The other day a friend loaned me a monumental CD. Earlier that day my wife had been visiting her and had mentioned the significant impact this music once had on my life.
Anyone remember Psalty the Singing Songbook?
Just shy of thirty years ago my family was on our summer holiday. I had just hopped out of the bath, all five-years-young of me, and went to the lounge to dry and get in my jim-jams. In the era of cassettes, the last song of Kid’s Praise 2 happened to be playing. The song went, “In my life Lord, be glorified”.
As I lay in the lounge by myself, without knowing what the words to this song actually meant, the melody and lyric, like a wind from another world, shot to my soul. I began to sob. And sob. And sob. I remember being enthralled by Something.
A year or so later the same thing happened. As I lent over the pew at church, once again I wept as Something was happening in me as the music played and the people sang. I now know that it was Jesus, coming to me dressed in music, robed in rhythm and melody.
And today, like a favourite pair of jeans, He keeps coming to me, coming to us, wearing the praises of His people.
I stumbled across on old journal the other day. Across one of the pages I had written in large “CHRIST’S PRESENCE IS MY HOME!!!” Music has always made me acutely aware of Him. And being with Him is like being at home. The best kind of home:
I was lost but now I’m found Now I know the sweetest Sound Father’s love and hope surround Here’s my HomeWe release this collection of song in the middle of advent, celebrating the incarnate Son, the one not ashamed to set His foot on terra firma making this fallen world His own and recreating it from the inside. As we do so, it’s not that His coming necessitates the inviting of Him into our hearts, but Truth sings that His advent has invited us into His.
Our hope is that these songs, like a favourite pair of jeans for your soul, will remind you that indeed home really is where the heart is at, for His heart is with us. In the surrounding of the Fathers love…
Here’s my Home.
Just as I was reading this I had my daughter’s bible next to the computer – Psalty’s Kids Bible! Thanks for this… Worship is a lifestyle.
Just came home from the long weekend up at the beach to find a rain soaked envelope in my mail box. I’ve just listened to here is my home right through and it’s a homecoming indeed. Thankyou for an authentic, passionate, worship full space. I will return here again.
Great worship Album, alive and original, I heard Nic in Adelaide doing the songs there and it was awesome, but I want to play them with my Worship Team at Hunter Christian Church.
How do I get hold of the music and the music and words to the praise song done in Adelaide thats not on the album. I don’t know the words anymore but Praise word was said a lot.
Can’t wait for your reply
Greg
hey Greg,
we’re just sorting sheet music with CCLI now.
in the meantime, happy to send you through some chordsheets/lyrics
drop me an email and let me know what you need.
luke@lukeoram.co.nz
cheers,
L.