Silver and Gold

Silver and Gold Standing in front of church with the microphone in my hand, I began to feel nervous. Everyone was looking and waiting for me to sing a song that has power and deliverance. I was not raised in a church and my parents did not make me attend church. I wondered why I did not have to attend church and everyone my age did. Sunday morning's came and I saw my cousins and …

…I heard people holler and chant as if they were talking to the sky. Tears began to roll down my face. The chills increased through my body. I kept saying "yes, yes." I didn't know whom I was speaking with? I didn't know what I was responding to? The song began to come to an end. I opened my eyes and ended my song by singing, "I would rather have JESUS than Silver and Gold."