Day #21 Favorite Song

This is day #21 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 21 Your Favorite Song :

This is by far the hardest question to answer! I have a handful of songs I could Lauren to all day! I guess if I have to nail down just one it would have to be, On and On by P.F.R. The words below are written to Our Father. This song always brings comfort and hope to my soul. It reminds me this isn't my journey alone and that it's God who continues to send us "farther on and further up" asC.S. Lewis put it.  Here are the lyrics:

Father of love, look upon me now
I've come so far, only You know how
You've changed my life, made me whole
All I am now, to You I owe it all

You are reality, You alone are life
You take a heart so dull and make it shine so bright
To burn for You and all You are
A Light in the night, a guiding star You are

Here are all my burdens, I lift them up to You
Your words, they ease my mind
Your gentleness shines through,
Giving us hope when hope is all gone
Never retreating, sending us on and on

Songwriters

Hanson Joel David

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SPARROW SONG;UNIVERSAL 

Day #20 The Last song alphabetically in my mp3 player...AKA phone

This is day #20 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 20 (11/27/14): The Last song alphabetically in my mp3 player...AKA phone:

The song that has the very last spot alphabetically is "Zen & the Art of Xenophobia" by Five Iron Frenzy:



This is a very fun video and one of my favorite bands. The best "un-dead" bands from Denver, CO!

"Keep on rockin for the kids!"

Day #19 "First song alphabetically in my mp3 player...AKA phone"

This is day #19 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 19 (11/26/14): First song alphabetically in my mp3 player...AKA phone:

The song that has the primary spot alphabetically is "And the Rest Will Follow" by Project 86:



Most of these guys went to my church that I grew up and eventually worked at. Two of the members were in a band I was in also. You won't be seeing that video on You Tube however. These are good guys with good music!

Project86 the Website

Day #18 "Rarely Listened to Song You Love"

This is day #18 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 18 (11/24/14): Song That Love but Rarely Listen to:

The song that I love but rarely listen to would be this song by PFR called "Here in the Middle". I rarely listen to it because I don't have it anymore on my computer or phone. The CD is probably long gone. I really love the song. The the part of the chorus that goes "I make it so hard when it could be so simple..." Really hits home and makes me think of every time I over-think and over complicate things. "Help me love me for some better reason, learn to take myself in all of my seasons" also resonates incredibly. Took a lot of counseling to get to that point and more to keep me there, but the point is to be able to be able to "put up" with myself or how could I expect others to. I really is a great song,that I would link to but it's not available. Here are the lyrics though:

"In The Middle" Lyrics
by PFR | from the album The Bookhouse Recordings

For so long I had the same dream,
I'm running like a man possessed: breathless and scared to death,
Then, last night, I swear I heard a voice whisper in the dark,
And it spoke right into my heart, saying...
Don't you know that you're one of the sweetest songs I've ever sung?

Just try to find a little peace in the middle,
You make it hard when it could be so simple,
Love yourself for some better reasons, and learn to take yourself with all of your seasons.

Oh, oh.

There's hope in the mystery, 
In loving all I'm not, surrendered to the thought,
I'll find comfort in my own skin, 
Accepted as I am: broken and blessed man,
Tell me again that I'm one of the sweetest songs you've ever sung.

Help me to find a little peace in the middle,
I make it so hard when it could be so simple,
Help me love me for some better reasons,
Learn to take myself with all of my seasons.

Help me to find a little peace in the middle,
I make it so hard when it could be so simple,
Help me love myself for all the right reasons, and learn to take myself with all of my seasons,
Everybody needs some peace in the middle, 'cause life gets hard when we could all use a little,
Learn to love ourselves for all the right reasons, and learn to take this life in all of it's seasons.

In the middle,
In the middle,
I'm here in the middle,
In the middle

Day #17 "Dancing Song"

This is day #17 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 17 (11/23/14): Song That Makes You Want to Dance:

The song that makes me want to dance is "Shooting Star" by Owl City:



This song is in the closing credits of "Escape From Planet Earth" and my kids always ask, "Do want to have a dance party?!" The answer is always "YES!" It's a fun song.

Day #16 "Song That Has Made You Cry"

This is day #16 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 16 (11/21/14): Song That Has Made You Cry:

The song that seriously make me cry every time I hear it, even before his daughter died, is "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis Chapman:



Damn you Steven Curtis Chapman for giving my tear ducts a cleanse every single time!! It really is a good song. I just can't listen to it in any public setting!

Day #15 "Sing A-long" 15/25 (yes, I skipped yesterday-no one is keeping track anyway)

This is day #15 of the 25 day, 25 song challenge...

• Day 15 (11/20/14): Song That You Love Singing to:

                             I love singing along to a lot of songs! It's really tough to narrow it down to just one but for the sake of sanity, mine and yours, I will only pick one.

The song that that I love singing along to is "A New Hope"(LIVE) by Five Iron Frenzy:



I love singing along to the end of this song! So fun shouting out the lyrics at the top of my lungs while driving. My kids sometime ask me to stop...but still a great song to sing along to.