My favorite song from the Scripture Memory Songs series, this is also my favorite album from the series.
As I was listening to this song for the very first time tears started flowing from my eyes. This reminded me of a dear dear close friend of mine, then it reminded me of God's goodness in my life. I started crying to God and the Angels around me that it is my desire to spend eternity with God and my Angelic friends when I die.
I remember buying this album because I was dealing with Forgiveness issues, I initially thought it was an album that had to do with us humans forgiving one another and I was intending to use it as a supporting form of inspiration to completely forgive others.Upon buying it I realized that most of the songs had to do with God's forgiveness of us, very few songs such as "Tenderhearted" and perhaps "Blessed be God" partly had to do with us forgiving oneanother.
Nonetheless I love this album and I am happy I bought it at the time I did.
I remember after receiving this CD in the mail I was talking at length outside with another friend that cold afternoon, I went to the room where I was staying and started listening to this CD. I was suprised by how good the first song was "As Far As The East", it was latter that evening that I got to listen to "Have Mercy Upon Me" and immediately fell in love with it.
Another thing, when I got to the 4th song "Blessed Be God" I was suprised to hear it because about a year before in the room upstairs I actually had listened to the song. I was looking for another song that I heard in my childhood that contained the lyrics "If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me" (still haven't found it by the way). "Blessed Be God" song was one of the songs that was contained the lyrics Iw as searching for, little did I know that I will buy that same album a year later unaware that I had listened to a song from it a year ago. I thought that coincidence was a bit funny.
Good memories, a lot of memories I had in that building during that period of my life I will take them with me till I pass away.
(I think "Have Mercy Upon Me" reminded me of my friend because my friend was a major source of goodness and hapiness in my life and I considered this friendship a big blessing from God, I think that's one reason I became so attached to this song)
Gary Sadler one of my favorite writers from Integrity Music and Gene Miller probably my favorite soloist from this series. Mark Ivey, Rick Riso and Lisa Glasgow are good soloists too, In addition to Gary's writing I also like Don Harris and Bob Ayala's. Steven Taylor as well as the producer for this album Mark Gasbarro are both good producers.
Series: Integrity Music's Scripture Memory Songs
Album: Forgiveness
Song: As Far As The East (Psalm 51:1&2)
Words by: King David, the Psalmist
Words adapted by:Gary Sadler
Music by: Gary Sadler
Soloist: Gene Miller
Release year: 1994
Copyright: 1994 Integrity's Hosanna Music
Administered: Integrity Music, Inc.
Note: Verse taken from the New King James Version of the Bible(NKJ)
Further Note: This album is out of print and uploading this song has no effect on the potential sales of this album as it can no longer be purchased in stores.
I do not own the rights to this song, all copyrights are owned by Gary Sadler, Gene Miller & Integrity Music.