Note: I suggest that if you haven’t yet read Miracle Of Faith – Part 1-4 yet you start there.  This way you’ll get the whole story.

God Made It So:

This is a theatrical song – one of three performed in a very theatrical CD.  We see it as a mini-musical of the imagination.  I use the word “imagination” because there’s nothing to see (yet).  No productions are planned at this point.   The concept here is to tell a story from three different character’s points of view entirely as an audio experience and let the listener’s imagination go to town.

So this is not a CD to listen to while washing the dishes, getting the kids ready to go to school in the morning or as background music to anything.  Get in front of those speakers or get those headphones on, lie back in your favorite chair, turn the lights down low and dive into the listening experience.

We’re gonna tell you a great story, so listen up.

It’s about one of the coolest moments ever witnessed on the planet, so we need your full attention.

A lot of the music is purely instrumental and that tells a story too, but you get to close your eyes and imagine what you think might be happening.  We’re going to lead you in a few directions here with things like the title of each instrumental and, of course, the sung songs themselves, but the rest is up to you – you and your imagination.  In my imagination I know what’s happening in every bar of the instrumentals, in every phrase of the music.  I first saw the movie in my mind and then I scored it.  So you should listen and imagine your own movie.

But now I’ve gone and gotten off the point.  The point of this post is to introduce you to the first song of the trilogy.  The CD is not yet finished, but here’s a preview of it in lyrical form as sung by a twelve year old boy who takes family matters into his own hands.

God Made It So

Lyrics by Dora Redman & Peter Link
Music by Peter Link

A Boy

Well the news of the Prophet traveled fast
And a hope filled Mother’s heart.
When she heard of the miracles
She begged me to find him
Hoping she might be healed.

So I carried her with me to the market place
And as the crowd began to fill the streets
Calling his name
And following after him
With expectation in our hearts
Mother and I,
Hope and doubt,
Followed along as best we could

Each step was a struggle but we finally arrived
Then Mother began to cry
There were so many people on that mountainside
And much to my dismay
The Sun had set, his sermon done
Her chance was slipping away
So I left her behind, took the basket of food
And crawled through the legs of the multitude

Upon reaching the front
There he was
Jesus and the twelve gathered ‘round

Then I heard them tell Jesus, “Send the people away.”
In despair, I began to pray
(One said)
“If we don’t feed the people they will leave, I fear”
And my chance would disappear

So I gave that one my basket of food
“Take mine.  It’s all that I have.”
He scoffed as he said “That’s not nearly enough”
And brushed me aside with a gentle rebuff
Ah but Jesus said
“Bring the boy here
He brings to us all that we need”

Then Jesus turned away from the crowd
And began giving thanks out loud
And I heard the words as I stood at his sandaled feet
Then he took from my basket for all to eat
My two small fishes and my five loaves of bread

But he didn’t stop there.
He reached down again
And brought forth from my basket
Out of thin air
Until more than five thousand were fed

And what I’ll always remember
And always will know
Is how Jesus believed in his heart
And how God made it so

As the multitude was being fed
I tugged on Jesus’ sleeve
“If you can do all of this and more
Then you can heal my Mother”
Jesus tossed my hair and said
As he sat me on his knee
“From the moment that you left her
The healing was received
The very moment your tenacity began
You see you can do whatever you believe
If you just believe you can”

I too then turned away from the crowd
And began giving thanks out loud
I had believed and the truth was revealed to me
Then I went to my Mother and knew she was free
For she was laughing
As she wept and danced with me

But it didn’t stop there
For our basket was full
With great measure to spare
From out of thin air
And the Master was smiling at me

And what I’ll always remember
And always will know
Is how I simply believed in my heart
And how God made it so