AHAHAHAHAHAHA!  I was very uninspired today so I was scrolling through my itunes seeing if anything would hit me and this song was listed.  I have NEVER, and I mean never, heard this song before.  I have NO idea how it has landed in my itunes, nobody in my family knows anything about it either!  What first caught my eye was the album this song comes from is titled, "Look Into The Eyeball" and my friend Judy and I have a long-standing joke about eyeballs.  But seriously.  Why is this song in my itunes and where in the world did it come from?!?  Tee hee hee... David Bryne's song, "Like Humans Do" is a simple song about well, humans.  We breathe in and we breathe out and in the midst of the in and out we live our days.  All humans do it no matter where they are at in the world. It is a universal fact that we live our days as we breathe in and out.  So breathe in.  And now breathe out.  And live your day!  Like Humans Do...

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  Listening to New Kids on the Block through my daughter's response to them is SO funny!  She thinks I'm crazy for ever liking NKOTB and I tell her they were to me what Justin Bieber is to her.  She looks at me doubtful but it's true!  Tee hee hee... I hung a poster of NKOTB on my ceiling in my mid-high years and I remember being on the phone with friends talking about each member.  Oh my.  It's almost a requirement of the pre-teen and teen years to have crushes on the most ridiculous bands!  Today's song is chosen because it is Monday...remember you just gotta hang tough!  AHAHAHAHAHA!  Happy Monday everyone! Hangin' Tough

What do you think of the love of Jesus?  Do you think is is something that the weak in mind lean on?  Do you think it is something that empowers you?  Do you think it is for pansies or for the strong?  Have you scoffed at his love?  Have you questioned his love?  Have you embraced his love?  Have you allowed his love to lead you through life?  As I get older and observe more of people and this world I see the love of God doing one of two things.  Dividing or uniting.  There is no in between.  You cannot straddle the fence between the two.  Not making a decision IS making a decision!  As I age I realize that the ONLY thing I can do is share my genuine experience with God and his love and hope that it softens a hard heart or prompts someone to consider it.  The short story of my experience with God's love is this:  I am weak and his love makes me strong, I do not understand the depth and breadth of God's love b...

I have a special love for Kenny G.  :) I don't know what it is about his music but I LOVE it!  And when I'm not feeling very inspired or when I don't feel like listening to words I pop him in because his music inspires and stirs me.  This song I really really love. In fact I had my bridesmaids walk down the aisle at our wedding to this song.  I love it that much!  I think what I love with Kenny G and other musicians like him (I love Jim Brickman also) is their music inspires you to write your own words, to write your own story with their music as the soundtrack.  So this particular song of his makes me think of the time surrounding my wedding; the planning, the visual I get of my bridesmaids walking down the aisle to it, and really just the whole day.  It was Lanny and I's moment, when we began OUR story and others joined us in witnessing it and agreeing to it!  :) The Moment

For some reason I'm pretty sure this song has undertones that I'm not picking up on!  :)  But I like it for it's upfront message about shopping.  I especially think it is appropriate when he sings, "I'm trying to pick up a friendly bargain, But it's not like the adverts all make out."  :) Also the line, "I'm haunted by the colours and hoardings a reminder that I must be inadequate."  What I find interesting about that line is that many people sub-consciously do shop to keep up with the "Jones' " and a lot of times that does lead to some level of hoarding!  So does that make me a semi-level hoarder as I go out today and join the masses in getting the "deals"?!?  AHAHAHAHA!! Happy Black Friday everyone! Shopping

Thank you Mary Chapin Carpenter for singing such a simple and beautiful song for the things that mean the most and we should reflect on during Thanksgiving.  I love Mary's voice, it's earthy and pure.  You can sense that she doesn't have to strive to reach a note, it just flows out of her.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  May you be blessed, may you take time to reflect on the people and things in your life that are the source of fulfillment and gratefulness.  Thanksgiving Song

www.africanchildrenschoir.com I love this choir!  No matter who I hear them singing with I am moved and then when I hear them sing "alone" I am ecstatic!  Some people think these children from Africa are being exploited so I thought I'd do a quick history on the choir.  Started in 1984 as a method to provide education and hope to the "least of these" in Africa it currently has about 4000 children in the Music For Life Program!  Not only do the children receive education but they receive clean water, food, clothing, and medical care - it is much like Compassion and World Vision in it's heart and mission.  All the children sing but there is a "base" choir that tours the USA, Canada, and UK sharing the message of the Gospel and giving voice to the future of Africa, the children.  The new choirs train in Uganda which is where the vision started.  However Music For Life is currently in 7 countries in Africa!  These children are NOT being exploite...