Joey + Rory - The Preacher And The Stranger Lyrics

R. I. P. Joey and your music will live in eternity.

I stumbled on to these two not long ago. While not a particularly country or gospel fan, their honesty cut into my deepest part of my soul. Then to find out how she was taken so soon- was heartbreaking to put it mildly. The ancient Greek looking for honesty could end his quest by sitting in their audience. BLESS YOU both until we meet again for the first time.

Joey and I are crying. every time. this song is just so magnificent, isn't it?

Very beautiful.

When you hear a great song you have to acknowledge it. This song hit a spot in my heart that I've haven't visited (by choice) for many years. I turned 70 this year, and for those not quite there yet, it feels like the time in life to reflect on one's life, which I have been doing a bit of. Back in high school when I was a senior, I came home from a soccer match to learn that a drunk rental truck driver had killed my next younger brother (14 years old) while in a crossing mark at a playground. I watched all of the emotional horror of the adults around me, and the numbness that engulfed my remaining two younger brothers, and without actually making a decision, I suppose that I elected to parse out my mourning over a longer stretch of time. It's still a work in progress, but this song jump started it a bit .... again. I don't know if I have forgiveness in me at this late date, especially now that I understand the value of life, one's memories (especially family), and the impact of loss. So much water over so many dams over so many years has softened my heart, and brightened the memories of my kid brother. Some may even be false memories, but that's OK. The goodness of being 70 is that it can't be that many years until I go home as well, and hopefully get to meet those that went before me. I have no words for Rory, for there are no words to heal such a wound. I would only say that time can ease the sharp emotional edges, and that hopefully one day you will find peace in your heart despite this loss.


All the best.

God bless you sir for your story I wish you total happiness

Excellent, happy people

Very beautiful song beautiful voices

Beautifully song from a beautiful couple. First time listening to these country singers. It's difficult to find singers with pure vocals now a days like these to possess. Hard to believe that Joey is in heaven. Peace and comfort to Rory and the family with the loss of such a beautiful person.

Joey. So beautiful.

Had not heard the beautiful voices and songs of these wonderful people until Justin Rhodes stopped to visit the farm. Now I have another new favorite channel to listen to. In 2000 I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and went through treatment. Until 2018 the cancer was dormant when it metastasized in my bones as stage 4. After targeted radiation treatment and now on two cancer pills, remaining at home, gaining 25 lbs, off morphine since June 2019 with only sporadic pain and more energy. I am kind of a miracle. Why have I been blessed when others seemly have not? My soul mate husband of 30 years and I believe since Jesus was reincarnated so are we. There are still life lessons that we haven't fulfilled yet. Each time we get to come back to our earthly lives we get to choose to evolve or remain the same. We can keep coming back until we finally see the Light Beings that we are. Finally choosing LOVE in all things. It seems Joey got to that point and God was ready for her to come back to her real home. I'm still here but some day... None know when that moment will be. God Bless all of God's children. For me it IS and has been a great journey!

I wish I'd heard about joy and Roy way before she passed I love their music r i p I lost my wife 2007 God bless love the music

this song is SO deep and meaningful. It moves me deeply.

My wife looks like she does. Too touching to keep typing.

Great couple love shows in there songs they put their heart into their songs.

WOW....

i love this song

Great Songs

I love this song you either carry the weight of the world or a cross it is up to you both ways are hard but if you carry a cross god will help you with your walk prove yourself worth of gods grace

Rory,
i am so miss for your loss

Awesome thank you for sharing.

Powerful song so wonderful

THAT WAS A HARD SONG TO LISTEN TO

Beautiful!

Good songwriters are a special breed. Rory is one one those even more rare great songwriters. This song is just pure genius.

Rory is so gifted as a vocalist. I hope he starts recording again

This is real country music. Put this on the radio

She's singing with the angels now !!!! .. Amen !

profound song. so many layers and so much truth and emotion. Masterpiece.

This convicts me. I have been guilty of harboring unforgiveness towards someone who caused the death of a friend/classmate. A friend was killed in a horrible accident that involved alcohol. She was 19 and had a promising life ahead of her.

