Many songs compromise the soundtrack of my life for 2010 but this one tops the list.  In fact, the album this is found on, MercyMe The Generous Mr. Lovewell, is my album pick for the year.  So timely and so powerful in its message and ministry to me personally. I've pretty much been crawling along the past year but I've always kept my direction pointed toward God for he is my strength and song.  Back To You

HOLY SMOKES!!  I love love love this song!  Thanks to my Emmy for introducing me to this song and to Train.  I haven't listened to them before!  If my hub and I ever renew our vows we are playing this song as one of the ceremony tunes.  What a great declaration of commitment and love.  I love the line, "You'll wear white and I'll wear out the words I love you."  Oh man.  What a great song!  It makes me think of my hub.  He wears out the words, "I love you"!  And I should probably quit dismissing them every time he says them and let him continue to speak it over me as much as he can!  :)  And maybe I should start saying the words a little more and try to wear them out with him!  He also is constantly telling me I'm beautiful and I dismiss those words way too easily.  So thanks Emmy for the song, I'm convicted by it!  I gotta start believing my hub's words to me a little more! :)  I LOVE THIS SONG!!...

I've been thinking a lot about this very question lately.  What if I'm wrong?  What if "you" are wrong?  I was just talking with a friend today about the decision to accept Christ and his word.  Anyone who tries to intellectualize it, tries to get a grasp on all of it, tries to define it by logic will ultimately walk away from God.  A life with God is so much more than logic and endlessly searching for answers to questions that you don't really need to know the answers to.  A life with God is about leaping, with eyes closed, and being caught with arms of love.  Love is never totally logical, it requires faith and faith requires trust.  Christ should not be over-thought, he is so much more simple than this world makes him out to be.  I've thought through my "what if's", have "you" bothered to think through yours?  Because what if "you" are wrong?  What then?  What If

Almost 20 years ago at a Christmas party a white elephant gift exchange occurred and the hot gift to get was a Bee Gees vinyl album of "Stayin' Alive".  This is dedicated to you, CSCS Class of '92!  And hey, anyone still in possession of that album?  :)  Stayin' Alive

Emily Dickinson said, " “Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.” Sometimes all we have is hope to cling to.  With hope we can realize that we are not alone, we are held fast by the one who created us.  When we lose hope we lose a vital part of life, we lose what will get us up everyday.  I hope and pray that you have hope and that it has found a resting place in your soul.  Hope Now

Without fail this song leads me back to Sundays in Baptist church and my Dad belting out this song.  I can literally hear him singing it no matter who else is singing it.  I love this song.  As a kid I endured this song (as I believe all kids did when there were more than 2 verses, haha!) and as an adult I get this song.  I appreciate the hearts that wrote it and were expressing love for the Lord.  You cannot write a song about the victorious Christ until you have experienced the victory of Christ in your own life.  And when you experience that victory you have to express it, you cannot contain it.  Crown Him with Many Crowns (Maranatha Singers) Crown Him with Many Crowns (Robin Mark) Crown Him with Many Crowns (Harvest Bible Chapel - updated arrangement)

Happy Birthday Jesus! While history shows that the birth of Jesus was actually more around October, December is the month that was chosen to celebrate it so I'll stick with it and say Happy Birthday Jesus!  :)  Ever since we heard this song a few years back our family has loved it.  It's just...perfect.  Maybe it's the kids singing it, maybe it's the simplicity of it, but for me I think it is because of the message.  And while, as a friend pointed out to me recently, the celebration of Christmas has become more cultural than spiritual it doesn't mean that we should just throw our hands up in the air, go with the flow of society, and forget about why we celebrate the birth of Jesus.  We celebrate his birth which led to his life lived out fully for us to end in taking on the payment for our sins.  Without his birth there would be no death and we wouldn't have the option of eternal life.   So, Happy Birthday Jesus, we celebrate you in than...