"Take My Blues Away"

A year ago, if someone would have said to me that I'd be writing Christian songs, I'd probably respond, "You crazy son!" and then slap him with a piece of roast beef and squirt him with worchestershire sauce. But today, it's a completely different story. I'm a musician. I play guitar and I enjoy singing. But an area I haven't delved too deeply into is songwriting. I haven't written many songs for myself in my life. It's hard for me to write songs because when I write, it has to be something I'm passionate about. Honestly, there hasn't really been a lot of things in life that I've been passionate about. I mean, I was passionate about kung-fu for 15 years but somebody already wrote "Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting."

Today, it's completely different. My passion lies in my love for the Lord. I have so much love for the Lord that I want to use everything that He has given me to glorify Him - that includes my talent. When I play guitar, I play for Him. When I sing, I sing for Him. When I write, I write for Him. I want to be a good steward of what He has given me and do everything, first and foremost, for Him. There are a lot of Christians who use their creative gifts for God and I've seen so many amazing ways in which God has used them to glorify Him and advance His kingdom. I want God to use me to advance His kingdom. I want to start writing more songs for Him. If you've known me for a while, you know how much of a transformation this is for me. I mean you're lookin at a person who used to write songs about sexual fantasies. Some people might think that I've lost my edge, I've become boring. But I don't care what they think because (1) first and foremost I look at my life through God's eyes and not other people's, and (2) I've never been as fired up as I am now about music, and life in general, in my whole life.

So here's the first Christian song I ever wrote (first of many hopefully). It's about the trials I'm going through right now and about how God has been so good to me during this time. I even performed it at an open mic the day after I wrote it. I wrote it in about half an hour, which is the fastest I've ever written a song. It's pretty basic and it's sung over a basic blues, but it's completely from the heart.

"Take My Blues Away"

I've got this burden weighing on my mind
Can't seem to shake it's with me all the time
Can't eat, can't sleep
Oh I'd give anything to have some peace
Oh Lord I'm in pain
Please take my blues away

The enemie's attacking visciously
Messin with my head tryin to deceive me
Fear and doubt rippin me apart
How much longer can I stand this broken heart
Oh Lord I can't take this
Please take my blues away

(solo)

(bridge)
This is what the Lord said to me...
My child, don't you know that I love you
But these trials are something you have to go through
I'm not going to harm you, I plan to prosper you
So keep your focus on me, cause I'll always be with you
The storm's almost over, through it all you'll persevere
So be not afraid, you'll always find me near

So I picked myself up with a new hope in my heart
With faith and trust in the Lord, even though times are still hard
Cause I know, what lies ahead are brighter days
So Lord I want to thank you
For taking my blues away