If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
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If I could live anywhere in the world.. I believe I would choose the Philippines…
I’ve been blessed to travel a bit — Singapore.. Argentina.. the Philippines — mostly through missionary work.. But something about the Philippines💥just stayed with me… The people there are warm.. kind.. joyful.. and welcoming in a way that’s hard to explain but impossible to forget …..🇵🇭
It’s a place that felt like home the moment I arrived… and if I could live anywhere… that’s where I’d go ….💥
I’m still strongly connected to the people there today… and will always be… I message on whatsapp often with my friends there… also.. my ex-girlfriend is Filipino… she and I were together for like five or so years… she taught me much💥about life.. culture.. and the language.. today we are just good friends …💥
I almost forgot to mention how stunningly beautiful it is there… the mountains… the beaches… unlike any other…
“”Sana’y maging maganda ang araw n’yo ngayon…””…….~+†+~’
Years ago… a Christian friend of mine.. shared his thoughts with me.. regarding the song “Man In The Box” by Alice in Chains..💥he explained to me how the song was demonic and evil.. because of the line.. “Jesus Christ..deny your maker”… and I’ve had others in my life try and say the same thing… but the song is not that at all… it’s the deep cry and lament of a man… lost in life… lost in addiction.. a man who feels hopeless… a man that knows he’s in💥trouble and dying… a man fighting the demons… a man crying out…… for Jesus…. ((is the song influenced by evil? For sure.. but there’s a lot of good happening here also.. God is trying to reach Layne.. I’m focused on the man crying… I care about him… not the demons))…..💥
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Layne believed… he knew God was real.. he knew God was his only hope… he was💥longing for HIM… he just felt so far away… he didn’t know how to get there… he was blinded by his life… this is what drug💥addiction does… I know… I’ve been there…
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Layne’s story is so sad to me… because I was just like him… but there’s hope for us all💥today…. you dont have to feel like Layne and me….☝️….. there is one💥standing at the door of your heart… knocking…💥
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People are more important… than anything else… even the ones you don’t know… even the ones you don’t like…☝️💯
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“” see the forest through the trees… that goes for us Christians also… and by ‘us I mean me’…””💥
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“” send me to them.. I will help them find YOU…””💯
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Layne was beautiful… I pulled for him… I prayed for him… makes me sad… that he ended like he did… he died alone… in his apartment… of an overdose… don’t you end like this… get up stand up… wake up… answer the door… ☝️💥💯🏳🪜✝️
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“” people don’t care how much you know… until they know how much you care…””🖤
(Willy) “We are two lions litter’d in one day… and I the elder and more terrible…”
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(Me) “that’s great bro.. but your pride and fearlessness is a perfect window into your tragic blindness… you need THE KING.. you need JESUS… you need THE LION OF JUDAH…..!”
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(Stevie Ray Vaughan) “Hey guys… can we just listen to music today…..?`…,.’-_`°…..”
I first came across Sister Hazel in the 90’s… they had like 2 maybe 3 songs that hit the charts… the song “Happy” and “All For You”..💥around the early 2o0O’s.. i💥started deep diving into them and was just💥blown💥away… their music is incredible… so many beautiful.. well written and well put💥together songs.. excellent lyrics and sound… you feel their heart in everything…💥 (I think they are the most underrated band of all time) and coming from me.. that’s really saying something..💥( Ken Block is considered the front man… and has a one of a kind voice… Ken writes a lot of the songs.. but Drew Copeland on guitar and harmonies.. he also helps write some… Drew also sings lead on some songs.. also.. other band members help write…💥
This song “World Inside My Head” is one my favorites from them.. there’s too many to choose from tho.. so it’s hard to say..💥this song was released in 2o04 and this is the acoustic version from one of my💥 favorite albums of all time “Before The💥 Amplifiers”… this song is excellent and it’s definitely a Hidden Gem…. tucked💥away… waiting to be found.. I hope you enjoy..💥
“”TELL ME WHAT IT IS ABOUT ME? WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO WITHOUT ME?”” 🎶
“”ON THE ROAD TO SAFE.. I KINDA TRIPPED ALONG THE WAY…””🎶
“”BUT THE PAINT ON ME.. IS BEGINNING TO DRY.. AND IT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO BE 🎶 THE WEIGHT ON ME 🎶 IS HANGING ON TO A WEARY ANGEL””
On Wednesdays.. I will be posting secular or spiritual songs… and on Sundays I will do christian songs of faith.. all great💥 “Hidden Gem” type songs… ty and God bless you… a little something for💥 everyone…💥
