I HIT 30 AND 30 HIT BACK - Birthday Song, by DianaDee Osborne

I HIT 30 AND 30 HIT BACK    
(Humor Hip Hop BIRTHDAY Song)       SUBSCRIBE  

ALBUM:      Amazing  LORD 'n' Life   

Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2013

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Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:   

 My studio producer had to take a break to pick up his son from school, and I know how to work the board, so he left it running for me to “practice my hip hop words for this weeks lyrics draft” for some future session. I did “one take” -- with NO music except the 4/4 click track, which is why I had to count off before coming in with each new measure. When Claxton returned and heard the vocal track, he grabbed his drumsticks and created the quirky percussion track. We were laughing so much that .......

    he then grabbed his bass and began playing “ANYTHING FUNKY” to match the beat. THAT NIGHT we put the song on the World Wide Web.  A month later, I added the ITHACA sound foundation and all those different fill  tracks - piano, organs, flute -- and played ANYTHING, making maybe a dozen changes of notes for the entire 4+ minute track. It's God's.  God's empowering, His song.

Song Story:  THE  LYRICS:   

The Lyrics.   The song was inspired by me praying that I really wasn't worrying about dying. Then praying that I'd rather die younger than to deal with some of the things that are so likely as I or anyone ages.
    THEN I realized how SELFISH that prayer was.
God has some sort of plan for me as He does for each person (Psalm 139 etc),
and I was praying that I'd rather go get my reward in heaven 
than to go through trials on earth to serve Him.
    So I apologized to God and -- with His empowering,
wrote the song in moments and recorded all tracks within few hours.
(PS - this song isn't autobiography about age!)
Dedicated to our God, 2 August 2013

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

“Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.” - Proverbs 16: 31 ESV

“The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.” - Proverbs 20: 29

Psalm 27: 1 - The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

LYRICS

1

I hit 30, and 30 hit back.  

Tiny wrinkles, gray hairs shouting that
I'm getting older.  

Not so strong - and sometimes feeling right dumb ---
BUT
I would rather be hitting 30 than getting rewards in eternity
'cause THE REWARD I WANT MOST IS THE HONOR OF SERVING MY LORD,
right here on this aging Earth.
Sure -- Heaven's joy is coming one day!
God in  Hebrews 10: 36 says > >If I am willing to persevere - keep serving Jesus my LORD with faith, that
    HITTING ... 30 ... REALLY IS GREAT --- WITH  HIM.

2
I hit 40 and 40 hit back. Sagging chin and aching back.
Feet keep growing. NO FUN knowing that Time races right on.
BUT
I would rather be hitting 40 than getting rewards in eternity
'cause THE REWARD I WANT MOST IS THE HONOR OF SERVING MY LORD,
right here on this aging Earth.
Sure -- Heaven's joy is coming one day!
God in Hebrews 10: 36 says
If I am willing to persevere - keep serving Jesus my LORD with faith, that
    HITTING ... 40 ... REALLY IS GREAT --- WITH  HIM.

3
I hit 50 and 50 hit back.  Gray hairs now receding back.
Constant diets -- can't seem to win.  Working hard to fight fat.
BUT
I would rather be hitting 50 than getting rewards in eternity
'cause THE REWARD I WANT MOST IS THE HONOR OF SERVING MY LORD,
right here on this aging Earth.
Sure -- Heaven's joy is coming one day!
God in Hebrews 10: 36 says
If I am willing to persevere - keep serving Jesus my LORD with faith, that
    HITTING ... 50 ... REALLY IS GREAT --- WITH  HIM.
 
4
I hit 60 and 60 hit back.  In the mirror, a stranger looks back.
Funny how I still feel so young, but Time just keeps marching on.
BUT
I would rather be hitting 60 than getting rewards in eternity
'cause THE REWARD I WANT MOST IS THE HONOR OF SERVING MY LORD,
    right here on this aging Earth.
Sure -- Heaven's joy is coming one day!
God in Hebrews 10: 36 says
If I am willing to persevere - keep serving Jesus my LORD with faith, that
    HITTING ... 60 ... REALLY IS GREAT --- WITH  HIM.

