All I ever do...

I have recently only blogging lyrics and photos... this will soon change but for now I just heard a song that went along with the message DB had last night.

I don't know how I got to where I am

All I know is that I want to go back
to the moment when I fell in love with grace
and I hear You whisper

Hang on, I know your hope seems gone
Hang on, sometimes the heartache makes you strong
Remember the first time love turned you around

I try my best to pray but my heart won't move
And all the words the saints say, they just don't help
I want to go back to when I first called out Your name
and I hear You whisper

To the moment when I fell in love with grace
To the day when I first called our Jesus' name
-Mainstay "Hang On"

my prayer

Seth Bible sang this song last weekend at Granger... AMAZING

This has been my prayer every day since Saturday and it has been an amazing week full of blessings. "No regrets, not this time... I'm gonna let my heart defeat my mind" was the part I continued to come back to. This is my prayer Lord- take me all the way!
Hope you have had a great week!
This might hurt, it's not safe
But I know that I've gotta make a change
I don't care if I break,
At least I'll be feeling something
'Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of life

I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

No regrets, not this time
I'm gonna let my heart defeat my mind
Let Your love make me whole
I think I'm finally feeling something
'Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of this life

'Cause I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way ('cause I don't wanna go through the motions)
take me all the way (I know I'm finally feeling something real)
take me all the way

I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way (I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go)
take me all the way (through the motions)
take me all the way

I don't wanna go through the motions

g.l.o.r.i.o.u.s.

...what is flowing from my heart today

Happy

Natasha Bedingfield has a new cd out today... This chorus has some meaningful lyrics as the new year has brought me some new meaning and a perspective change!



Happy
Someone just tell me
That it’s ok now
What are you worried about

Got my dreams, got my life, got my love (*those I love)
Got my friends got the sunshine above
Why am I making this hard on myself
When there’s so many beautiful reasons I have to be happy

Lord let me focus on the beautiful reasons I have to be happy!

life song of the new year

Here is an amazing performance of this song

Oh the Glory of it All
By: David Crowder Band

At the start, He was there, He was there
In the end, He’ll be there, He’ll be there
After all, our hands have wrought, He forgives

Oh the glory of it all, is He came here
For the rescue of us all, that we may live
For the glory of it all, for the glory of it all

All is lost, find Him there, find Him there
After night, dawn is there, dawn is there
After all, falls apart, He repairs, He repairs

Oh the glory of it all, is he came here
For the rescue of us all, that we may live
For the glory of it all, oh He is here
Redemption from the fall, that we may live
For the glory it all, oh the glory of it all
The glory of it all, oh the glory of it all

After night, comes a light, dawn is here, dawn is here
It’s a new day, it’s a new day

Everything will change
Things will never be the same
We will never be the same
We will never be the same
We will never be the same
We will never be the same

Oh the glory of it all, is You came here
For the rescue of us all, that we may live
For the glory of it all, oh You are here
With redemption for us all, that we may live
For the glory of it all, oh the glory of it all
The glory of it all, oh the glory it all

Everything will change
Things will never be the same
We will never be the same
We will never be the same
We will never be the same
We will never be the same
We will never be the same
We will never be the same…

The Prayer

Refiner's fire
My heart's one desire
Is to be holy
Set apart for you, Lord
I choose to be holy
Set apart for you, my Master
Ready to do your will

Grace

This song/video is great- you can find it on gccwired.com and on youtube I believe it was used for Lifeline- the HS ministry.


Its a great reminder that no matter how much we mess up or how lost we feel, He still has a place for us.
.My Refuge.
.My Father.
.The only Living Water.
.I'm weary.
.I'm broken.
...and still you reassure me that You knew me before I knew myself.

Nada Surf- Always Love

To make a mountain of
Your life is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me

Always love
Hate will get you every time
Always love
Don't wait 'til the finish line

Slow demands come round
Squeeze the hair and and keep the rest up
It helps to write it down
Even if you then cross it out

Always love
Hate will get you every time
Always love
Even when you want to fight

Self-directed lives
I want to know what it'd be like to
Aim so high above
Any card that you gained, didn't you?

