faith unfaded

I love this song. It embodies everything I stand for—Jesus, America, music, and community.

I’m hallelujah hands high and friends in low places…Red, white, and blue and red letter pages

Anne Wilson writes and performs songs about her Kentucky roots and her faith upbringing. She doesn’t separate out a good life and a church life, something I struggled with for a while. Legalism in church can leave you more bound than life on the streets sometimes.

Jesus walked among the people. He didn’t sit in the temple, condemning those who didn’t measure up. Instead He walked with them, talked with them, and raised them up.

That’s what we should do with our fellow man. Don’t stick your hand in an adder’s nest, but don’t climb to the top of the tree either.

I thank God every day for a family that raised me in the love and knowledge of God. If you had that, be thankful that you were raised on God and Country.

Then find someone who wasn’t and share with them the blessings you were given.

God and Country (Anne Wilson, 2024)

I’m washed in the water and mud on the tires
I’m Friday night lights and Sunday morning choir
I’m prayers up to heaven, roots down in Kentucky
Made by God and country
God and country
Always been and will be my true north
When it feels like the world’s going south
It is well with my soul
Where the green grass grows
On some hometown holy ground

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