Thursday, March 31, 2016

Songs of Life

I have been praying recently for God to show Himself to me more through my every day life.  He has answered those prayers in a way that I wasn't expecting - through song.  Almost every day of the week I have had a new song stuck in my head that I find myself humming or singing all day long.  For about a week I didn't think anything of it, until a coworker told me I seemed happier and that she really enjoyed the songs I had been playing in my office lately.  Well long story short, thanks God!  I love feeling closer to Him and it really lifts my mood.

Just a few of my recent favorites - really liking Francesca Battistelli:

Write Your Story by Francesca Battistelli

They say
You're the King of everything
The One who taught the wind to sing
The Source of the rhythm my heart keeps beating
They say
You can give the blind their sight
And You can bring the dead to life
You can be the hope my soul's been seekin'
I wanna tell You now that I believe it
I wanna tell You now that I believe it
I do, that You can make me new, oh
I'm an empty page
I'm an open book
Write Your story on my heart
Come on and make Your mark
Author of my hope
Maker of the stars
Let me be Your work of art
Won't You write Your story on my heart
Write Your story, write Your story
Come on and write Your story, write Your story
Won't You write Your story on my heart
My Life
I know it's never really been mine
So do with it whatever You like
I don't know what Your plan is
But I know it's good, yeah
I wanna tell You now that I believe in
I wanna tell You now that I believe in
In You, so do what You do, oh
I'm an empty page
I'm an open book
Write Your story on my heart
Come on and make Your mark
Author of my hope
Maker of the stars
Let me be Your work of art
Won't You write Your story on my heart
Write Your story, write Your story
Come on and write Your story, write Your story
Won't You write Your story on my heart
I want my history
To be Your legacy
Go ahead and show this world
What You've done in me
And when the music fades
I want my life to say
I let You write your story, write Your story
Write Your story, write Your story
I'm an empty page
I'm an open book
Write Your story on my heart
Come on and make Your mark
Author of my hope
Maker of the stars
Let me be Your work of art
Won't You write Your story on my heart
Write Your story, write Your story
Come on and write Your story, write Your story
Won't You write Your story on my heart

Choose to Love - Francesca Battistelli

I locked up my heart and I put on a show
I let the busyness of life be a wall so nobody gets close
Well I got a lot done, yeah, I'm so type A
But I'm finding arm's length is a safe but lonely place
So I'm gonna choose to reach out
Choose to lay down
All of the fear that I've been hiding
Choose to be brave
Though my heart's afraid
To be a part of Your Kingdom rising, oh
God, I'm done running from
The reason that You sent Your Son
So I will choose to love
Well it's always a risk and it's always a dare
But it's a far more dangerous thing to listen to fear
But it's a beautiful thing to know and be known
Yeah, there's a whole lot of life outside of my comfort zone
So I'm gonna choose to reach out
Choose to lay down
All of the fear that I've been hiding
Choose to be brave
Though my heart's afraid
To be a part of Your Kingdom rising, oh
God, I'm done running from
The reason that You sent Your Son
So I will choose to love
I'll choose to trust
Oh God, let my heart be tender in a world so tough
I'm gonna choose to love
I'm gonna choose to reach out
Choose to lay down
All of the fear that I've been hiding
Choose to be brave
Though my heart's afraid
To be a part of Your Kingdom rising, oh
God, I'm done running from
The reason that You sent Your Son
So I'm gonna choose to love
Maybe I'll hurt, maybe I'll bruise
Maybe I'll cry, maybe I'll lose
Still I will choose to love

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