Joey & Rory – A Bible And A Belt Lyrics
They were both made of leather
Both black and frayed and worn
And I was brought up to respect them
Since the day that I was born
One came here from England
And it's been handed down for years
The other one was ordered from
A catalog at Sears
One my mama read to me
Till I was well into my teens
And I thought all the other one was for
Was to hold up daddy’s jeans
Till I told a lie and learned
It had another purpose too
And out behind the shed, my daddy said
This'll hurt me more than you

‘Cause one had my daddy’s name on it
The other said King James
With love they taught us lessons
But we feared them both the same
One led us to heaven
And the other left a whelp
Those were the days when kids were raised
With a bible and a belt

I remember when I was twelve
I stole a dime store comic book
And how mama read where the scripture said
To take back what I took
When I refused my daddy grabbed
My arm and said “come on”
I needed more, he knew than just Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John
Sometimes it made me cry
Sometimes it made me fightin' mad
And I wish I'd been raised without them
Like some other children had
But now I’m grown with kids of my own
And I know just how they felt
You know it seems to me what the world still needs
Is a bible and a belt

‘Cause one had my daddy’s name on it
The other said King James
With love they taught us lessons
But we feared them both the same
One led us to heaven
And the other hurt like hell
But those were the days when kids were raised
With a bible and a belt

A bible and a belt

One of the best duo I have ever heard, broke my heart when Joey went home to be with the lord

I've grpwm,to love their music. Seems there's quite a bit of the songs that can easily relate to and find comfort in them in certain life issued I gave from time to time.

Such a powerful song......Trying to make sense of how God works.......just know that if you believe in him and that he gave his only son to pay for all of our sins, that you will be granted eternal life with him.

This should have gone to a #1slot on the billboard charts

that is a pretty song

Wow! Amazing!!

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Was that a true story?! I cried like a baby! Amazing song and so well sung! Just discovered these 2, absolutely love them!!!!

What makes me mad is that this beautiful soul might have had a chance if the medical-industrial complex didn't hide the fact that hemp oil, yes that old devil weed, has cured cancers of all types, COPD, seizures, etc.

my dad passed away 2 months ago from pancreatic cancer...today is his birthday. still trying to understand but, i know hes with my Lord and Savior..and Joey 😊miss you dad

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Tears! So sad but beautiful!  Forgiveness ! How many times has Jesus forgiven us?--me-?-you?--as many drops in the ocean!   Love this song!

Love this song and it will make u cry.. thinking of all the family lost someone who was driving while drinking

I love this song

That is one song that I didn't like because of the story behind it.

The first time I heard this song, I cried like a baby. I had just gotten home after from 98 day's in the hospital and rehabilitation services. I had a tendered heart and was rebuilding my life after a brain aneurysm, stroke and a spinal cord injury after falling off the roof of my two story house. This song a shared with everyone that came to my house.

Marc Tompkins Sorry get better

The sad thing is there are still so many that drink and drive knowing they could destroy their life, their family or someone else's family. I know so many that still do it. I just don't understand that.

in the video preacher and the stranger you can see if in Joey's eyes in face that this a very hard song for her cause she was probably thinking about her rother who was killed in an automobile accident. she looks like she just wants to read down and cry. but she keep it together for the song. It makes me cry everytime I see this video cause you know Joey's hurting really bad about her brother and is thinking about him well trying to sing. Joey now that your in heaven you can be with your brother again, but sure wish that you were still here with us. love you Joey... xo

this makes me miss all of the family I lost I cry to it to my dad told me that this is my song

Magnifique

Philippe Leloutrem

Listen with your heart! <3

My husband Daniel loves this song Rory Feek sing The Preacher And The Stranger ,And The Bible And The Belt we hope Rory well keep siniging his song.

gave a son ,,
lost a son
great tune
God bless

amazing

Gosh- I love to hear em sing.

Well done and a terrific song. Thank you both. :-)

Ron

This song made me cry when I first heard it, I am sorry for your loss and hope you are doing good

This song can make me cry anyway, but now watching these two now is too much. "...Life is unfair sometimes, trying to make sense of how God works"
Joey is with Him now. We jist have to trust in His plans.

real feelings. You see Joey almost in tears in the ending. You both sing from your hearts. Joey is still singing and her music will live on through us all ♡

Rory; I really like your voice on all your records and I believe there are few singers that put so much heart in their voice (I THINK JOEY HELPED YOU WITH THAT)

AS a little boy remember the sun rising early in the morning and the coolness of the morning due on my little bare feet.My thoughts never touched on how I was at peace in my mind and heart with no worry of about the heartache that I was to live and feel in my older years.Now that I am in my older years, the loss of both my parents and two brothers and now JOEY brings all those memories to bare again ! There are many things I'd like to do over. One being,"I'd like to have known JOEY AND RORY personally"But that will come in the time that JESUS has planned "in Jesus name amen"

Jack Arthur Sorry dear.

Anyone know if Rory will keep singing and touring?

Indeed Joey and Rory are special. The Lord has welcomed Joey home in his loving arms. Together they will watch over her family. May Joey and the Lord Bless them everyday.

Why do i get the feeling he is a Cruz supporter

+iceaxe56 - Where the hell did that come from? Such an emotional song and you thought of politics? I bet you are fun at parties.

+WA E Not the parties you go to---But as you know its all politics--Vote Hillary

+iceaxe56 - "Vote Hillary" - Says all I need to know about what kind of person you are.

+WA E Yep,sure does--andy ou as well

It was a shame that she left this world so young and I feel bad for her husband and family members may God watch over them

03/07/16 RIP Sweet Joey

Joey and Rory's songs are so full of truths in the midst of parables. Trying to make sense of how God works is exactly what they both must have felt. And again they're right, some crosses sure do get heavy. Oh how beautiful and anointed their music is. Thank you, Lord, for the time we had with Joey, and please be with Rory in the deepest sense. In Jesus name.

These two lovely singers are the two i noticed who actually cry real tears when singing their songs. I can hear their pain in their voices as they sing.
I hope God is kind to Rory & his loved ones from here on out.
I am sad you are bearing the cross of loss you bear losing Joey.

your fans pray and think of you all often.

Wow!😪

Hope, Heidi and Indy I know how it is to lose someone special I lost my best friend and mom in 2000 and I miss her every day but what gets me through the days is remembering the good times we had together and not the days where she was sick and also remember you have a guardian angel looking after you all now and she's up in heaven singing with her beautiful voice.. God Bless you all and you are in mine and my families prayers through this time and the weeks and months to come.. Lawanda from Kentucky

we will miss you Joey. RIP

R.I.P Joey.

RIP Joey.

RIP Joey. You're no longer in pain and in a better place. We'll all miss you <3

beautiful god please be their family!! They are a beautiful and loving family!!my thoughts and prayers are with them and their family

Two wonderful singers,I love them both.

Beautiful, thank you

She has bless us all with her voice and the example of not loosing faith.Perhaps that is GODS reason to call her home?I pray that Rory and the rest of her family get throuhg the pain that is coming,and remember they will see her again.May GOD bless them.

Nothing but the Best.Thankyou to youtube and thank you to my sister Gwen for sending me a link.

my prayers go out to Joey and rory in their time of need and that I love their songs when I gone brings tears to my eyes its an amazing song thank u for all the amazing song

Nothing is intellectually or even emotionally understood about why God allows what He allows. I hate pain. I hate suffering. I hate loss. BUT THEN...the Cross overcame it all didn't it???? I don't like what is going on down here. I don't like that God has allowed Satan's evil to destroy Joey's body with cancer. I don't get it God. I don't understand it God. But I was never meant to get it or understand it, was I? That is faith. We trust. We believe. We accept. We grieve at the same time. I don't even know the two of you, but I grieve for you both. And then in a wink of an eye I rejoice for the eternal joy and eternal love that Joey is going to be wrapped up in. In a way that will make no sense to the unbeliever, or even to some believers, I envy that this is her time and not mine. JESUS HE IS THE ONLY WAY, ONLY TRUTH, ONLY LIFE. You are goin home Joey...see you there soon!

+gail mcconnell It's not God allowing pain and suffering to happen to us, it happens because we thought we could be separate without him. And then because we had this thought we cast ourselves out of Heaven not God casting us out. We felt guilt over this thought and punishment follows guilt so we then cast ourselves out and manifested earth and separated into individuals. Once this happened death became our reality but it's not the truth of our true life which is with God eternally as one Soul not as a body. Everyone is going to die some way or another but it's not God allowing us to have cancer or die any other way, God loves us and wants nothing but love, peace and joy for us. We just need to choose him always and all ways. Think of Jesus story of the prodigal son we all need to just return to him and joy and peace is ours. God bless you Gail and take care.