It was Tuesday.. June 6.. 2o06.. around 9 pm.. eastern time.. in the small town of Locust Grove.. Georgia.. USA.. at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac.. a good neighborhood to grow up.. in a beautiful.. yellow..💥 southern home.. out of a magazine.. with white shudders and trim.. and an old style front porch.. that almost ran the length of the house.. lined with antique wooden💥 rocking chairs.. full with gorgeous flowers and potted plants of various kinds and colors.. my mother’s precious castle… her Kindom.. where she reigned… and I just happened to be there… sitting.. rocking.. playing my guitar and singing.. trying to write my song…..💥
I had been struggling with addiction.. somehow.. I decided in my mind.. that the drugs made me more creative.. I felt it made me a better musician.. a better💥 singer… I thought i could write better… I swallowed the lie wholly… one thing was for sure.. I enjoyed myself and my music much more while under the influence… this was the reason I used drugs… it💥 wasn’t to sit around and get high and act💥stupid and practice meaningless💥nonsense of no importance… I would make magic.. I was creating the world inside my head… singing and strumming the strings of my life.. the only way I knew how at the time…💥
I was high that night.. like the sky.. I was sitting at my computer.. I had been💥 performing live all day in an online music festival concert… I was a part of a group of💥worldwide musicians known as “The Pond”… and we were putting on a show that day… so i’d perform a song about every two hours… and in between that.. other acts would play…..💥
As I was waiting my turn… something came over me… a thought… a desire to be famous… a desire to be heard.. to be known.. to be felt the world over…💥to be loved by many… to be a rockstar… and then it happened… I began to speak to him… to the evil one.. the devil.. satan.. Lucifer.. whatever you want to call him.. he has many names… I told him that if he were to make me famous… and take me and my music to the top… take me to the highest level… that I would💥serve him… what happened next.. I wasn’t expecting and has been hard to forget……….💥
As I ended my words with him… something happened… I had his attention.. I felt his presence close.. I felt him💥listening.. I felt him speaking.. as if he was saying…. “”ok… it’s all yours.. what you ask.. what you seek.. what you desire… it’s all yours””… I finished the concert that night and went to bed.. exhausted and uneasy…..💥
Morning came… I awoke.. and immediately.. I remembered… oh no.. what have I done?.. I was sober now… I jumped out of bed… I was scared… I was a mess emotionally… I made coffee… I tried to think of my next move… I went to the garage… and I spoke these words out loud… I told him to forget💥 everything I asked for… that I didn’t mean it… that I didn’t want it… that I could never commit to him… because I belong to💥CHRIST JESUS💥… that I would be following HIM and HIM only moving forward… HIM only will I serve… I💥recanted… I took it all back… I felt💥relieved… alive… delivered… forgiven… restored… renewed… what happened next has given me a few bad dreams over the years…..💥
As I finished telling the devil.. my new future plan… an evil presence rushed at me from across the room… it was angry and fast… I could hear the wind and💥motion as it approached me… it got right up close in my face… nose to nose… staring me down… it was the most💥intense… most intimidating… purest form of evil… it didn’t feel like a demon… it felt like the source… the one behind it all… the one that fell… the accuser of the brethren… the father of lies… the devil himself…💥 Lucifer… and he was in my garage… in my face… trying to start a fight…💥 or finish one…💥… that I started……💥
I was frozen in place… nose to nose… face to face… I had to do something… I started talking to GOD..silently… calling on HIM… HE showed up… I filled up on strength… I started rebuking the evil… commanding it with authority… it remained in front of me… something had to give… I couldn’t stand any longer in the presence of it… I ran in the house… and it was over… but it wasn’t over……💥
So since this experience… throughout the years… evil has tried many times to take my life… evil has made several attempts.. .. but GOD… rich in love and mercy… has kept me safe… HE has miraculously💥delivered me on occasions… when I call on HIM… HE comes after me… riding the wind… HE has been with me through it all… my strength–my source… it’s because of my GOD…💥that I write to you this night… and tell you of HIS goodness… and I only say this to you… HE loves you as much as HE loves me… and HE’S there… HE’S real… nose to nose… face to face… waiting for you…💥
Many people don’t believe….. I can’t help but to….. because of what I’ve been💥 through… I know the truth with certainty… I know we all only have two choices… and limited time to choose…..💥
‘O THANK YOU JESUS 💥💯
I leave you with these scriptures.. look them up.. it is my life verse given to me by the LORD…💥
Psalm 143: 9-12…. (143 is the numeric code for the phrase “I love you” 9-12 is my💥birthday… and the words inside… my life…… my story…….my GOD……💥`-!1~`-4/3_<9*,;:12’^”>t’…,,”…,’…,t’/_`-!’,-^-💥
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“….I awoke last night to the sound of thunder… how far off… I sat💥and wondered… started humming a song from 1962… aint it funny how the night moves… when you just don’t seem to have as much to lose… strange how the night moves…💥with Autumn closing in….”…..,t’ `~-.i’!^_/
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I’ll never forget the summer of 2o06…
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“…oh the night has been won… and I shall overcome… yet not i.. but through CHRIST In me…”💥…………………………………………`☆
