| A 13 years old Cody James, was reading a book entitled ‘Hinds Feet on High Places” it was at that moment he experienced the Holy Spirit; but with the lures of the flesh and the world, by fifteen, he was playing music in bars. This began a twenty four year battle with addiction. The three threads that flowed through Cody’s life were his praying Mother, his addictive behaviors, and the music he would eventually turn into a successful career. At seventeen, Cody joined the U.S Army, but even after his three-year enlistment, the thought of regular everyday life just did not seem attractive. Eventually he moved to Nashville Tennessee where he managed to take his music to a whole new level; unfortunately, his addictive behaviors also grew to a whole new level. Cody wrote songs for Loretta Lynn’s publishing company, Coal Miner Music. He traveled with Loretta on the road, and had songs recorded by Loretta, Pam Tillis, and Mark Chestnut. Cody also wrote, sang, and produced the theme song for a Tim Curry movie called “Pirates of the Plain”; though he is most gratified by the Loretta Lynn single “I Cant Hear the Music”. It was a poignant ballad about Mrs. Lynn’s relationship with her husband Doolittle, inspired by something he had said on his deathbed. By all outward appearances he had a great life; yet there was always emptiness, a void he could not fill. Not that he didn’t try with alcohol, drugs, and short-term relationships. When things would get bad healways had his Mother. She was a phone call away, and with her encouraging words and endless love, she could get him through it. When she fell ill, Cody went to Missouri to care for her and after a year, she died in his arms. His Mother and music career gone, Cody went into a three year out of control tailspin that led to incarceration, and a desire to take his own life. When it seemed there was no hope, hope arrived. A bold voice spoke to Cody’s heart and said, “It was never your music anyway, its Mine, meant for My glory”. After God spoke that, Cody began to seek the face of Jesus. As Cody explains it “It was not an overnight thing, I was a tough piece of clay, one that required much kneading before a suitable vessel could even began to be formed, but glory be to God that He is patient and loving. The Father has restored my life ten times better than it ever was, He has delivered me from addiction, I now have a Godly wife and three awesome daughters that love Jesus and God has given me all new songs that he allows me to share with the hurting and lost people of this world”. Cody and his family today live in Andover, Mn. |
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