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Who Would Write A Song A Anyone who has been watching our Bible Belt Blues journey this past year has to see that this is clearly the hand of God who has opened up doors for us! Nothing else makes sense! Before I left Houston eight years ago I had spoken these exact words to my pastor Dr. Duane Brooks of Tallowood Baptist Church, “I want God to use me in a mighty way.” He responded enthusiastically, “Paula, that’s a wonderful prayer.” Here I am eight years later at age 65 launching a music ministry with my Christian musician husband, Harold, whom I married four years ago at age 61. It was my very first marriage. I am living proof that God’s delays are not God’s denials. Harold and I officially met online on Christmas Day of 2014 when he responded to my online profile on Christian Mingle asking for a Christian musician who would not set limits on what God could accomplish through him. In September of 2018 we officially started creating music together as a couple after I had convinced my husband, Harold, to let me write the lyrics first. A talent I had for lyric writing that had been sitting dormant for over forty years suddenly blossomed! Being led by the Holy Spirit of God with my lyric writing I created songs with bold, biblically sound lyrics like I had never heard before on the radio or in church these days (repentance songs, invitation songs, prayer songs, and songs for church revivals). Since January of 2019 Harold and I have created, recorded, mixed, mastered and produced two Christian albums (“I’m Not Ashamed to Be a Christian” and “My God, My God”) in our own home recording studio. In the process I discovered that I had a talent as a vocal coach and as a producer; talents I did not even know I had. Amazingly, a year later we actually won the 2019 Josie Music Award for Duo/Group for the genre of Gospel/ Christian/ Inspirational after more than 23,000 nominations were submitted across all genres from around the globe! We stand humbled and amazed at what God is doing through us with our music ministry! Thank You Jesus! We never imagined that our songs would ever receive radio airplay since they were so counter-culture, but God got the last word with eleven of our songs having already received radio airplay, thanks to Bill and Kat Radio’s Gospel Blues Hours Syndicated Radio Program. Our song that has received the most airplay to date is about stealing God’s glory, “The Glory Belongs to You, Lord.” Who would write a song about stealing God’s glory and what radio station would ever play a song like that? But God got the last word! I know He must be smiling right now! “The Glory Belongs to You, Lord” was one of the very first lyrics I wrote. Its lyrics are brief, but powerful, intense, and quite heavy. Every time I have shared it with someone from memory they literally break down into tears. It strikes a chord with everyone because we are all guilty of stealing God’s glory whether we are consciously aware of it or not. We serve a jealous God who doesn’t want to share His glory with another. “The Glory Belongs to You, Lord,” transports us to a place of both reverence and remorse as we bare our souls before the majesty and glory of God. My husband, Harold, crafted the music to reflect and envelop the remorseful, reflective lyrics. He even made the harmonica weep. This was one of four songs that we had submitted to the 2019 Josie Music Awards that helped Bible Belt Blues secure the coveted award for Gospel/ Christian Duo of the Year! YouTube Channel: Bible Belt Blues Website: www.BibleBeltBlues.org Facebook Page: Bible Belt Blues Facebook Page: Paula Vega Vondenstein 36 www.writeawaymagazine.co.uk
Paula Vega Vondenstein bout Stealing God’s Glory? THE GLORY BELONGS TO YOU, LORD © 2019 Bible Belt Blues Lyrics by Paula Vega Vondenstein I took away Your praises And replaced them with my name I took away Your glory And replaced it with my fame I took away Your glory For the things I did not do Looking back I’m filled with shame The glory belongs to You, Lord The glory belongs to You. (harmonica solo) It was You who gave me talent It was You who saw me through It was You who opened doors for me The glory belongs to You, Lord The glory belongs to You. To listen follow this link.... www.writeawaymagazine.co.uk 37
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