Curtis Wayne Hurley

Had an interview this morning for the book that was just published.  And then a photoshoot for the music.  I'm running in a bunch of directions at once and I hope that management will iron this out for me.  Being an author and being a musician are two different cultures.  Music is about feeling and flowing in the moment, about tapping into the spirit of God that moves you and flowing with that.  Its energy on the fly and the songs move and breathe and change.  Its a rapidly moving tsunami that overwhelms the listener and the artist at the same time with this swirl of emotion and Word and Spirit.  The music changes everything it touches.  

For me, a book is a static look inside the author's head.  It can be deep and moving and engrossing, but to me it doesn't LIVE like the music does.  I love to write, I enjoy exploring the depths of my own imagination and expressing that in word.  But the music will always be my strongest passion.  Songs wake me up in the morning or the middle of the night.  They are children screaming for the force that will give them birth.  I love to create.  It gives me so much pleasure.  The plays, the books, the music... all of it.  If I don't do it, my mind just fills up with this swirling jumble of ideas that refuse to be silent.  LOL.  This is the first of at least three books.  Its starting to look like five.  Just the thought of that makes me tired right now.  

Anyhoo... here's the link for the interview.  Check it out and let me know what you think.  https://www.facebook.com/lisasantiagomcneill/videos/10218038722940225/?fref=hovercard&hc_location=chat

Who knows, there may be a couple movies off of this?

Stay Prayed Up!

Curt

#UBU

This Storm (anthem 2020) is actually a very old song.  It is, I believe, the last original song of mine that my mother heard me perform.  At the time is was originally written, my life was in chaos.  I was still living at home and we were being hit from every direction with financial and other heartaches. NOTHING was going well.  It felt like there was this beast of despair with feet the size of an elephant's standing on my chest.  I couldn't find a job.  We were already living in the hood and it just seemed that even the air in that part of town was just thicker, more difficult to breathe.  I remember even the members of my church would look at me as if I were some defective stain on the congregation.  The only thing that gave me any kind of existence was that I could sing.  That was it.  God's anointing was heavy on me and they could see that in my vocal offerings.  They just thought that I was somehow broken.  

I wasn't going to let all that kill me.  I felt that even though I was broken in a LOT of places, I was still more than they could see.  God would get me through this and then they all would see.  I would get though this storm in my life.  I would overcome this.  I was trying to stand, but kept getting knocked down.  What I didn't realize at the time was the fire that was keeping me afloat... the fire that was driving me was the power of God.  He kept his hand on me... kept me going.  With the video, I pointed the song toward the COVID 19 crisis, but the song actually isn't about that.  It's about choosing to believe that God won't allow whatever is attacking you to destroy you.  Not only will you outlast an attack.  You will overcome that attack.  Even if you don't see a way through this at all, God has all ready made a way.  That was cemented through the blood of Jesus.  So don't be afraid.  You will overcome.  God has all ready done all that needs to be done.  You just hang on.

Stay Prayed Up!   

Curt

They rejected the cover for single.  So I am partnering with Paul Williams Photography today to re-shoot the cover.  It has to be done today as the single will be released on the 24th.  We followed the guidelines.  I don't know why it's an issue, but the remedy is on the way.  Paul has an awesome idea and this is gonna be MAD cool.  I'm actually glad now that it was rejected.  I thought the first idea was cool, but I'm going to get something amazing instead.  I can't wait to share it with you!

Stay Prayed Up!   

Curt

I wrote this song a while ago that I haven't finished yet.  I wrote these DEEP God-inspired and Scripture-backed lyrics, but the music I wrote for it never gave it justice, so I just shelved it. Well, this morning I was watching my book publisher's broadcast and it popped back up in my spirit.  The song is called "Let It Go".  I'll start explaining this by opening the scripture that the song grew from: "But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

If you are constantly looking back at your past, at the things that happened, as opposed to the direction that you are headed, where God is taking you, you are not fit for the Kingdom of God.  You are taking your eyes off of the Kingdom, off of God to look at something else.  That "thing" is what you are worshiping.  That essentially is your god now.   You are not fit (acceptable, adapted to, sound physically and mentally, ready to do) for the Kingdom of God.  