Always love
Hate will get you every time
Always love
Hate will get you

I've been held back by something
Yeah
You said to me quietly on the stairs
I've been held back by something
Yeah
You said to me quietly on the stairs
You said
Hey you could once
Hey you could once

To make a mountain of
Your life is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me

Always love
Hate will get you every time
Always love
Hate will get you

I've been held back by something
Yeah
You said to me quietly on the stairs
I've been held back by something
Yeah
You said to me quietly on the stairs
You said
Hey you could once

Capri

I made most of the women in my family cry so far so I thought I'd share the lyrics and video

She’s got a baby inside
And holds her belly tight
All through the night
Just so she knows
She’s sleeping so
Safely to keep
Her growing
And oh when she'll open her eyes
There'll be no surprise
That she'll grow to be
So beautifully
Just like her mother
That’s carrying
Oh Capri
She’s beauty
Baby inside she’s loving
Oh Capri
She’s beauty
There is and angel growin’ peacefully
Oh Capri
Sweet baby
And things will be hard at times
But I've learned to try
Just listening
Patiently, oh Capri
Sweet baby
Oh Capri
She’s beauty
Baby inside she’s loving
Oh Capri
Your beauty
Just like your mother
That’s carrying...Oh Capri

Colbie Caillat

I've found this girl and she has an amazing cd! A lot of it is about relationships but there is just something about the following song- you'd have to hear it. I love her voice

Oxygen
I came apart inside a world made of angry people
I found a boy who had a dream
Making everyone smile
He was sunshine
I fell over my feet
Like bricks underwater

How am I supposed to tell you how I feel
I need oxygen
Oh baby let me be your lady
I will make you happy
Never gonna leave, never gonna leave
Oh baby can i be your lady
I am going crazy for you

And so I found a state of mind
Where I could be speechless
I had to try it for a while
To figure out this feeling
This felt so right
Pull me upside down to a place
Where you've been waiting

How am I supposed to tell you how I feel
I need oxygen
Oh baby can I be your lady
I will make you happy
I'm never gonna leave,
Never gonna leave
Oh baby can I be your lady
I am going crazy for you

You don't wanna keep me waiting
Staring at my fingers feeling like a fool

pray.

pray with me.
i have some decisions to make pretty soon
as well as some opportunities that will hopefully work themselves out

i know God will provide

things are going to be busy- im holding my breath and sipping coffee while i still can.

Rescue is Coming
DavidCrowderBand (Trace sang this last weekend)
There’s a darkness in my skin
My covers wearing thin, I believe
I’d love to start again, go back to innocent
And never leave
Don’t give up now
A break in the clouds
We could be found
There’s nothing wrong with me
It’s just that I believe things could get better
And there’s nothing wrong with love
I think it’s just enough to believe
-Rescue is coming-
And there’s nothing wrong with you
And nothing left to do
But believe something bigger
And there’s nothing wrong with love
I know it’s just enough to believe
Don’t give up now
A break in the clouds
We will be found
Rescue is coming now

In My Daughters Eyes

I whipped out Martina's cd for study/background music.
And since I know of some "daughters" in my extended family I figured I'd share the lyrics. Its a precious song- I actually got the cd for my Mom because of this song.

In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero. I am strong an' wise, And I know no fear. But the truth is plain to see: She was sent to rescue me, I see who I wanna be, in my daughter's eyes. In my daughter's eyes, everyone is equal, Darkness turns to light, And the world is at peace. This miracle God gave to me, Gives me strength when I am weak. I find reason to believe, in my daughter's eyes. An' when she wraps her hand around my finger, Oh, it puts a smile in my heart. Everything becomes a little clearer. I realize what life is all about. It's hangin' on when your heart has had enough; It's givin' more when you feel like givin' up. I've seen the light: it's in my daughter's eyes. In my daughter's eyes, I can see the future. A reflection of who I am, An' what will be. An' though she'll grow an', some day, leave: Maybe raise a family, When I'm gone, I hope you'll see, How happy she made me, For I'll be there, in my daughter's eyes

Leeland- Carried to the Table

Trace & the band did an amazing job on this song tonight! The lyrics are so genuine!
Happy Friday*

Wounded and forsaken

I was shattered by the fall
Broken and forgotten
Feeling lost and all alone
Summoned by the King
Into the Master’s courts
Lifted by the Savior
And cradled in His arms

I was carried to the table
Seated where I don’t belong
Carried to the table
Swept away by His love
And I don’t see my brokenness anymore
When I’m seated at the table of the Lord
I’m carried to the table
The table of the Lord

Fighting thoughts of fear
And wondering why He called my name
Am I good enough to share this cup
This world has left me lame
Even in my weakness
The Savior called my name
In His Holy presence
I’m healed and unashamed

You carried me, my God
You carried me

Walking her home

Casting Crowns new single "East to West"

