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 …showed first 75 words of 723 total…

…showed last 75 words of 723 total…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."