New Favorite Album

My new favorite album was a gift to me from my Dad. I didn't know it was a gift I had been given. I unwrapped it's beauty this evening while I sat computing and Holly sat studying the book of Matthew in the Bible. Sweet words and strains of contemplation that my Dad never knew he gave me, yet bear the hallmark of his wisdom through the voices of others: faithfulness and peace, grounded in an upward trust and rest.

City On A Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise

There it sat on the console of Jolly Green. I didn't remember seeing it before. I picked it up and saw a simple Christmas return address label stuck on the CD case, bearing these familiar lines:

Mr. Maurice Willsea
27959 27 1/2 St.
Gobles, MI 49055-9231

All of the songs are a balm. Even the liner notes dedication reminds me of Dad:

In Loving Memory of our friend, Gene Eugene

What a great gift from beyond the grave, however inadvertent, from M. Eugene Willsea, to his son.