Have you ever listened to a song and felt that they were telling a story about you? I have!

I was listening to the radio on my way to work when a few years ago and a new song came on. It was Black Sheep by Dean Brody.

The lyrics are:

I was raised in a small town underneath a steeple
Raised with the good book in my hand
Though i loved the Shepherd
I didn’t mix well with his people
So one day I jumped the fence to find new lands

I’m just a black sheep looking for a family
Others just like me wandering ’round
I’m just a black sheep about here in the badlands
Hoping I ain’t too damned lost to be found

I hang with the lone wolves, the outcast and the sinners
We drink beer in the taverns Friday nights
We shoot whiskey and we cuss, we throw down, we make up
Working all our guardian angels overtime

I’m just a black sheep looking for a family
Others just like me wandering ’round
I’m just a black sheep ’bout here in the badlands
Hoping I ain’t too damned lost to be found

Sometimes late at night i get thinking about my Shepherd
How it broke his big old heart to see me stray
But if I know the hound of heaven
He’s left the flock to find me
And when he tracks me down oh happy, happy day

‘Cause i’m just a black sheep lookin’g for a family
Others just like me wandering ’round
I’m just a black sheep ’bout here in the badlands
Hoping I ain’t too damned lost to be found
Hoping I ain’t too damned lost to be found, found, found
Hoping I ain’t too damned lost to be found

When that day comes and he takes me
To his throne on that mountain
He’ll say welcome home son, you’re family
And I’ll turn around and I’ll look out
On his heaven of millions
On a sea of black sheep just like me

The very first verse caught my attention. It basically was my childhood to my 20’s in one verse.

I remember growing up and listening to the bible verses and sermons and not connecting with those words. I felt like I didn’t belong there. I grew up with parents who told me that we go to church and this is what we believe in. I never got the feeling that I was able to choose for myself what to believe in.

I got to my 30’s and was feeling lost spiritually. Then came along Glenn and Heather. Glenn had invited me and my husband to a service where he was going to be doing the talk. We went and I was introduced to the Spiritualist Church. I loved what the spiritualist church stands for and that we put our words into actions.

I think I was that black sheep looking for a family and I had found it during that first introduction to the Spiritualist Church. It took me a while to figure that out fully but it was a start to this new journey into Spiritualism.

I wasn’t hanging out with lone wolves, outcasts or sinners and I don’t drink a lot but I do know that my protector was guiding me throughout that time to find the church.

I have been coming to this church since the church started almost 12 years ago and have been taking classes about 10 years. I’ve learned a lot about myself and how to be the best person I can be. Learning to trust my guides to be with me to help me throughout my day. Learning to be a more positive person. I’ve learned that if I don’t ask my guides for guidance and help then I won’t get what I need. I’ve learned that the healing we ask for through our guides to actually works. This has been proven to me over and over. Our guides do marvelous work.

After hearing other people’s stories on how they have found this church I know we were all “lost sheep” in our own way and have found our way to this church family.

I hope you have all felt as welcomed here as I did when I first started.