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Apr
2005
I love good songs!


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I love good songs! Can you remember the first time you heard "Beluah Land"? What about "Through the Fire"? I often think, "How can songwriters top the songs of the past?" Well, in looking for songs for our new group, "First Love," we found a songs that will go down in history as "one of the greats!" The song is entitled "What A Day That Will Be." Here are the lyrics...

I long for the day when I waken to find
That I've left all the cares of this old world behind
I've crossed over Jordan to heaven's bright shore
Where sickness and death can reach me no more

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Release Date - May 2005
No more will I mourn
No more will I cry
No more will earth's sorrow bring a tear to my eye
What a hope
What a promise is waiting for me
Hallelujah what a day that will be
Hallelujah what a day that will be

Now I don't know the hour when my soul will depart
when the burden shall lift from my old weary heart
But I dream of that dawning when Jesus I'll see
What a hope
What a promise
What a day that will be

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In the Studio
Penned byMarty Funderburk and Drew Humphrey, this song was in the catalog of Daywind Music Publishing. When Rick Shelton played this songs for us, we knew if would be our first single!

We'll keep on this journey till that day when we will leave all our cares behind, I am sure thankful for those songwriters who give us hope until we cross over heaven "s shore!

Write a message and let me know some of your favorite songwriters and how they have touched you.

JP Miller
First Love

Reader Comments

I hope the music is good. The lyrics aren't all that interesting. One of the reasons that Southern Gospel does not have more fans is because the lyrics too often focus on the sweet-bye-and-bye while neglecting the riches, healing, deliverance and liberty that Christ gives us in this life. I am not waiting for heaven for my life to be better. My life is better now since Jesus is in me.


Commented by Keith Prater On 04/15/2005
Thanks for the kind words J.P. And thank you First Love for believing in my simple little song about the tangible end of our faith - heaven. This is the first song Drew Humphrey has ever had recorded and I'm thrilled that I could cowrite it with him. In response to Keith Prater's comment, I've actually been acused of writing over the heads of Southern Gospel fans in the past. Recently I've consciously tried to "keep the cookies on the bottom shelf" and restate the greatest story ever told in honest, everyday language. I wanted this song to sound like an old classic - hence the simple language - it was by design. A song is a snapshot of one element of truth or one moment in time. No song can explore the entire scope of the gospel. This is an uncomplicated song of hope. I've written multi-layered songs like, "I Refuse to be Afraid" (LordSong) "Love Let Him Go" (Talleys) or "The Cross Said it All" (Kim Hopper). I'll still write those, but I'll never forsake those tried and true subjects. I completely agree that we too often have a "hang on for heaven" mentality - perhaps that's because historically our songs came mainly from a time in rural America where life was hard, people were poor, and a "mansion just over the a hilltop" seemed too good to be true...I don't apologize for keepin' it simple. I think I'm finally learning my audience.


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 04/18/2005
While I agree with Keith Prater that life on earth is so much greater with Jesus in my life than without Him, I still am looking forward to heaven. While I try to live right down here, I can't wait to start the rest of my life there. I have one request of Keith: Please HEAR the song before you pass judgement on it. I have heard the song, and I have heard First Love sing it. I, as well as the rest of the audience, was so moved by the hope and the promise of the song. It has already become one of my favorites. Thank God for songwriters who give us glimpses of heaven.


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 04/19/2005
I agree that songs about the riches, healing, deliverance and liberty that Christ gives us in this life are important. On the other hand, I get very emotional when I hear songs about the blessed hope of going to that land that we can only dream about now.

I have a brother who was a pastor and missionary. He was killed in a plane crash over 25 years ago. I very much appreciate the songwriters who write songs about the day that I will not only be able to see my brother again, but, more importantly, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ who made it possible for us to see our loved ones again.

Troy, Katy, and JP, I can not wait to hear the song. I have already heard your blend and I know it will be incredible. Marty and Drew, thank you so much for writing it.

Blessings,
Jeff McLaughlin


Commented by Jeff McLaughlin On 04/21/2005
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