I pray you will jump into the deep end of His love for you and His purpose for your life. "I don't know how you're living, but I pray you'll be fervent in your walk with the Lord," she told students.
In addition to her music career, Mason is the author of two books, titled, "Faithlift: Put Wings to Your Faith Walk and Soar" and "Treasures of Heaven in the Stuff on Earth." She teaches songwriting as artist-in-residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn.
The recipient of two Dove awards and countless other recognition, Mason has produced 15 records and composed songs such as "All Rise" and "Hallowed Be Thy Name." Mason's songs have been performed by artists such as CeCe Winans, Larnelle Harris and the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Because you're lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I'm about to spew you out of my mouth." Mason said at that moment she totally surrendered her life to God. "It's as if it said, 'Dear Babbie, I know your works, and I know that you're neither hot nor cold, and I wish you were one or the other. "It may as well have had my name on it," she said. It's a letter written to the church of Laodicea in the Book of Revelation, 3:15-16. "I didn't have my Bible open, but I had enough of the Word of God in me. "As I sat there, having my lunch and trying to get through this lukewarm cup of soup, it was as if the Holy Spirit sat down with me and began to have lunch with me," Mason said. The oils and grease in the soup coagulated and clung to the Styrofoam and the plastic spoon. A friend stopped by her table to visit, and when the friend left, Mason discovered the soup had grown lukewarm. "I had too much world for the church, too much church for the world, and I wasn't happy." During lunch on campus one winter day, Mason bought soup that was served in a Styrofoam cup. "I began to compromise my walk with the Lord," she said. She said she began to feel an inner tug-of-war. "But God had another plan, a plan to prosper me and not harm me, a plan to give me a hope and a future, according to Jeremiah 29:11." Mason followed her club gigs with singing in church on Sundays. "If I could just be in the same room with Aretha and hold her hat, my dream would come true," Mason said. She started to sing in clubs and bars on the weekends, hoping someone in the music business would discover her talent. As a music major at Spring Arbor University in Michigan, Mason longed to be a Motown singer. But her growth into an award-winning Christian artist was not without a struggle. 4, in Raley Chapel.īorn in Jackson, Mich., Mason worked closely for years with her father at the church he founded, beginning her role as church pianist at age 9 and later serving as the music minister. Mason shared her story and her music during OBU's annual African American Heritage Day chapel Wednesday, Feb. National recording artist, songwriter and author Babbie Mason told Oklahoma Baptist University students how a cup of lukewarm soup taught her a lesson that changed her life. Babbie Mason Shares Music, Testimony with Students