{"id":5553,"date":"2017-08-16T11:17:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ronniebrown.net\/?p=5553"},"modified":"2020-03-11T20:25:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T00:25:38","slug":"99-invisible-god-rock-weary-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ronniebrown.net\/index.php\/2017\/08\/16\/99-invisible-god-rock-weary-land\/","title":{"rendered":"99% Invisible and “My God Is A Rock In The Weary Land”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was listening to the 99% Invisible podcast this morning. The episode was entitled “The Great Dismal Swamp”<\/a> was about a huge swamp on the boarder between Virginia and North Carolina where for over a 100 years escaped slaves lived in hiding. It was a fascinating story. But at the end, the host played an old recording of former slaves singing a song that the host said he couldn’t get out of his head. (It is a great song to have stuck in your head!) The song is entitled “My God Is A Rock In The Weary Land”. \u00a0I have found so many \u00a0of the slavery era spirituals to be such a blessing. God gave such great hope and strength to an oppressed people!<\/p>\n

The recording in the 99% Invisible episode is so bad you could barely make out the words. Below is a better recording of the same song and it is a blessing!<\/p>\n

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Lyrics
\nMy God is a rock in the weary land, weary land, in the weary land
\nMy God is a rock in the weary land
\nShelter in the time of storm<\/p>\n

Well, you go ‘way, you long-tongued liar, oh, yeah
\nWe don’t want you headin’ this band, oh, yeah
\nWell, we don’t want none but the true-born souls
\nThat was washed in the Blood of the Lamb<\/p>\n

My God is a rock in the weary land, weary land, in the weary land
\nMy God is a rock in the weary land
\nShelter in the time of storm<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter One
\nThe Lord God’s work has just begun<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Two
\nThe God’s gon’ keep his eye on you<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Three
\nThe Lord God died on Calvary<\/p>\n

My God is a rock in the weary land, weary land, in the weary land
\nMy God is a rock in the weary land
\nShelter in the time of storm<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Four
\nThe Lord God visit among the poor<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Five
\nThe Lord God brought those dead alive<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Six
\nWhen he went into Jerusalem and healed the sick<\/p>\n

My God is a rock in the weary land, weary land, in the weary land
\nMy God is a rock in the weary land
\nShelter in the time of storm<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Seven
\nWhen He died and He risen and He went to Heaven<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Eight
\nWhen John seen Him standin’ at the Golden Gate<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Nine
\nWhen the Lord God turned the water to wine<\/p>\n

Well, stop, and let me tell you ’bout the Chapter Ten
\nWhen John seen Him comin’ in the world again<\/p>\n

My God is a rock in the weary land, weary land, in the weary land
\nMy God is a rock in the weary land
\nShelter in the time of storm<\/p>\n

Well, He is the lily of the valley
\nHe’s brighter than the morning star
\nWhen the put ol’ Daniel in the lion’s den
\nHe done locked the lion’s jaw<\/p>\n

My God is a rock in the weary land, weary land, in the weary land
\nMy God is a rock in the weary land
\nShelter in the time of storm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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