansion built for me
One of these days
Gonna walk the streets of gold that were paved for me
One of these days
I’m gonna see my Savior face to face
One of these days

This morning, my thoughts paint the new lyrics that Makenzie now sings:

Even today
I can see the hand that took the nails for me
Even today
I can hold the key to the mansion built for me
Even today
I’m walking the streets of gold that were paved for me
Even today
I can see my Savior face to face
Even today

I can’t wait to sing the changed lyrics with her.  Someday … someday.

Peace,

todd

Life Changing Links …

• Tribute Video played at Makenzie’s Celebration Service.
• Makenzie’s Celebration Service Online – Click Here
• “I Dance For You My King” (Video: Makenzie’s song by Anthony Celia)
• “Image of Grace” (Video: Song written and played by Nathan Stocker)
• “Makenzie Memories” (a blog by one of her best friends, Katie Davis)

My New Book Coming Soon

“AN 8-TRACK PARENT IN AN MP3 WORLD”

My 13 year old son called me from a music store asking if he could buy a CD.  I was thinking he was choosing between Audio Adreneline or The Newsboys; good Christian bands.  But then he said, “Dad, which is better.  Van Halen or Deff Leopard?”  I knew at that moment, we had to come up with some guidelines on choosing appropriate music for our family. 

 I wrote these guidelines in book form which should be availalbe on Amazon within the next few weeks.  If you have a pre-teen or teenager, these guideline will help you foster good conversations about music and help keep the peace in your household.  Keep Watching.