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Theses are my thoughts and ramblings as I forge my way through this thing they call life.
These are my thoughts and ramblings as I forge my way through this thing they call Life.

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February 6, 2022 at 7:36am
February 6, 2022 at 7:36am
#1026137
Soundtrack of Your Life

Theme: What songs did I listen to last year?

I Can Only Imagine - Mercy Me


I got to see this movie this year. The story behind the song is powerful. I think this is the song that launched this group into something bigger. It was written in response to a young man coming to terms with the past abuses of his father who is trying to redeem himself and make amends before he dies.

I am also including the official video as I like it better.


A few lyrics:
I can only imagine
What it will be like
When I walk by Your side
I can only imagine
What my eyes would see
When Your face is before me
I can only imagine
Yeah

Surrounded by Your glory
What will my heart feel?
Will I dance for You Jesus
Or in awe of You be still?
Will I stand in Your presence
Or to my knees, will I fall?
Will I sing hallelujah?
Will I be able to speak at all?
I can only imagine
I can only imagine

February 6, 2022 at 6:50am
February 6, 2022 at 6:50am
#1026132
Soundtrack of Your Life

Theme: What songs did I listen to last year?

Praise You in the Storm - Casting Crowns

I love this group. In the video you get to see the music layering in as each instrument is added to the mix. I love the voices.
This song reminds me that we need to praise God even in the storms of life. We come out stronger in the end. We build our character and we remember what is important. Hard times need to pull us together not push us apart. Yes, there is physical distancing right now, but not social distancing. You can still smile and say hi to others. You just can't hug them.
We will come through this. Keep keeping on. This too shall pass.

A few lyrics:
I was sure by now
God, You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
And once again
I say, "A-men" and it's still rainin'

But as the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I'll raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away
February 6, 2022 at 6:38am
February 6, 2022 at 6:38am
#1026131
Soundtrack of Your Life

Theme: What songs did I listen to last year?

God Only Knows - King and Country and Dolly Parton.


We all go through stuff. Some of it is dark and hard to deal with. God is there through it all... waiting for us to choose Him. Waiting for us to admit to ourselves that we can't go it alone - we need him... and we need connection. We were never meant to do it all alone.
Covid reminds us what is important - who is important. It is important to cherish our connections and lean it to our vulnerability and our need for that connection.

Here are a few lyrics:
I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without you

If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on, believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me
God only knows what I'd be without you

February 6, 2022 at 6:24am
February 6, 2022 at 6:24am
#1026130
Soundtrack of Your Life


Theme: What songs was I listening to last year?

There was Jesus - Zach Williams and Dolly Parton


I love seeing and hearing Dolly Parton putting her stamp on Christian music. I also like that she lets Zach Williams take the lead in this song and as it builds to the end she steps up and belts it out as only she can do. She really is a powerhouse.
There is strength in the words and this past year needed those words to build me up and keep me strong. I was doing a teaching job that was new to me and it had the added component of teaching online as well as in person. I often worry that I am not giving my students the best of me and this year was extra challenging because I was trying to do it in two very different ways.

I get a chuckle out of the fact that he is sitting down and she is standing up and they are close to the same height... though he is a little taller still.

Here are some of the lyrics:

Every time I tried to make it on my own
Every time I tried to stand and start to fall
And all those lonely roads that I have travelled on
There was Jesus
When the life I built came crashing to the ground
When the friends I had were nowhere to be found
I couldn't see it then but I can see it now
There was Jesus
In the waiting, in the searching
In the healing and the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I've been and where I'm going
Even when I didn't know it or couldn't see it
There was Jesus.
February 6, 2022 at 5:57am
February 6, 2022 at 5:57am
#1026128
Soundtrack of Your Life

Theme: What songs did I listen to last year?
Mostly Christian music, I figure. I've always been a little eclectic.

Lauren Daigle - You Say


The lyrics really resonated with me. This was another mentally challenging year. I started my year on a low. My motivation was in tatters. This particular song pulled me up out of that funk and had me refocusing on what is important and what I am grateful for in my life.

I will share a few lyrics...

I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I'm not enough
Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low
Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know
Ooh-oh
You say I am loved when I can't feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And you say I am held when I am falling short
And when I don't belong, oh You say I am Yours
And I believe (I)
Oh, I believe (I)
What You say of me (I)
I believe

So I believe and I will forge ahead. Here's to a better year with more focus and productivity.

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