5
I remember when 30 looked OLD.  Does not matter with Jesus, my
LORD, if I'm older 'cause MY STRENGTH IS IN HIM!
-----
I would rather be getting real old than getting rewards in eternity
'cause THE REWARD I WANT MOST IS THE HONOR OF SERVING MY LORD,
    right here on this aging Earth.
Sure -- Heaven's joy is coming one day!
God in Hebrews 10: 36 says
If I am willing to persevere - keep serving Jesus my LORD with faith, THEN
GETTING ... OLDER ... REALLY IS GREAT --- WITH  HIM.

Hebrews 10: 36 -  “For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.”  - New KJV              

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CHEMO PRAYER (song), by DianaDee Osborne

CHEMO PRAYER             SUBSCRIBE  

ALBUM:      Amazing  Power 'n' Prayers   

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Song Story:  THE  LYRICS:  
The lyrics were written at the altar in about 15 minutes, in August 2013 and posted on the World Wide Web on my http://dianadeesongstories.blogspot.com
blog a few days later.  Although I'd been thinking about the song for almost 3 months, suddenly -- again at the altar -- on 12 November, I decided that I wanted to immediately finish this song.
       And, because I'm not really 'talented' (as explained in many song stories, including for THIRD OF DESPAIR AND HOPE), I did what is not just habit but requirement before I'm able to write a song:  I humbly asked God. With apologies for the rush as I asked Him for the music to record at my Studio 1 pre-scheduled session that same night.

Dedicated to our  God Who loves, 26 August 2013.
With thoughts and prayers for my friend Sarwat

Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:  
    The almost 10 instrument music tracks were written and recorded in 3 hours.  I had  returned to my home studio, tried a few melody lines. Uggh.  So I went to the Garage-band (studio program) LOOPS Library to try a few to see if I'd get any ideas.  The **VERY FIRST LOOP** that I tried is the main jazzy theme music that runs through all these verses.  The *SECOND* Loop I tried follows that one, with me just changing its key. The *3RD* Loop I tried -- and all of these are in different “families” of sound -- fit. With this foundation,  I easily 'heard' ideas from the Holy Spirit for the 3 melody pieces.

Song Story:  THE  BACKGROUND:    I'd been fighting sickness of another type for 3 years that also is 'invisible' and extremely exhausting at times... leading to some sad prayers and then apologies to God amid weariness.  I've known many persons with cancer including Dad who died after a short bout with an aggressive one.
            But not until a friend began showing how she maintained trust in God and determination to not waste hours but still enjoy God's gifts through her sickening chemo period that it dawned on me... I've been praying 5 years for God to guide me to write songs to encourage people to trust His CARE (1st Peter 5:7 and simple logic when we feel well enough to remember all the evidences of God's love). But it never had dawned on me to pray for a Song Prayer to help cancer patients. 'Til Now. Music written in 1 hour. God's. 

LYRICS

1
I am really really sick, LORD, and really, really tired.   I'm
really really wondering what's happening inside.
    Is this chemo that's so sick'ning killing cancer here in me?
        Is this chemo that's so sick'ning killing cancer here in me?
Though this cancer  has me sick, what I pray most is this:    GOD,
help me stand fast, trust Your Word  -- First Corinthians 15.
    You declare this life on earth is just a short shadow of .............

CHORUS
    ETERNAL LIFE WITH YOU IN HEAV'N for ALL who name Jesus Lord -- 
and I DO!  Romans 10, Verse 9 is Your TRUE promise to 
ALL who repent of sins
    and ask Jesus to come within ---- John 14: 23. 
    (Thank You LORD, thank You LORD Thank You LORD!)

INTERLUDE    Selah.... listen with God

2
Just the thought of moving off this place really sickens me.  And
Just the smell, just the thought of food is nauseating.
    Is this chemo that's so sick'ning killing cancer here in me?
        Is this chemo that's so sick'ning killing cancer here in me?
Though this cancer  has me sick, what I pray most is this:    GOD,
help me fight these temptations that say to question God's Love.
    In my brain fog, help me recall all Your promises of .............