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if your unfamiliar with the girl singing in the video?… that’s Jen Ledger… the drummer from the band SKILLET… I’m in love with her 😍😅.. she’s my honey…😁..💥
I just posted another short video of her playing drums… hard to believe that’s the same.. innocent.. precious.. sweet little thing singing in the other vid 😅… she’s a beast on those drums!………..💥
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“” you can take my heart… you can take my breath… when you pry it… from my cold dead chest…”” ☝️💯
So stand in the rain Stand your ground Stand up when it’s all crashing down You stand through the pain You won’t drown And one day… what’s lost can be found You stand in the rain
When I was 19… I met a girl.. (the girl).. she was 16… I exploded inside when i saw her for the first time…💥🏳… I surrendered… I let my white flags fly… she became my girlfriend… we were inseparable… deep in love… or so we thought… her family loved me… my family loved her… I worked hard… I saved all my money… I bought her a small diamond ring… before I ever asked her to marry me… i knew her eyes said yes always…💥
We lived like we were married… that wasn’t good… it wasn’t christian… it wasn’t Godly… she meant more than anything else to me… that wasn’t good either…💥
My 21st birthday was approaching… I was excited… she was nervous… I started going out nights with my friends… to bars and clubs… I was drinking… I was partying…💥 she was lonely… late one night.. I ended up drunk on my friends couch… a girl I knew before her was there… she sat down beside me… time passed… highly intoxicated….. I had sex with this other girl…💥
When I woke up that morning… sober… I couldn’t believe what I had done… I loved my life so… how could I ever cheat on her… I felt like garbage… dirty… so–fake… I 💥 walked to the bathroom… threw some water on my face… I couldn’t look in the mirror…
I decided to tell her the truth… I had to let go of this… to be free… to be honest… to be me again… oh how.. I wanted her to forgive me… I just knew that our love was💥 strong enough to bend… that we could survive this… before I could tell her… she told me that she had a dream… that same night… that I cheated on her… WHOA-OH… unbelievable… I was in the process of being unfaithful… while she was asleep and dreaming of it…💥
So.. I sat her down… trembling.. I told her… it broke her in half… she told me to leave… long story short… she was done… she never had anything to do with me ever again…💥
Now I was broke… behond repair… it took me years to get right… I’ve endured much pain and hurt on my narrow road of life… but nothing ever as painful as losing her…
About 6 months ago… I found her Facebook… I gathered myself… found strength to look through her pictures… I saw her… her husband… her two glowing teenagers… boy and girl… her life…💥 without me… looked so beautiful…💛
‘pictures in a box at home– yellowing and green with mold– so I can barely see your face–(I) wonder how that color taste–…🎵 –‘…….. ……….~</3~’…A…—|—’…N….-/-/-‘..G…..↓°↓°↓’…E….^|^’……L….¡!’….A…:;:;’…….</3,,,’—|—†’“““`=angela
“”and for the million hours that we were well I’ll smile and remember it all then I’ll turn and go🎵 while your story’s completed mine is a long way from done…””
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Part of a poem… by Thomas Ford
There is a lady sweet and kind… Was never face so pleased my mind… I did but see her passing by… And yet I love her till I die……
I’m totally over this today… just thought I’d write about it… 😁`’.¡~.
I made this yt short this morning… I just feel like rocking out today… do you guys ever get that way? 😁… if your not familiar with my channel.. come and visit.. and if you like music.. subscribe… I would love to have you… So I use songs that either touch me… or just ones i really like… hopefully you will like too…`/_<*,`•°`-i`:’….||-♪-||’
Today’s song is Rawkfist by Thousand Foot Krutch… enjoy 🖤🤟🎶💥🧲 …click on thumbnail to listen to song in its entirety..
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?
So I know some famous people.. let’s start with Sterling Winfield… him and i hung out some back in 2006-08… we don’t talk today… I could tell you many cool stories about my time with Sterling… here’s one… he once called on the phone from inside a limousine with Kid Rock and Pam Anderson…💥
Also.. I am friends with Pastor Bill Bailey… he is the top southern gospel music promoter in the nation… from 2009-13.. I met and hung out with so many Christian music artists and groups through him… here’s a few… Jason Crabb.. Adam Crabb.. The Issacs… many others associated with Bill Gaither….💥
Also… I’ve hung out with Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey… Victor is one of the best bass guitar players in the world… he hangs out with Dave Matthews…💥
Also… from my in-depth study of my family tree.. I found out that I’m related to.. President Richard Nixon… William Penn.. for which Pennsylvania is named… his grandson John Penn… signer of the declaration of independence… also.. my ancestors were directly involved in the Salem Witch Trials…💥
But the most famous person I know…….. my LORD… my SAVIOR… my KING… my GOD… my FRIEND… that sticks closer than a brother… my ALL-IN-ALL… JESUS CHRIST… do you know HIM?…💥
Yall should have known that was coming… 😆😁😛…💥
Also… the most infamous one I know is Lucifer… we had a falling out in 2006.. I haven’t spoken to him since…💥
So what does all this mean? Absolutely nothing…..🏳
Only one of these matters to me…💥 everything else under my sun is simply vanity…💥
Heart of Loia `'.,°~ 