Welcoming the Dawn

 

 

 

 

 

  The history of this song goes back to my Coast Guard days when I would haul my guitar around with me on my back as I walked the streets of downtown Seattle. I lived on a 378' cutter and stored my guitar in my small locker on board. On my days off, I loved taking out my guitar and finding some place to play it. I am not very skilled at it, but I know enough to enjoy playing songs that have easy chords like G, C, D, and F! Sometimes I would play on the mess deck in my boat (that is where everybody eats or hangs out. It is a medium sized dining room with tables and benches), and other times I would go to the park by Pike's Place Market where I'd find a nice spot where I could gaze out over the Puget Sound and work on playing or writing a song. Sometimes homeless people would interrupt me and I would have to move on to a quieter spot. Anyway, those were the days! My life ever changes, but the God whom I love and serve changes NOT. The Lord Jesus Christ remains the same from a...