Lovely song so beautifully sung. See The Truth About Cancer here on you tube and please share it if you care to. XX

love there music i

yes trying to make sense of how God works, this women should not be on her death bed, but yes she is a angel, this family needs a mother and a wife

simple and sweet, God bless, thank you

God, please keep this family together, on this Earth

Lord, bless this precious child of yours. Please help her and give her Your comfort, strength, and peace. Thy will be done, Lord. In Jesus' mighty beloved name I pray, Amen.

Praying for you Joey and Rory...This is my first time hearing this song. I've known about you and have listen to many other songs. You two are amazing works of our Heavenly Father. Jan 2014 I lost my 5 1/2 week old son. Leeland. He was my angel. It was the fault of someone else, and God wanted me to hear this song. It's not right. I haven't forgave. God understands my pain. and it sure says it all when " I'm sorry" doesn't make it right. How I would do anything to hold Leeland again. Hear him cry just one more time. Thank you God for sending this message my way. I needed this. Joey I pray for comfort for you, I'm so sorry you have this happening in your life, but God never fails there is a reason, it's not fair, but your needed. Rory, I pray that God places healing on your heart, the strength to carry on, with your Beautiful children. I wish I was there just to give you both a heartfelt hug, everyay your family will be in my prayers. xoxo from New Brunswick Canada

thinking of you, love you, you are both in my heart, dear Joey and Rory....

Man I see the pain in her eyes.

I'm allergic to this song I think. I was fine before I pressed play, but now my eyes are a little runny.

This beautiful lady is dying.please pray

It is Dec 1, 2015 and the last post I saw on our Joey and Rory blog is that she made it thru Thanksgiving, and she was able to dance around the room a bit with her beloved Rory. My prayer is still the same as I post on Nov 12, 2015. Prayers are going up, and I know they work. Joey is a angel on earth, and more so a Beloved, wife, mother, daughter, sister. No one ever wants to say goodbye, ever..and even though I am a Christian, I am sure everyone is a "bit scared" (if they are telling the truth) about when it will be their time to go thru the Valley~but we have to remember our Lord's Promise. I believe, personally, that a angel or angels take our hands and hold them and walk with us thru that Valley until we see our Saviour's face, and I can't think of a more beautiful and awesome thing that will be. (After being in the Lord's presence just for a second I don't think I would want to come back to this earth, but that is me.) THEN, we are surrounded by the loved ones that have gone on before us. When it is my time I can't wait to see my grandparents whom I have never met, and be with my sweet daddy whom I lost just after he turned 48 yrs old, and my niece and my nephew who were so young, plus all my ancestors, many who were Templar Knights, and then my 11x ggf William Bradford, and my 12x ggf, Francis Cooke, who were Mayflower survivers and Christians seeking a new life in this country, and that is just some of them. I have lost many loved ones and it is hard, HARD for the ones left behind. I pray that Joey will survive this battle somehow, BUT only if it is GOD"S will, for HE knows what is best for us. I continue to pray for Rory who loves his wife so, and baby Indiana, whom Joey loves so much and wants to be her mommy to teach her things. I pray for Joey's parents and sisters whom I can't imagine their terror of losing yet another child and sibling. Joey's brother, was killed in a accident when he was 17. He will be there to meet her to, when her time comes. I see the glory of her life on this earth and then in her forever home..Please stand in prayer with me, and whatever is God's Will, pray that HE will give the Feek Family and Friends, all the Love, Comfort, and Strength that only HE can give in times like this and in the coming days..Blessings everyone, V ps take a look at her video "SEE YOU THERE" that one gets go me, every time. Yes, she is an angel..and so is Rory. I thank God this couple got to share their beautiful music that I love so much..

Victoria Ciolek w were

My thoughts and prayers going out to Joey, Rory, and the Family.

Rory's voice is very similar to Garth Brookes , if not better , because he puts more feeling into the song , don't get me wrong , love Garth Brookes , cheers :)

Thoughts and prayers for Joey and Rory. Such a great couple with their little Indy. I pray everyday for Joey's continued strength and her serenity with life. Joey has helped me through difficult times in my life over the past year and I pray that she may find peace in knowing that she is not alone. I can't imagine how hard this must be for her and Rory.

My prayers go out for you all. So sad.