The Story Behind “Yes, Yes, Yes”

Last month I wrestled with releasing two blogs. This one and one about funeral gossipers. Funeral gossipers, stop that crap. Asking me questions before, all through & after the service. I always attract one. This time I semi-avoided one for one to come sit right beside my sister and me. I see so and so way over there on the other side of the building, up in the balcony. Maybe I’ll get to speak to them AFTER the services.  I don’t know if so and so is still with so and so. No, I ain’t heard from so and so, stop asking me about them. Oh if we are friendly, maybe talk on Social Media sometime, you can do a little catching up. This last one I was around those people too. I always enjoy a joke of two for this one lady I know. She always cracks me up. As for folks I have not seen & talked to in years, “Be Quiet” & “Stop Being Nosey”. Ok that’s enough of that. Quite a few folks get that "Shaddup" look because of that. Now y’all see why people think I’m a jerk. I know y’all, I’m trying to be more tolerant.

Now onto today’s blog. Okay maybe you have noticed on Social Media, especially if you know me offline and you are a Facebook friend, that I have be using the phrase “Yes, Yes, Yes”, when I agree with something. It is a New personal joke. And I have decided to tell you the story behind it.

So last month, the pastor of my foundation church passed away. I went to the wake and the funeral. The services were very befitting of him. It was not a "funeral" but a "Celebration of Life". Oh and I actually saw My Funeral Fantasy come true. (When my mother passes, I want my siblings & me to view the body last when we come in. Last as in all our relatives view before us, also. I hate being touched.) Well the song the eulogist sang to close out the funeral was “I Know the Lord Will Make a Way”. Here are the lyrics.

Verse
I know the Lord will make a way, yes, He will.
I know the Lord will make a way, yes, He will.
He'll make a way for me and for you,
Jesus will see you safely through;
I know the Lord will make a way, yes, He will.


Chorus
Yes, He will,
yes, He will,
yes, He will.

Yes, He will,
yes, He will,
yes, He will.

Yes, He will,
yes, He will,
yes, He will.

Yes, He will,
yes, He will,
yes, He will.

I know the Lord will make a way,
oh yes, He will.

(He'll make a way)
yes, yes, yes.

(for me and for you)
yes, yes, yes.

(Jesus will see you)
yes, yes, yes.

(safely through)
yes, yes, yes.

I know the Lord will make a way,
oh yes, He will.

Dear readers, I found out I have been singing this song wrong all my life. Where the lyrics say “Yes, Yes, Yes” I had been singing “Yes, Lord, Yes”. Matter fact at some point in life I might have been singing “Yes, Lawd, Yes”. I really like this song. My heart gets lots of joy singing this song. All my life, I have been wrong. It was like my ears and eyes were finally in tune with what everybody was singing. I wanted to laugh so hard at myself but I was at a funeral. That was not the time to laugh. (They might have thought I was in “holy laughter”. Yeah I know I’m reaching.)

So now when you see “Yes, Yes, Yes”, you can laugh along with me. I give you permission this time. Key phrase is This Time. You have to laugh at yourself. It is stupid to take yourself serious all the time. If you sometimes do silly thing like I do, it is downright crazy to take yourself serious all the time. But I know the Lord will make a way for me to stop doing such silly things so more. Oh yes he will, Yes! Yes, Yes, Yes!!!


Oh the latest profile picture is what I actually look like on that day. I call it the "Bapti-Costal" LMBO Yes, Yes, Yes,
  As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms