This is my second month on OurStage and I’ve gradually been starting to understand the way the battles rage on through the month until they get to the quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals.

All of my songs are Christian, but I can only enter one song in that catagory so I’ve been posting my other songs in various catagories that seem appropriate to them. This month I posted HOLY SPIRIT in the Christian catagory and it went to the # 1 spot. As time went by it slowly eased on down until now it’s hovering in the mid-teens. I was thinking maybe if my fans would all judge the christian catagory it might help HOLY SPIRIT stay top-10 and so I sent out a short message to them and a few got back to me saying that they did what they could to help. Believe me, I really appreciate any and all the help I get from everyone !

But I’m starting to see that people are going to push their songs in every catagory in order to improve their standings and get into the top-15 or 20 so they can compete in the quarter-finals etc. This is the competitive spirit in all of us and it’s totally natural and to be expected. You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. Ha Ha !!!!

But wait ! I’m seeing things in a totally different light now. I think it’s a revelation from the Holy Spirit about having a servants heart in this competiton. We need to judge as many songs as we possible have time to judge and let the cards fall where they will. If people really appreciate my song, they will judge it accordingly. If your song is more to their liking than mine; then you will win the judgement. This is all really about one person’s opinion compared to other people’s opinions.

Now I say let the songs stand on their own merits. Judge each battle between two songs as fairly as you know how to and let the best songs rise to the top of the heap !!! Even if I really like your music and who you seem to be, if I like the other song better than yours then it needs to win the judgement.

I repent for using our friendship as a vehicle to further my songs in the battles for the prizes in each catagory. Please forgive me and accept my apologies for insulting your good judgement and free will choices that you need to make in order for these competitions to be fair and equitable. I should have known that my songs will have to stand on their own merits in every battle. My work was done when the song was completed, the rest is up to you the listener. MAY THE BEST SONGS ALWAYS WIN !!!!!!!