We made it to Dallas last night.  Whew!  It is never fun traveling on airplanes with two young kids, regardless of how well they act.  My kids did pretty well, but it is still a lot of work, especially with my 18 month old girl.  She is a busy body, never stops.  So since she was a lap child (meaning free) she had to stay in my lap for the flight.  She was not happy about that!  Overall the flight was good and I even got a couple compliments on how well behaved my kids were.  I just said, "Really, my kids?"  So Friday we drive to Oklahoma City to start house searching!  I can’t wait!

Today I would like to share another one of my favorite songs, When He Was On The Cross, I Was On His Mind.  This song as been recorded by a couple different groups but most noteably by the gospel group The Florida Boys. 

I’m not on an ego trip, I’m nothing on my own
I make mistakes I often slip, just common flesh and bone
But I’ll prove someday, just why I say, I’m of a special kind
For when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.

 Chorus
For He knew me yet He loved me
He whose glory makes the heavens shine.
So unworthy of such mercy.
Yet when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.

The look of love was on His face and thorns were on His head
The blood was on His scarlet robe and stained a crimson red
Though His eyes were on the crowd that day, He looked ahead in time
For when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.

 Chorus
For He knew me yet He loved me
He whose glory makes the heavens shine.
So unworthy of such mercy.
Yet when He was on the cross, I was on His mind.

I love music. I have my favorite songs downloaded on my computer, burned onto CDs for the car, and also downloaded onto my cell phone for easy listening. I love all kinds of music but my absolutely favorite are old hymnals and southern gospel. I remember as a little girl my grandmother and I would sing out of my deceased great-grandmother’s old hymnal. We would sing the same o’ song over and over again or sing 10 different songs. My grandmother is definitely the reason why I have come to love hymns and southern gospel.

I thought I would share with you all some of my favorite songs every Sunday. The first song I have chosen is It Is Well With My Soul. Most people have heard of this song; it has been around for ages, since 1873 to be exact. The words were written by Ho­ra­tio G. Spaf­ford after he suffered two life changing events in his life - great Chi­ca­go Fire of Oc­to­ber 1871 and the death of all four of his daughters in a ship accident. According to CyberHymnal, when Spafford’s own ship passed the spot where his daugh­ters died, the Ho­ly Spir­it in­spired these words. It is amazing to me to lose all your children at once and be able to say “It is well with my soul.” This is one of my goals in life - to always be able to say “it is well with my soul.”

Below is a YouTube video of the Christian group 4Him preforming the song and if you click on the Read More link below it, you will see the words. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do.

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