Here I am Lord and I’m drowning, in Your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me, I yearn for peace and rest
I don’t want to end up where You found me
And it echoes in my mind
Keeps me awake tonight
I know you’ve cast my sin as far as the East is from the West
And I stand before You now as though I’ve never sinned
But today I feel like I’m just one mistake away
From You leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me just how far the east is from the west
‘Cause I can’t bear to see the man I’ve been
Rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
‘Cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day, the war begins
Endless reminding of my sin
And time and time again
Your truth is drowned out by the storm I’m in
Today I feel like I’m just one mistake away
from You leaving me this way

I know You’ve washed me white
Turn my darkness into life
I need Your peace to get me through
To get me through this night
I can’t live by what I feel
About the truth Your word reveals
I’m not holding on to You
But You’re holding on to me
You’re holding on to me

What a great message of hope... I'm not grasping for the hand of Jesus- He is the one holding on to me. I've heard this song a few times today and it was a great reminder.

All I Ask of You...

Wedding Processional Song It was a beautiful way for all of us to walk down the aisle
Leah came in on a horse drawn carriage & began walking down the aisle during the crescendo in this song from Phantom of the Opera

All I Ask of You by Andrew Lloyd Webber
(I switched the names to Michael & Leah)
"Michael"
No more talk of darkness,
forget these wide-eyed fears;
I'm here, nothing can harm you,
my words will warm and calm you.
Let me be your freedom,
let daylight dry your tears;
I'm here, with you, beside you,
to guard you and to guide you.
"Leah"
Say you love me every waking moment,
turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always;
promise me that all you say is true,
that's all I ask of you.
"Michael"
Let me be your shelter,
let me be your light;
you're safe, no one will find you,
your fears are far behind you.
"Leah"
All I want is freedom,
a world with no more night;
and you, always beside me,
to hold me and to hide me.
"Michael"
Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
let me lead you from your solitude.
Say you need me with you, here beside you,
anywhere you go, let me go too,
Christine, that's all I ask of you
"Leah"
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
say the word and I will follow you.
TOGETHER
Share each day with me,
each night, each morning.
"Leah"
Say you love me!
"Michael"
You know I do.
Together
Love me, that's all I ask of you

Amazing Because It Is

I was so scared of everything you put in front of me
I've been marching to every part of me
Just to see
See
Why you need me to be
The boy you need me to be

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saves a wretch like me
I once was lost
And now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

I just wanna see

I'm the type of person who lets fear drive
I'm the type of guy that's in drive
Cause I'm addicted
I mean it
I'm lost without you
I need you
I need you

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saves a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

Amazing grace (amazing grace)
How sweet the sound (how sweet)
That saves a wretch like me (that saved a wretch like me)
I once was lost
But now I'm found (you know I'm found)
Was blind but now I see

Amazing grace (you're amazing)
How sweet the sound (you're amazing)
That saves a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

red sky

more brandon heath...

Red Sky
There's a man on my street
He reminds me everyday
But take what you can get
Cause there's nothing more than this
Daylight fades into the ground,
Oh Lord i need you now

Cover me with the red sky tonight
I promise a better day will come
Sing over me an angelic symphony
Tell me everything will be alright
With the red sky tonight

We start taking with our fear
Now we're folded up in shame
Without feeling to the floor
We're the only ones to blame
I can't help but wonder why
Nobody bats an eye
You can see it in the faces
Of all that passes by

So, cover me with the red sky tonight
The promise of a better day will come
Sing over me an angelic symphony
Tell me everything will be alright

I sail into the sun
When the day is done
I need you in the night
So wake me in the dark
I see you in the sun
When the day is done

Cover me with the red sky tonight
I promise a better day will come
Sing over me an angelic symphony
Tell me everything will be alright
Tell me everything will be alright
Tell me everything will be alright

It's the red sky
It's the red sky
Tonight

I will wait for you there...

I will wait for You there
Down on my knees where I met You
Give You all of my cares
Find a grace to hold onto now
I’m calling for You

I will wait for You there
far from the world and it’s violence
It left broken and bare
I need to hear You in the silence now
I’m calling for You

And with outstretched arms
I will sing out melodies
And my beating heart
Will pour out a symphony
Hallelujah’s in the morning
Hallelujah’s in the night
I will wait for you as long as I have life

I will wait for You there
Down On my knees where I met you
Cause life is a war fought with tears
But You are the strength I hold onto now
I’m calling for you