Hi,
This is April,
And welcome to the April Sings a Lot podcast,
Where each episode I'll share a story and then a song and invite you to sing along.
This is my story.
This is my song.
Today's episode,
I'm going to be talking about the phrase,
God bless you.
And especially here in the South,
Where I live,
We say that phrase a lot.
And like anything that you say a lot,
It can really start to just become background noise and not be anything that you're actually thinking about when you say it.
And for me,
That totally changed a few years ago,
When I had the opportunity to go to Cuba,
And I had someone say to me the phrase,
God is blessing you.
And I'm almost positive she meant to say that phrase that we often say,
God bless you.
But in that moment,
I heard that phrase in a whole new way.
God is blessing you.
Because when I've said God bless you in the past,
I was sort of wishing that person a future blessing like,
Well,
God will bless you in the future,
Or I hope God blesses you in the future.
Or I've used the phrase,
Oh,
That was such a blessing or God really blessed us with this or that,
Remembering something that happened in the past.
But that phrase God is blessing you just changes the game,
Right?
It means that God is blessing us right now in this moment.
And isn't it interesting how a simple change in the wording can give something a whole new meaning.
And it has challenged me to see the present blessing instead of only thanking God for the past or praying for the future.
And if you'd like to sing about it,
Today's song is Make Me a Channel of Blessing.
The tune is a little tricky.
In fact,
I may include some outtakes at the end of this from when I was trying to figure out how to sing it.
I did eventually master it.
And so I sang the chorus through two times just so if you didn't catch it the first time through,
You can catch it the second.
And I will include some outtakes at the end just so you can have a little laugh.
All right.
Have a great day.
Make me a channel of blessing today.
Make me a channel of blessing,
I pray.
My life possessing my service blessing.
Make me a channel of blessing today.
Make me a channel of blessing today.
Make me a channel of blessing,
I pray.
My life possessing my service blessing.
Make me a channel of blessing today.
All right,
That concludes our episode.
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Okay,
Without further ado,
Here's a cute or funny or embarrassing outtake.
To conclude the episode,
I will talk to you again soon.
Make me a channel of bless.
