“Good Times” by Bobbi Humphprey (1978)

            We rejoice this Sunday that Super Typhoon Ompong is finally out of our country, hoping and praying that it would have not caused so much casualties and damages in areas it directly hit yesterday.  As we start the brand new week overcoming so many storms in life, here is American jazz artist Bobbi Humphrey’s “Good Times” from her 1978 album Freestyle to soothe your soul, supporting our Sunday reflection on realizing who Jesus is. It is only through His Cross can we truly realize and know who Jesus Christ is because it was there where He not only revealed Himself to us but also made us experience God’s immense love for us.  By suffering and dying on the Cross, Jesus did not remove but joined us in our pains and difficulties in life so that we may be one with Him in His glorious Resurrection.  In our relationships with others, it is only during hard times that we truly get to know who our friends are, who really love us because they are the ones willing to suffer with us and even suffer for us so we could have “good times” as Bobbi tells us in her lovely, jazzy song.  .

You and I have traveled life’s uncharted courses

We’ve been tossed around at many times on dark and stormy seas

But now the clouds are parting and the sun is shining through

It feels so good to know… you’re here with me,

To share the Good Times, that we waited for so long

I know the Good Times, will prove we weren’t wrong

To hold on to the dreams of how we knew it could be

We worked so hard at easin’ all the pain and misery

Until the Good Times had come ‘round for you and me

And now they’re here, now they’re here

I remember all the hard times when there wasn’t much to eat

And the longest coldest winter, when we didn’t have much heat

But we had all we needed with love enough to spare

Cause more than money we had what I knew would get us here

Bridge:   We fought and won each battle that we had to fight

Made it through the darkness when we couldn’t see the light

And deep inside I guess we always knew that we were right

To try and catch that star….’cause baby here we are. (Let’s share Good Times…. )