ROBERTS FAMILY

You're listening to Brad sing his original song, "Moses, Go Get My Children". 

             I'm the youngest of five children born to Virgil and Carrie (Rice) Roberts.   I was born and raised in Southern IN but my family came from Eastern KY.

            Music was such a big part of my life growing up in the 60’s and 70’s that it’s no wonder I developed this addiction for music. It’s in my blood. My dad played in bluegrass bands and I remember aunts, uncles and cousins sitting around the living room playing bluegrass and gospel. I remember my sister Vicky with cousins Darrel and Debby in the back yard swing playing and singing John Denver songs and you could almost always find my oldest brother Mitchell, with Cousin Phillip and the boys playing CCR or Three Dog Night songs in the building out back. It seems like there was always somebody playing music around home. When I got older, my brother Rick and I spent years playing in many bands together. It became our life. We were almost always together and in the local music world and among friends we were known as the Roberts boys and one of our names was hardly ever mentioned without the other.

            My family was Christians so I always had that influence in my life. My parents never forced us kids to go to church, they had the wisdom to know that you could not force this on anyone all you can do is set examples and that’s what they did. Looking back at the things I got into growing up, I can see now that the Lord was always watching over me. I can see now that the Lord was always trying to draw me in. The Lord would do things and send things my way that I would simply pass off as coincidence or luck because I was too young and too wrapped up in my rock music lifestyle to change. But the Lord never gave up on me, and I thank Him for that. I also thank my mom for all her prayers as I was growing up. It’s because of her prayers that the Lord protected me through all the stupid things I did. I finally accepted the fact that the things that were happening to me in my adult life were not just coincidence, it was the Lord showing me that He is always with me and He had a work for me to do. He had a plan for my life and He waited patiently for me to accept that. His awesome love and power is what kept me safe all these years and I can never do enough to repay Him. I truly love the Lord and I want to serve Him to the best of my ability. I want to be a light to others and show them the love that the Lord has to offer. Giving my life to the Lord is the best thing I have ever done in my life. I only wish I would have done it sooner. I’ve always believed in God but until I got born again I never really knew how real He was. I’ve seen the awesome power of God at work first hand. I’ve seen things happen through prayer that can not be explained by medical science. I’ve seen cancer disappear right before doctors eyes and heart defects that where once there, simply disappear without treatment. The doctors can’t explain it, they just say “it was there but now it’s not”.  

            I have come to realize that there is no such thing as luck, good or bad and there is no such thing as coincidence. It’s not by luck that I’m alive today and it’s not a coincidence that I learned to play music. It was all in God’s plan. Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: If you are reading this right now, maybe there is a purpose for it. Maybe it’s your season. Think about who lead you here. Is it just a coincidence that you chose to visit this website? Maybe the Lord is knocking on your heart and asking you to let Him in. I pray that you will think about all the things the Lord has already done for you without you even realizing it. Maybe somebody somewhere has been praying for you. I pray that you will seek out the Lord and ask Him to come into your heart. Give your life to the Lord and watch His awesome power unfold in your life.