Today’s song is a trip down memory lane. I remember how outrageous Jerry Lee Lewis was considered with his lifestyle, attitude, and behaviour – not to mention his style of music and the way he performed it. But to the youngsters of my generation it was like a breath of fresh air compared to the gentle, soft music of earlier years. It was like an explosion, with loud piano playing and screeching vocals. Wow!
It reminds me of when I finally got around to asking Jesus into my life. I had known about God from childhood and as I’ve mentioned I sang in the chapel choir for about ten years. Then I was a Covenanter (a Bible Study Youth Movement) for a few years. So, you could say I was a regular church goer at that time. Then other things took priority and life followed other roads. God was forgotten and I got on with things as well as I could. Years went by and life was filled with ups and downs but I managed to survive and get on as best as possible until some years ago when things looked pretty black this time.
As much to please my son as anything I went along to an Alpha course, but it was all stuff I’d known for years. So what’s the fuss? Half way through I find myself arguing with God and when I went to bed I suddenly asked Jesus into my life. Bang! Wow! The words of the song are somewhere near as to how I felt at that moment.
“You shake my nerve and you rattle my brain! Too much loving drives a man insane. You broke my will, but what a thrill. Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!”
Hope you’ve experienced that moment. If not, then think about it and do it. It’s the best feeling ever and you will never regret it.
Jim Finch
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