Correction!

I believe I made a mistake in directions for logging into the new blog. Just logging into newlifegroove.wordpress.com, will take you right to the new blog 'God's Music'.
If there are anymore corrections, of course I'll be sure to let you know right away.

As always be blessed,

Big Freddy

I Haven"t Forgotten Ya'll

No, I would never do that. I do have a new and slightly improved blog though. At a new site. It should, no doubt this time, be easier for ya'll to not only read but leave comments whenever you like. It won't be a difficult change thank God, just go to www.newlifegoove.wordpress.com. When you're asked for the blog you wish to activate type God' Music, and follow the prompts from there. You'll be able to read the blogs and comments from this blog as well as any new posts. Click reply to leave comment, then follow directions from there. Hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks for all your prayers, encouragement and love the past three years.

Love ya'll,

Big Freddy

What A Day To Preach The Word

"How Do I live With Cancer?" That's the question I'm asked the most. We celebrated cancer awareness today at my church ECBF this morning. Different people in the congregation spoke about how they've dealt with family members having cancer. The one that brought tears to my eyes was my daughter Ericka. She spoke a little of the fun we had before the doctors found that I have a cancerous tumor on my brain. After that she was afraid to visit me at the hospital because she didn't want to see me in that condition. Then she broke down in tears and couldn't finish reading what she had written.

My message had to do with 1Pe 2:25 my healing is in Christ Jesus. I'm healed by His wounds. Then I spoke on what God revealed to me after I found out I had cancer. He showed me that I wasn't the best husband I could be. That as it says in Eph 5:25 I wasn't loving my wife as Christ loves the church. Which meant to put her interests before my own. I went on to explain the type of woman the Lord had blessed me with in Diana. A Prov 31;10 woman, a virtuous woman, and in order to keep and please that type of woman men need to be Eph 5:25 men. Putting their wives before themselves. I went on to say that these are the things that concern me the most, not my cancer. God has that under control, and has directed me to handle the affairs of my marriage so that all will fall into place. One day I'll get to the rest of the message. Woman have responsibility in all of this too. If the husbands can get in line with our responsibilities it'll make it easier for sistas to except 1Pe chapter 3. Wives submit to your husbands. Man and wife both have work to do. In doing those assignments it's easier to be as one in Christ.
Amen?

Love,

Freddy

It's Al Good Too

Just getting in from a church event that was quite a blessing. Diana was honored with a plaque for her service at Urban Impact over the past five years. The surprise was Ericka doing a drama piece that her and some HSchoolers wrote re: being a child of God. Showing a teenage boy going through a number of issues that were pulling him in many different directions. Even the middle schoolers did a rap about Jesus, mom and dad being their heroes. They wrote the rap too. So Diana and I had quite the adventure today. I felt like I was courting my lovely all over again.

Now let's see if I have enough energy to go into the studio to play a little music. I'm really feeling tired right now, but it's a good feeling. I'm looking forward to my week, starting with the gym, a drug/alcohol group and a dose of guitar playing. A mix made in heaven. Amen!

Be blessed,

Freddy

It's All God

Diana and I visited our old church this morning, Holly Park Community in South Seattle. Our God daughter was honored as woman of the year, a big surprise to her. That's the church I got saved in and met Diana. A lot of goo memories came back being there today.

All day all I could think of was music. We're on our way to our church for an evening service celebrating Urban Impact an outreach ministry of our church and a sister church in Rainier Valley. Diana used to work for them. I believe they're honoring her and others who have worked for them in the past. That's nice, it's like today is sort of Diana's day. Service this morning away from our church felt like a date going back to our home church, and then I'll be by her side tonight as others recognize her for her dedication to all she does. When she's in it, it's to win it. She gives her all. I'm I a blessed man or what. Yes I am. Amen!.

Well, when we get home tonight I'll jump right in the studio and get busy on some music. It's so exciting what God continues to birth in me musically. One song after another. Time after time. I've got some, or I should say the Lord has given me, some really nice pieces to share with Diana that I just know she can sing some sweet melodies to. We talked about it this weekend and she's just getting over a cold and trying so hard to get more rest from her busy schedule. Pray for us please. God has great things in store for us.

Ericka is dong well as a sophomore. Can you believe it? She was just a wittle baby :]) My big girl.

Stay tuned..................................... off to church

Love,

Freddy

Keep That Beat

Yea, I'm keeping it all 4/4. It makes it easier to stay with the pace. I've been spending just a little more time playing my guitar, writing some new songs. I've had to really make an effort to focus on one thing at a time instead of trying to work on four different tasks at once. That's what I've been doing, opening three to four machines trying to accomplish different issues on each machine instead of working on one at a time. When I do one machine at a time I can then be more efficient with what each device can do and incorporate them to be used in finishing a single project. Things work so much better this way. When I try the other way, trying to open them all at once, I for sure miss something and fall short of the goal of learning the best way to use each device. Much smoother.

I'm trying to also get back into God's word on a schedule. I've been using scripture for topics in my recovery groups, so I do some study with those. Though I could do deeper study at another time during week. I've got a nice set-up on my laptop that lets me surf between the bible, a commentary, and a word doc worksheet to complete any given study. When an Idea gels I can see God all over it. Things just come together so nicely. His word opens up some much wisdom to you.

There's a fairly new coffee joint in Bell Town called Street Bean, that's been offering live music lately. On the 21st of Oct Shelia Kay is going to be featured and I hope to play there in Nov. You can find Street Bean on Face Book for more information.

Whatever you do, be blessed.

Love in Christ our Lord,

Freddy

Oh The Pain Of It All!

Yes, it's been a very painful couple of weeks. I had a tooth ache that at first would come and go, wasn't feeling like it would last very long. But after a week and half or so, the pain wouldn't go away. Couple of weeks ago I went to a dentist I'd been to a year ago, and a new assistant made a mistake and told me my insurance would cover what I ended up needing, a root canal. Come to find out it wasn't covered. I needed a root canal and a crown. $1,000. I'm not working everybody knows. Well the Lord is the one in charge, and the other day I let my drug/alcohol sponsor/mentor know my need and inability to find coverage. So the Lord did what He always does, came through in a big way, provided a dentist that could handle the whole thing. Amen! Thank You so much Lord God. What a blessing to leave it all in His hands. I did have a lot of trouble getting numb, so the dentist had to use a lot o Novocaine. He needed to remove the nerve, so it was very painful when he thought I might be numb and then I'd yell in pain when he'd hit the nerve. I even jumped out of the chair once. Finally I was numb enough for him to take out the nerve and place a temporary filling in the tooth. So the pain has been greatly reduced and the Lord made sure I was covered to get all the work done. I go back in a week or so for the crown. Thank you Lord.



Getting excited more and more everyday to get Diana's voice on some tracks of some new music. It helps too, that I've been slowly learning AGAIN! that I've got so much to learn about a good husband and father to my wife and kids. It really helps to slow down, stop and listen to my wife, the help mate that the Lord picked especially for me. I haven't done to well over the years. It's never too late, but I don't feel good that my wife had to go through so much while I come to the reality of what makes our marriage work. I mean she has responsibilities in this too, of course, but I can only do me and continue to prayer for my wife while loving through whole process. I can say it, type it and all, but Lord please give legs to walk it.

Amen!



Let Him love you, it's better than good,



Freddy