His upbringing was lacking, so say the least, and he was never given the tools to be a good parent. Generational brokenness would have destroyed his life, if not for redemption. When I was a young girl, my dad encountered Jesus and allowed Him into his pain. He began a transformation that no one imagined possible and His heavenly Father gave him what his earthly father never could. If you were to hear his story, you would be dumbfounded. It just doesn't add up. He should be a mess and so should his children. But he isn't! Because of Jesus, he is healed and whole. Because of Jesus, he freely gives the purest love to us. He has no smell of smoke on him.<\/p>\n
I wrote the song, "Smoke" for my dad's birthday 5 years ago. Give it a listen and celebrate redemption with us this day. My dad, Roark Russell Thornberry<\/a>, turns 65 this day. Dad, I celebrate your life with increasing passion and a grateful heart. I love you.<\/p>\n Download 03 Smoke<\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n OH WHEN I\u2019M WITH YOU TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES YEAH, THAT\u2019S THE WAY IT HAPPENED THE BITTER PILL OF ROMANCE YEAH THAT\u2019S THE WAY IT HAPPENED NOW I\u2019M A BENEFACTOR Last week my (Michelle) dad had an infection that did not respond to the prescribed antibiotics and the infection went septic. He was inches away from death. His kidneys had begun to shut down and his dear friend, Dr. John … Continue Reading
I SOMETIMES FORGET
JUST WHERE YOU HAVE COME FROM
YOU WEAR NO SIGNS OF IT
BUT I STILL RECALL THE STORIES
FOR I HAVE HEARD THEM TOLD
HOW YOU WORE THE HEAVY CLOAK OF GRIEF
WHEN YOU WERE FAR FROM OLD<\/p>\n
TO THINK YOU WERE BETRAYED
AND ALL THE INNOCENCE IN YOU
TANGLED UP AND FRAYED
LIKE SALT ON ANY WOUND IT WAS
TO BE THE ONE TO STAND
IN FOR YOUR FATHER ALL THOSE YEARS
AS IF YOU WERE A MAN<\/p>\n
AND NOW YOU\u2019D NEVER TELL
NO SMELL OF SMOKE GOT ON YOU
WHEN YOU WALTZED RIGHT OUT OF HELL
OR WAS IT YOU WERE LIFTED
BY A HAND YOU DIDN\u2019T SEE
AND THE EYES THAT WITNESSED ALL THAT HURT
SAW YOU LOVING ME<\/p>\n
WAS A TRAITOR TO THE CORE
IF YOU NEVER HAVE BEEN TRULY LOVED
BY ANYONE BEFORE
AND PAIN IT IS A CIRCLE
AND TIME WILL BRING IT ROUND
YEAH, BUT YOU DID LEARN TO WALK IN IT
WHEN IT WOULD DRAG YOU DOWN<\/p>\n
AND NOW YOU\u2019D NEVER TELL
NO SMELL OF SMOKE GOT ON YOU
WHEN YOU WALTZED RIGHT OUT OF HELL
OR WAS IT YOU WERE LIFTED BY A HAND YOU DIDN\u2019T SEE
AND THE EYES THAT WITNESSED ALL THAT HURT
SAW YOU LOVING ME
OH AND BROKENNESS IS FUNNY
HOW IT TENDERIZES YOU
BEFORE YOU MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES
YOU LET IT PASS ON THROUGH.<\/p>\n
CAUSE I GOT NOTHING BUT YOUR LOVE
AND I\u2019M GLAD I CAN\u2019T REMEMBER
WHAT IT WAS YOU ROSE ABOVE
I SOMETIMES FORGET
I SOMETIMES FORGET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"