Hey yall… so I have two great Hank songs for you today… both are among my favorites…
🤠 “Old Nashville Cowboys” Year Released: 1979 Album: Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
🎶 “Always Loving You” Year Released: 1979 Album: Family Tradition
Here’s a cool fact… in 1988 my best friend passed away… and we received an autographed picture that read “sorry to hear about Joey…” signed by Hank… thought that was so cool… the song Always Loving You… always reminds me of those days and my friend…
One last ride for Tonic— a small send-off to a band that carried seasons of my life. Their songs were companions more than tracks… Windows down… volume up… thanks for the road…
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind.”
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FGL ¡¡`’.-
“my love is… never gonna run dry, never gonna come up empty… now until the day I die, unconditionally… You know I’m always gonna be here for ya No one’s ever gonna love you more than God, your mama, and me…”
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Me `’.,°~
Paint my heart to stay- the pyro kind… burning red and flame…
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Song of Solomon 8:6–7
“Set me as a seal upon your heart… for love is strong as death… Many waters cannot quench love… neither can floods drown it…”
I’ve got two lottery stories. Here’s the first—one that’s stuck with me for years.
Back when I used to work delivering top-grade fruits and vegetables to restaurants all over Atlanta, one of the guys I worked with told me this story about his aunt and uncle up in Michigan. They were the kind of folks who played the lottery religiously—same numbers every week, knew them by heart. His uncle worked construction, his aunt stayed home.
One day, the uncle was on the job, radio on in the background, when the lottery numbers came up. One by one, he heard them read off… and they were his numbers. Every single one. He stood there frozen, trying to grasp it—he was a millionaire, just like that. He felt like Jed Clampett, like George Jefferson—about to “move on up,” as they say. He couldn’t believe it—after all that time, the numbers finally hit.
Trembling, he grabbed his phone and called home. His wife answered. He could barely get the words out—“Honey, we won. We won!” You can imagine that rush of joy, disbelief, tears, laughter—the whole spectrum of emotions hitting at once.
When they finally calmed down, he asked her, “Where’s the ticket?”
Silence.
She didn’t know. Couldn’t remember. They searched every corner of that house—you name it: drawers, kitchen counters, coat pockets, even the trash—but the ticket was gone.
Never turned up.
It was a multimillion jackpot—ten million or more, my coworker said. They never recovered from it. They ended up divorcing. He drank himself into an early grave; she lost her mind and eventually wound up in a mental hospital.
I’ll never forget that story. They were just one missing ticket away from a whole new life. Makes you realize how thin the line is between winning big and losing everything…
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The second story’s a little different—it’s about the strange brush I had with the lottery once.
I don’t normally play. Honestly, it had probably been ten years since the last time I bought a ticket. But one day, these numbers just popped into my head out of nowhere. They felt… random, but not really. So I scribbled them down and thought, why not? Maybe I’m supposed to play these.
That evening, I bought a ticket for the Fantasy Five drawing. Later that night, I sat down in front of the TV, ticket in hand, heart doing that nervous little dance while I waited for the numbers to roll out.
The first one—bam. I had it. The second—got it. The third—hit again. The fourth—yes! Four in a row.
Now it all came down to the last number. If it hit, I’d be holding a ticket worth half a million dollars. I was right there on the edge of my seat, waiting… the winning number flashed on the screen—29.
I looked down. Mine said 30.
Missed it by one digit. Just one.
Still, four out of five wasn’t bad—I got a hundred bucks out of it. Not life-changing, but it sure made for a good story.
Funny how luck works, isn’t it? One number can mean the difference between a payday and just another story before bed…
So I guess if there’s any moral here, it’s this—don’t store your hopes and dreams in things that can be lost… store them where they’re eternal — that’s where the true jackpot is waiting…
Matthew 13:44 (NIV) “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field…”
Hey yall… hope all is well… this week I’m sharing two favorites — we’ll finish up Tonic next week before turning the page…
🎵 Mean to Me • Year: 1999 • Album: Sugar
🎵 Do You Know • Year: 2o02 • Album: Head on Straight
Mean to Me is good… one of my favorites from them… but it’s hard to pick a favorite with these guys… so press play and enjoy…
Happy Hump Day… 🐫
This one has the F word in it once at the 3:36 mark… 👇
…….📖→💛☀️→📄📄→🌬️→👁️👁️→😌→🚶♂️↔️🏠→🌌’
So open up the book that you keep deep inside… Let the pages yellow in the sun… Show them that you’re not afraid to let them see… How far you can be… from home…
Sidewalk Prophets 🎶 The Words I Would Say 🎶 Live Like That…
One of the coolest things about Sidewalk Prophets is how much of their story was shaped by other people. Early on, a demo they recorded was submitted to a contest without their knowledge — and they won. That surprise moment opened doors they never planned for. Years later, they kept that same spirit of community by inviting fans to help shape the Live Like That album itself, using fan-submitted photos for the cover and even letting fans sing background vocals. From the start, their music has never been just theirs — it’s always been shared…
Here’s two more great ones from them…
🎵 “The Words I Would Say” — from These Simple Truths (2009)
🎵 “Live Like That” — from Live Like That (2012)
I pray yall have a super blessed Sunday… enjoy the music and the message…
James 1:22 (NIV) Do not merely listen to the Word… and so deceive yourselves… Do what it says…
1 John 3:18 (NIV) Dear children… let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth…
Heart of Loia `'.,°~ 