ALL:

Every now and then, a song seems to really "FIT" the singer.  One such
"FIT" would be Kris Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down" sung
by Johnny Cash.

While searching for a more "country" style of hymns recently on Itunes,
I heard a voice singing "I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger" which REALLY
"FIT" the words and music.  When looking back at Dao Strom's life, you
can easily "SEE" why she may be the "PERFECT FIT" to sing this song.
Her version of "I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger" is track number 10 at the
URL below from her album titled, an appropriate, "Send Me Home"!

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/daostrom

...BIOGRAPHY

...Dao Strom was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up in Placerville,
...California-which perhaps explains why her version of Americana &
...oldtime-influenced roots music seems to come out of a world-weary
...darkness that is both mysterious and familiar. Her voice carries the
...ethereal weight of the Appalachias (or some other distant mountain
...range), yet her words and phrasing are plainly infused with the details
...of modern experience.

...Citing influences from Hazel Dickens, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou (and
...many other country music traditionalists) to Gillian Welch, Freakwater
..and Bonnie Prince Billy, Dao's own take on the genre is a form of gentle,
...dark Americana tinged with a pure quality. It's lonely music but conveyed
...with an insightful innocence.

Below is a review of Dao Strom's music by Greg Trout where he mentions
her version of "I am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger":

http://www.magnaphonemagazine.com/April05/reviews/new-music-reviews.html

...One of the most beautiful and organic things about music is the places
...it originates. The simple happenstance of an artists home and origin can
...prove to be the incubator that creates pure and lovely music. Such is the
...case with Austin's Dao Strom. Born in Saigon, and raised in the historic
...Gold Rush mecca of Placerville, California, her version of Americana is
...rich with a tender melacholy and gentle darkness. Send Me Home is full
...of history, recalling grand traditions traditions of country-western and
...Appalachian folk and steeped in mountain and gospel imagery. Backed
...by a spare yet solid duo, Strom's originals stand up quite well with her
...sublime interpretation of the classic standard "I am a Poor Wayfaring
...Stranger". Dao Strom is the real thing. --Greg Trout

Calvin

PS:

Peg Fenn sent me this INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL post by Michael Edds
entitled, "The Josephs Will Arise" and posted on "COME UP HERE" by
Sonchilds.

http://www.s14.invisionfree.com/come_up_here/index.php?showtopic=574

I am QUITE SURE Joseph felt like a "POOR WAYFARING STRANGER"
as his brothers sold him to a caravan headed to Egypt and into slavery!!!
____

HISRHEMA4U at In Jesus
The Josephs Will Arise
Mike Edds
Jul 14, 2005
MichaelEdds@aol.com

His destiny had arrived! All of the "stuff" and hardships that Joseph had
gone through suddenly made sense. People had meant those things for
evil, BUT GOD HAD MEANT IT FOR GOOD, FOR THE SAVING OF
MANY LIVES. Joseph was completely ready and prepared for the destiny
for which he was created. He never failed nor dropped the ball. He
successfully fulfilled the plan of God.
 

A special generation now exists that has felt throughout their lives an
inward sense of destiny and purpose. That destiny has called to them
every day of their lives. That divine destiny has called to them through
dreams, visions, an inward desire or passion, and through circumstances.
However, like Joseph, they have been enrolled in the "school of stuff."
They have unjustly suffered rejection, jealousy, hatred, been forgotten,
falsely accused, and have been misunderstood. Their pure motives have
been suspect. Their love has been not been reciprocated.

They have felt imprisoned on an island of loneliness and rejection. Life
has not been kind nor gentle to them. The Word of the Lord has severely
tried them. Their divine destiny or life plan has been in conflict with the
situations in which they find themselves. Their prayers seem to bounce
off a heaven made of brass. They feel that they have been placed on a
dark, lonely, dusty shelf. Purpose has evaporated. They have even cried
out to God to "just take me on home." Where is God in all of this?

Out of infinite love, God has allowed this generation, this Joseph
Generation, to endure this school of "stuff". He has refused to intervene
until they had been prepared and perfected for the destiny to which He
has called them. He is creating a generation that will be "selfless"
rather than "selfish." Like Joseph, they will graduate from the school
of dung as vessels of honor. They will not fail nor drop the ball. They
will be totally prepared to fulfill the destiny to which God has called
them.

They have been prepared for a day and an hour of great ministry. They
will be ushered from prison to position suddenly. The time has come
for the "Master Potter" to walk into that dark lonely room. He will stretch
forth His Hand onto that dusty shelf and pick up the vessel that has
endured the long night of solitary isolation. Gently, His Hand will wipe
away the dust and bring forth that special vessel. The words will be
spoken, "The King has need of thee." The time of preparation will have
ended.

Destiny will have come! The long endured hardships will suddenly make
sense. Joy will overtake them. The life plan and gifting will be activated.
The Joseph Generation is a secret weapon that God has prepared in the
school of "stuff", in the darkness, in the isolation for such a time as this.
They are about to be suddenly unleashed upon the kingdom of darkness.

God has prepared them to meet the great needs of this present generation.
They will have the Master Potter's image upon them. They will have the
forgiving heart of Joseph who said, "You meant it for evil, but God meant
it for good to the saving of many lives." They will be a selfless people who
will give the glory to God. They will not fail. So, Joseph Generation, take
heart. Your bitter night is about to end. It is sunrise not sunset. Joy
comes in the morning!

Even now, the door is being unlocked and opened. Listen for the words,
"the King has need of thee." God has not forgotten you! Yes, He has
seen your tears and heard your cries. He is opening a door which NO
MAN can open or shut. ... Josephs take courage! THE KING HAS
NEED OF THEE! ~Mike Edds