http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjC4HXwLzBU&feature=related

I like this song. I sang along just to remind me that Heaven is here with Jesus.

you know about 3 yrs ago my son was in Alleg Co jail...a horrid place...and this song came out. I sent him the lyrics before he ever heard the song. when I went to visit him, he had that note with torn edges tucked into his scrubs pocket. he said he kept it on him all the time.

later that summer I got to see this group sing this song at an outdoor concert. it meant a lot to me.

Love that song. Paid closer attention to the words this time. Like it even more now.

unfortunetly I can't listen to it till I get home. my work puter wont' allow it. :(

Wow! I've heard the song hundreds of times, and today really listened and heard the words. Jancy, if you still have the lyrics would you post them, please? I would love to send them to my son.

Heaven"

Save me from this prison
Lord help me get away
Cause only you can save me now
From this misery
Cause I've been lost in my own place
And I'm getting' weary
How far is heaven
And I know I need to change
My ways of livin'
How far is heaven, Lord can you tell me

Cause I've been locked up way too long
In this crazy world, how far is heaven
I just keep on prayin' Lord
Just keep on livin', how far is heaven
Lord can you tell me, how far is heaven
I just got to know how far, how far is heaven
Lord can you tell me

Tu que estas en alto cielo,
Echame tu bendiciòn
[translated from Spanish]
[You that's in a higher place
Send me down a blessing]

Cause I know there's a better place
Than this place I'm livin', how far is heaven
So I just got to show some faith
And just keep on giving, how far is heaven
Lord can you tell me, how far is heaven
I just wanna know how far, how far is heaven,
Lord can you tell me, how far is heaven,
'cause I just gotta know how far,
I just wanna know far

TBIsonmom..THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[You that's in a higher place
Send me down a blessing]
teary eyes here and that is not just from cutting that onion to put in the pot roast...LOL

ok that is it! I am re-printing this and sending to my son again while in state. thanks for the reminder of a heartfelt song!

You are so very, very welcome! I couldn't imagine a song that fit us all more than this one! Yes, very teary eyed I got when I heard this one again yesterday when I was wandering around in my outing. I thought I had to share this with you all, just in case it might touch your hearts as it did mine. We are weary, aren't we? Love to you all! My tears are not just for myself, but for you and yours...someday we will all meet in heaven and will get to give each other that hug and hopefully, not so sloppy kiss...but I'm not promising on the not so sloppy!

here is another on...Eric Clapton has sung this, but this was is done by The Choir Boys...so beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvLAZ51Wsq8&feature=related

That was a little haunting for me. The kind of music my son loves, the background where he was raised..... Why could mine not be the one singing and playing guitar instead of being locked up. I loved it, but it could have been him, and the backdrop looks like it was around the corner.

Wendy

Sometimes life seems hard to bear, Full of sorrow, trouble and woe
It's then I have to remember That it's in the valleys I grow.
If I always stayed on the mountain top And never experienced pain,
I would never appreciate Goodness And would be living in vain.
I have so much to learn, And my growth is very slow,
Sometimes I need the mountain tops, But it's in the valleys I grow.
Please forgive me for complaining When I'm feeling so very low.
Just give me a gentle reminder That it's in the valleys I grow.
I give thanks for those valleys, For there's one thing that I know
The mountain tops are glorious But it's in the valleys I grow!
--- Jane Eggleston

FYI....
Tears in Heaven" is a ballad written and performed by Eric Clapton about the pain he felt following the 1991 death of his four-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a 53rd-story window in his mother's New York City condominium. By all accounts, the death was simply a tragic accident, and Clapton was distraught for months afterwards

Yes I remember when that happened....such a tragic tragic story. Every time I hear the song, I think of that poor baby.

Was just telling my grandson's mother we needed to teach that boy how to pray....her reply....How? .... once again I found myself at a loss for words. I have listened to this song for a few days now, and keep coming back to this thread to sing with the lyrics.

Tu que estas en alto cielo,
Echame tu bendiciòn
[translated from Spanish]
[You that's in a higher place
Send me down a blessing]

Going ask her if she will teach me how to sing this part, she has a great singing voice, and seeing how she is teaching him spanish, both of us will learn :)







Sometimes life seems hard to bear, Full of sorrow, trouble and woe




It's then I have to remember That it's in the valleys I grow.
If I always stayed on the mountain top And never experienced pain,
I would never appreciate Goodness And would be living in vain.
I have so much to learn, And my growth is very slow,
Sometimes I need the mountain tops, But it's in the valleys I grow.
Please forgive me for complaining When I'm feeling so very low.
Just give me a gentle reminder That it's in the valleys I grow.
I give thanks for those valleys, For there's one thing that I know
The mountain tops are glorious But it's in the valleys I grow!

--- Jane Eggleston









I pause at this post and as I read it I listen to "God on the Mountain" by Lynda Randall, beautiful song. This poem just seems to go with it.

Music is so soothing to one's soul.

Any more favorites songs out there?

Many Blessings to All!

Ooh my gosh! I love that song.. When my son was in county, i went to sighn up for a visit, when i was leaving i stopped at the gates and was saying a prayer for my son and just talking a lil to him(not that he could hear) just to relieve some pain, then i got into my car in tears and this song came on, wow, so every sense then i took at as a sighn that my son knew i was there and that became our new song.. evertime i hear it i know its my son thinking of me...

Thanks ladies! Have a blessed Day!

Was just telling my grandson's mother we needed to teach that boy how to pray....her reply....How? .... once again I found myself at a loss for words. I have listened to this song for a few days now, and keep coming back to this thread to sing with the lyrics.

Tu que estas en alto cielo,
Echame tu bendiciòn
[translated from Spanish]
[You that's in a higher place
Send me down a blessing]

Going ask her if she will teach me how to sing this part, she has a great singing voice, and seeing how she is teaching him spanish, both of us will learn :)









I pause at this post and as I read it I listen to "God on the Mountain" by Lynda Randall, beautiful song. This poem just seems to go with it.

Music is so soothing to one's soul.

Any more favorites songs out there?

Many Blessings to All!

Hi LuckysMom, we post songs and videos on the "Let's sing for the inmates" thread. Bless started the thread at Christmas and we just keep the singing going for our loved ones! :)