CHORUS
    ETERNAL LIFE WITH YOU IN HEAV'N for ALL who name Jesus Lord -- and I
    DO!  Romans 10, Verse 9 is Your TRUE promise to ALL who repent of sins
    and ask Jesus to come within ---- John 14: 23. 
    (Thank You LORD, thank You LORD Thank You LORD!)INTERLUDE    Selah.... listen with God

3
I SHALL choose to trust the LORD God Who
suffered to set me free   from the
chains of death either now or then, in eternity.
    Is this chemo that's so sick'ning killing cancer here in me?
        Is this chemo that's so sick'ning killing cancer here in me?
Though this cancer  has me sick, what I pray most is this:    GOD,
help me SERVE and worship You, and still give You all Glory.
    Use me any way You want to help people SEEK You,  FIND.............

CHORUS
    ETERNAL LIFE WITH YOU IN HEAV'N for ALL who name Jesus Lord -- and I
    DO!  Romans 10, Verse 9 is Your TRUE promise to ALL who repent of sins
    and ask Jesus to come within ---- John 14: 23. 
    (Thank You LORD, thank You LORD Thank You LORD!)INTERLUDE    Selah.... listen with God

READING -- God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

First Peter 5: 5-10:  “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Resist him, steadfast in the faith,
knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.”  -NKJV

©2013 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.

Three Chord Praise (Guitar Song), by DianaDee Osborne

THREE CHORD PRAISE              SUBSCRIBE  
GUITAR SONG, excellent for beginners: Em, Am, Bm
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ALBUM:      Amazing  Word 'n' Worship   

Song location:   http://DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com/Songs-2013

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Song Story:  THE  MUSIC:   

It was a lovely late fall day and I'd finished practicing music for choir practice, so I sat on the church front porch with my guitar and started just playing arpeggio exercises, experimenting with finding new chords.  I really liked this Em form at fret 7, and realized suddenly that I was praying to God a melody prayer as I played. We recorded the song in my Studio 2 (I did not even wait until my next scheduled Studio 1 session where I record  First Tracks).  We put it on the World Wide Web two evenings after the song was written.  It's God's leading.

Song Story:  THE  LYRICS:   

Dedicated to God Who deserves all Glory,  6 November  2013

LYRICS

1
God, I praise You.  LORD, I love You.  I lift up Your Holy Name!
God, I praise You.  LORD, I love You.  I lift up Your Holy Name!

2
Jesus, thank You!  LORD, I worship You and bless Your Holy Name!
Jesus, thank You!  LORD, I worship You and bless Your Holy Name!

3
Holy Spirit, YOU I worship!  LORD, I bless Your Holy Name!
Holy Spirit, YOU I worship!  LORD, I bless Your Holy Name!

INTERLUDE
READING FROM NEHEMIAH 9, from portions from verses 5 - 8:     BIBLE  LINK
“Stand up and bless the LORD your God Forever and ever!
Blessed be Your glorious name, Which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
You alone are the LORD;                               
You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, 

with all their host, the earth and everything on it, 

The seas and all that is in them,                      
And You preserve them all.                             
The host of heaven worships You.  You  are The  LORD God....”

4
God, I praise You.  LORD, I love You.  I lift up Your Holy Name!
5
Jesus thank You for salvation!  LORD, I bless Your Holy Name!
6
Holy Spirit, YOU I worship!  Thank You for all Your guiding!   
                                                                                           [ see John 15 ]

God's SUPPORTING WORDS:

Psalm 51: 11
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. -KJV
9-11, New KJV
Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.  Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

Luke 11:13, JESUS talking:  “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

John 15: 26, JESUS promising YOU - you do NOT need to fret about 'being smart'- James 1:5, Just ASK for wisdom: 
 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me"

James 1:5  New KJV:

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to ALL liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 

©2013 DianaDee Osborne (all material), all rights reserved. FREE personal usage; see website.
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.