"A Whosoever Is What I Am" ... The
story begins an entire year earlier, as Barb and I wanted to develop a new Theme for our
ministry. Taken from the scripture verse found in St. John 3:16 that says:
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.", that Theme would
become: "I AM A WHOSOEVER". For you see, according
to John 3:16, that is what we become when we ask Jesus Christ, God's only son, to come
into our hearts and lives, by faith, and to accept Him (Jesus) as our personal
Savior...and to forgive us of our sins and thus "not perish, but have everlasting
life". We then become a ... "whosoever"!! That line then began to
appear on our web-site, our business cards, all our promotional materials and even be
incorporated as a part of our ministry logo. As a result, a ministry T-Shirt and Cap was
designed by Jim & Mary Pruett, owners of Quick Signs of Pauls Valley, OK who
attended our home church, First Baptist in Pauls
Valley, OK at the time.
Now I've said all of that to let you see just
how important that Theme was becoming to Barb and I and our ministry. So from about
November 2001 till November 2002 that line and theme was shared at all our concerts and
services across the country..."I Am A Whosoever"! However, as attempts were made
a various times over that year to write a song, knowing in my heart that the Lord had a
song there, went in vain.
We had cris-crossed America, sang on the
GospelFest Cruise Celebration to the Caribbean, with that Theme shared and displayed
wherever we went, but no song. Barb and I stopped by ,for a day or two at the
National Quartet Convention in Louisville, KY on our way to Maine and met a fellow who had
written a song entitled...you guessed it, "I Am A Whosoever" ... we have not
heard his song, and still haven't had the opportunity. Knowing well that there are
times songs will have a same title, yet the lyrics and tune are different...and is ok,
I knew the Lord had a song for us and our ministry.
It's getting into the fall of the year and
before we left out for our west coast tour, as Barb and I had been getting songs together
for a new recording, we set the recording date for the first part of January 2003 in
Greer, SC with our good friend, Jesse Evatte at ... guess the name of the recording
studio... STUDIO 3:16 We had all our songs picked and was leaving a spot for
the song I know the Lord had for us, but hadn't come yet ... "I Am A Whosoever".
Over the past year Barb and I had talked about,
quoted, tried writing the song, yet nothing seemed to develop. I said, "seemed
to develop", for now from hind-sight I can see how the Lord "was developing the
song" a bit at a time, from state to state, city to city, church to church, concert
to concert ... for with all the talking and sharing on what that verse ment to us over the
year, the song became a reflection of the words we had been saying all along. As a
matter of fact, the second verse, that Barb recites in the song, are some of the very same
words we spoke at concert after concert, not realizing that the Lord was already
"writing the song".
So, finally one afternoon, setting in a RV Park
in Las Vegas, Nevada ...having shared our ministry at several churches there, and after
having been in California and beginning to work our way back toward Oklahoma in time for
Thanksgiving at home, the Lord put the pieces together. In my spirit, I sensed the
Lord telling me to, "Simply turn the words around", and so I did, scratching out
"I Am A Whosoever", and writing above the words ... "A Whosoever Is What I
Am" and within the next 10 minutes the song was down
on paper... tune included!
Ten minutes to write, but developed, and in the
process of writing, for over a year, and probably the life-time that Barb and I have had
in Christ! Those wonderful words of John 3:16. Yep? It's simple, yet
direct.... for you see a "whosoever" IS what I am, and you are, or, can be!
Need more information on how to become a "whosoever" through a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ ... click on: HOW TO BECOME A
"WHOSOEVER" and find out.......!
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