There’s More!

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:10

On Jan. 21, 2002, Norma Delores Egstrom died. Had she kept that name, few would have been aware of her passing. Norma grew up in a dysfunction home in North Dakota. Such was the state of unrest in her family that she ran away at the age of fourteen.

Living from hand to mouth, it wasn’t long before many Big Band enthusiasts noticed what came out of her mouth: her superb vocal talent. Soon, the “king of swing,” Benny Goodman, signed her up as his girl singer. Norma changed her name to Peggy Lee, and she was quickly on her way to jazz stardom.

Yet for all her fame, her personal life pretty much followed along the lines of her Grammy-award hit, “Is That All There Is?” Her sad, expressionless delivery colored the song with even more emptiness than the lyrics conveyed.

All of us feel blue at times. Even the wisest man to ever live, Solomon despaired: “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” Eccl. 1:2

But hold on; there is more - “...but just as it is written, ‘Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.’” 1 Corinthians 2:9

God’s abundance, right now, is yours for the asking!