I KNOW what happened to you was terrible.  I get it!  But you must understand that you cannot exist in two places at one time - it is COMPLETELY impossible.  Either you go forward or you stay there!  Yes it was despicable, horrible and unimaginably bad for you.  You have to drop this and GO ON.  Go forward.  No, I don't know what they did to you.  No I don't understand it at all.  What I do understand is that it was a tactic by the enemy to stop you from getting to where you are to be in life.  Believe it or not, so many others are depending on you to make it through this.  YOU are their example which is why the enemy is trying to keep you HERE.   If YOU stand up and walk out of this, so many others will follow you.  And you don't even have to do anything other that walk out.  They will follow because you beat it.  You don't have to preach a sermon.  Announce to the world anything.  Just get up and walk out of what has been holding you down.  And yes, some of you have a REAL battle on your hands.  That battle is NOT yours, it's the Lord's. Your job is to make a conscious decision to forgive.  And then move on.  God has the rest.  And he will hold you up as a banner to others.  

You are allowing that incident to fill you up.  Forgive.  Let it Go!  And Let God fill you up.  He'll fill you so full of LOVE that there won't be room for anything else.  

Stay Prayed Up!  

Curt

I wrote a book.  "Honor Code" is what it's called.  I'm in to science fiction and fantasy.  I like the brooding, damaged hero's that get softened by love.  I guess because in a way that's me... or all of us actually.  All of humanity is hardened by sin and the choices we make.  Only true love... pure love... God's love can change what we are.   That same love saved us.  He saved us all.  

Stay Prayed Up!   

Curt

STEALING from my friend Lisa Santiago McNeill - Happiness is an inside job! I could take this so many different ways, but I will start with this: Your happiness starts inside. You gotta choose to keep yourself upbeat. I'm running with this!

Stay Prayed Up!   

Curt

Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 

Simply put, we should owe no man anything. 

But we OWE love.

Watching the unrest and the anger.  Listening to my friend share their opinions about all of this and I have to fight my flesh to continue to look at the this through the eyes of the spirit. The Bible warns of this and we have to understand that this isn't some random event.  God told us that this would be coming.  God told us not to fear this.  Just know that the end time is coming.  He said in his word: St. John 16:33 - These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.  

It will be challenging.  It will be trying.  But God has you.  When you pray, God Hears You.

I'm not being silent on what is going on around us.  I just didn't want to let emotion speak over reason.  Too many times I've spouted out in rage and all I did was make what was really bad... even worse.  I had to take time to process my feelings before I spoke.  I had to take time to battle my flesh and hear from the spirit of God.  Isaiah 26:3 says "You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You."  And there in lies our solution or maybe just MY solution, I don't know.  No matter what's going on around me, keep looking up.  I won't find my solution in something that someone else does.  Not the government, not the police, not my black or white brothers and sisters.  I have to keep looking up.  Keep looking to God for answers and a way to respond.  What does God's word say about this?  What does God's word instruct about this?  What is God telling ME about this?  Keep looking up.  

God says he will protect me.  He ALWAYS has.  God says he will keep me.  He ALWAYS has.  My children aren't sick.  Even the cops who intended to hurt me COULDN'T as God always protects me.  So I speak peace and I educate.  All hate is based in fear.  Our society has engrained in us the belief that Black people will rise up one day and destroy everyone and everything that tried to destroy them. You got a generation of people that grew up marginalizing and oppressing others and they fear that they will suffer that same oppression.  And they are scared!!! You got people who are so afraid of this race war that they say is coming, that they keep trying to start one.  Dylan Roof shot up that church in South Carolina to start a race war.  The Bible talks about wars and rumors of wars and this signals the end times.  This is where we are.  Our focus can't be on what we fear.  It has to be on the only thing that can save us - and that is the blood of Jesus and our belief in God.  That blood washes away sin and creates in a you a PURE spirit.  the Bible says we should walk like children of light - like we have NEVER sinned.  That's the power of the blood.  I don't care what you've done, Jesus is your redeemer.  Turn your heart to God and then you fall under his protection.  You don't have to fear anymore.  Stop worrying about the coming days. Give your life to Christ and let him take care of everything.  Keep looking up.  

God is good.  I love creating.  I love writing music, books, scripts, plays... God has gifted me with a LOT of abilities. Music is what means the most to me.  It was an escape from the madness of my life as kid. Now I'm just saying to you what God says to me.  It has always been a dream for me.  I'm just glad now that I get a chance to do it.  I'm grateful for that.  I want to say to thank you to everyone sharing the video https://youtu.be/R61KIYqyRBk.  I appreciate more than I can truly express.  The numbers are climbing.  Last I checked it was over 1700 views!!!  Thank you so much!  

Stay Prayed Up!

Curt