Why me, Lord?

We’ve all asked this question at some point in our lives. I have asked it many times but it’s always been during the tough times in my life. Now, when I think about that question, I turn on Susan Boyle’s song “Who I Was Born To Be”. Susan was the runner-up in last year’s Britain’s Got Talent Contest. When her album came out last Christmas, this song touched me in a way no other song has ever done. I would play it over and over and then I started singing along with it because I could relate so much to it.

One day while I was sitting and singing at my computer, I came up with a really “off the wall” idea. I have never sung anything for anybody but I wanted to sing this song to Tillie Roosa, one of the residents at Atria San Juan.  We met in 2007 after my mom died of Alzheimer’s disease.  We connected in a very special way and have been very close ever since. The day that I chose to sing it to her just happened to be the day that my pastor, Rich Anderson, was hosting a fellowship group at Atria. I invited them both to Tillie’s apt. and told them that I had never done anything like this before but that I wanted to sing them a song for their Christmas present.  After I was done, my pastor asked me if I would like to make a recording of it. I was dumbfounded. I never thought I had any singing talent. Tillie has since asked me several times to sing it for people sitting in the lobby at Atria. Sometimes at night, Jud Wray will come down to the lobby to sing it with me as I work. Jud and Tillie are my “second set of parents” and we like to sing this song together. I also sang it with Nelson while we drove around and he would harmonize with me. It is one of those songs that really gives you a boost.

I am a sucker for true stories and this song was written just for Susan Boyle. It has become my song too. That’s why I chose it to be one of the 2 songs on my blog. My prayer for you is that it encourages you the way that it has me. The other song is the theme song for one of my favorite movies, “Out of Africa”, which seemed very appropriate and is also a true story. I hope you enjoy both of them as you follow my blog and realize who you were born to be.