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Who Would Write A Song About Stealing God’s Glory?

Anyone who has been watching our Bible Belt stand humbled and amazed at what God is doing
Blues journey this past year has to see that this through us with our music ministry! Thank You
is clearly the hand of God who has opened up Jesus!
doors for us! Nothing else makes sense! Before I
left Houston eight years ago I had spoken these We never imagined that our songs would ever
exact words to my pastor Dr. Duane Brooks of receive radio airplay since they were so
Tallowood Baptist Church, “I want God to use counter-culture, but God got the last word with
me in a mighty way.” He responded eleven of our songs having already received radio
enthusiastically, “Paula, that’s a wonderful airplay, thanks to Bill and Kat Radio’s Gospel
prayer.” Here I am eight years later at age 65 Blues Hours Syndicated Radio Program. Our
launching a music ministry with my Christian song that has received the most airplay to date is
musician husband, Harold, whom I married four about stealing God’s glory, “The Glory Belongs to
years ago at age 61. It was my very first marriage. You, Lord.” Who would write a song about
I am living proof that God’s delays are not God’s stealing God’s glory and what radio station
denials. Harold and I officially met online on would ever play a song like that? But God got the
Christmas Day of 2014 when he responded to my last word!
online profile on Christian Mingle asking for a
Christian musician who would not set limits on I know He must be smiling right now!
what God could accomplish through him.
“The Glory Belongs to You, Lord” was one of the
In September of 2018 we officially started very first lyrics I wrote. Its lyrics are brief, but
creating music together as a couple after I had powerful, intense, and quite heavy. Every time I
convinced my husband, Harold, to let me write have shared it with someone from memory they
the lyrics first. A talent I had for lyric writing literally break down into tears. It strikes a chord
that had been sitting dormant for over forty years with everyone because we are all guilty of
suddenly blossomed! Being led by the Holy Spirit stealing God’s glory whether we are consciously
of God with my lyric writing I created songs with aware of it or not. We serve a jealous God who
bold, biblically sound lyrics like I had doesn’t want to share His glory with another.
never heard before on the radio or in church “The Glory Belongs to You, Lord,” transports
these days (repentance songs, invitation songs, us to a place of both reverence and remorse as
prayer songs, and songs for church revivals). we bare our souls before the majesty and glory
Since January of 2019 Harold and I have created, of God. My husband, Harold, crafted the music
recorded, mixed, mastered and produced two to reflect and envelop the remorseful, reflective
Christian albums (“I’m Not Ashamed to Be a lyrics. He even made the harmonica weep. This
Christian” and “My God, My God”) in our own was one of four songs that we had submitted to
home recording studio. In the process I the 2019 Josie Music Awards that helped Bible
discovered that I had a talent as a vocal coach Belt Blues secure the coveted award for Gospel/
and as a producer; talents I did not even know I Christian Duo of the Year!
had. Amazingly, a year later we actually won the
2019 Josie Music Award for Duo/Group for the YouTube Channel: Bible Belt Blues
genre of Gospel/ Christian/ Inspirational after Website: www.BibleBeltBlues.org
more than 23,000 nominations were submitted Facebook Page: Bible Belt Blues
across all genres from around the globe! We Facebook Page: Paula Vega Vondenstein

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