dar334

Yes.  Brooks and Dunn.  One of the reasons I started listening to Country music. I’ve boot scooted and boogied all around the state of Michigan to sing and dance at one of their concerts.  Twelve concerts to be exact.  All with my daughter.  Twelve.  We  have been “on the hill” and “in row 2”.  We have laughed and cried.  We have caught streamers.  We have had fun adult beverages, and have bought countless t-shirts, good times.  Good memories.

Brooks and Dunn parted ways in 2010.  I blame them for my whole world heading south.  They started it.  That same year our daughter was diagnosed with MS.  And our son’s wife decided she didn’t love him anymore and divorced him.  I would like to rant about divorce and the effects it has on everyone but I won’t go there.  He has since remarried and this new wife is perfect for him, I love her.

I read on Facebook this morning that Brooks and Dunn will be appearing at the Faster Horses Concert this summer.  Currently I am sitting at my desk with their music blasting out of the speakers off my computer.  Well, not necessarily blasting, but we can hear it pretty good.  Now I need to work this in to a christian based ponder …..

Ok, we saw them twelve times.  The number of disciples.  The number of tribes.  The number of sons Jacob had.  Twelve is a good number.  They also have a song called “Believe”.  I have found comfort in this song.  Comfort that I know it doesn’t all end on earth.  Death on earth is not the end, it is the beginning.  I believe. The chorus is as follows:

“I raise my hands, bow my head
I’m finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there’s more to life than just what i can see

I can’t quote the book
The chapter or the verse
You can’t tell me it all ends
In a slow ride in a hearse
You know I’m more and more convinced
The longer that i live
Yeah, this can’t be
No, this can’t be
No, this can’t be all there is”

One thing I have noticed when I’m on a country station is that they have a steadfast belief in God and they are proud to tell you that.  You rarely find a country artist or group that can’t belt out a good old hymn.  And we already have the Faster Horses Concert on our calendar, a screaming, crying, dancing, concert may be just what this ‘ol girl needs.  I won’t ask God to get us good seats, but I will ask that he gets us safely there and then safely home.

I can ponder about anything,

-dar