Welcome to Day 13 of The 30 Day Blog Challenge hosted by me, C.C., here at I'm On My Way and my online BFF Jamee at A New Kind of Normal. Today's assignment is to post a blog post about your favorite musician and why he/she/they are your favorite. Make sure you grab the 30 Day Blog Challenge button (use the code that's in the box below) to post in your blog post and once you publish your blog post, enter your link below so we can look at each other's posts.
This was a hard blog post for me to write because I like so many different types of music. Just this week, I introduced Damaris to Harry Connick Jr. I honestly like top 40, country, musicals, jazz, big band, classical, worship, pop, rock, etc., etc., etc. My iTunes is full of so many different artists and groups that there are times I forget about musicians and then happen across them and it's almost like hearing them again for the first time.
I finally decided to share about a group that is actually not technically in existence anymore at least in the form I first enjoyed them as. The group is Watermark, a husband/wife duo. I'm not really sure when or how I found out about them, but I do know that when I heard the song Glory Baby for the first time, I felt an instant connection. Nathan and Christy Nockels had experienced their first miscarriage when they wrote and then recorded this song. I couldn't find a video of the song that had images that connected for me, so instead, I'll share the words to the song:
Glory baby you slipped away as fast as we could say baby...baby...
You were growing, what happened dear?
You disappeared on us baby...baby...
Heaven will hold you before we do
Heaven will keep you safe until we're home with you...
Until we're home with you...
Miss you everyday
Miss you in every way
But we know there's a day when we will hold you
We will hold you
You'll kiss our tears away
When we're home to stay
Can't wait for the day when we will see you
We will see you
But baby let sweet Jesus hold you
'till mom and dad can hold you...
You'll just have heaven before we do
You'll just have heaven before we do
Sweet little baby, it's hard to understand it
'cause we're hurting
We are hurting
But there is healing
And we know we're stronger people through the growing
And in knowing
That all things work together for our good
And God works His purposes just like He said He would...
Just like He said He would...
I can't imagine heaven's lullabies
and what they must sound like
But I will rest in knowing, heaven is your home
And it's all you'll ever know...all you'll ever know...
Miss you everyday
Miss you in every way
But we know there's a day when we will hold you
We will hold you
You'll kiss our tears away
When we're home to stay
Can't wait for the day when we will see you
We will see you
But baby let sweet Jesus hold you
'till mom and dad can hold you...
You'll just have heaven before we do
This song helped bring such healing into our lives as we had our first, then second, then third miscarriage. Knowing we weren't alone. Knowing we weren't walking this journey of loss alone. We actually got to meet Nathan and Christy a couple of times and I got to spend a few minutes talking with her about our losses and how their song had helped us and how we had shared it with others who were also helped.
Nathan and Christy no longer record under the Watermark name but they are still active in the music world. If I had to pick another favorite song of theirs, I would chose Captivate Us. I hope you are blessed as much as it blesses me.
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