It had become a Saturday Night tradition with Mom and I. We would turn on WVPBS at 8:00pm and watch Classic Gospel. It was a program produced by Bill Gaither that featured his Gaither Home Comings and some of the videos that he produced over the years. This program was how I fell in love with Jason Crabb. I also got to love Vestal Goodman, Dottie Rambo, The Issacs, The Hoppers, Ernie Hass and Signature Sound, Lynda Randle, Ivan Parker, Gordon Mote, Guy Penrod, David Phelps, and Mark Lowry. It was because of that show that I started buying some of the Gaither Homecoming CDs. I would play them in the car when Mom and I were traveling places.
It was one of those programs on Saturday Night that they played songs from the Gaither CD, Rock of Ages. One of those songs was called Does Jesus Care/God Will Take Care of You by Mark Lowry. Mom loved that song. She told me after the program that I needed to get that CD so that we could play that song often. Mom loved God Will Take Care of You. It was her favorite hymn. In fact, we played the Oak Ridge Boys version at her funeral. This song by Mark Lowry was her favorite.
It was after Mom passed that I found it again. I was on YouTube looking of videos and ran across this song. I watched the video and it took me back to when I saw it on tv. It reminded me that in my grief and pain of loosing Mom that God did care for me. He was carrying me through this storm in my life.
It was after that that I would listen to a lot of Mark Lowry songs on YouTube. Mom liked his comedy, but I loved his serious side. His songs just speak to you with a great message. I love songs like Mary Did You Know, I Thirst, Make It Real, Smile, Promises , and What's Not To Love.
I recently saw a video of JD Sumner talking about how Mark helped him after his wife died. It made me think about how Mark's music helped me through the loss of my Mom. His music made me see that God was not through with me yet.
I am so very thankful that Mom and I ran across the music of Mark Lowry. It has been a comfort to me and his comedy brought Mom many hours of laughs. Mark Lowry is such a blessing.
God Bless You Mark Lowry. You are a true testament to the love of Jesus.
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