Love the Lord God with All your Soul

Tonight was a great night! My soul has kinda been in a slump with the Lord, knowing the truth, acting in it, bearing good fruit but just not feeling right. At times acting against what I know is best for my soul, listening to the Devil and then heaping the blame upon myself! While riding the stationary bike tonight I watched Drews talk from Sunday night and man did it do wonders to my mind. If you want to spend some time an dive into what the Lord is doing in a mid-size church in Atlanta, check out this sermon by Drew McClure! We have been venturing through what it means to act upon the greatest commandment: Love the Lord your God with all your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Body. This was the last in the series and tied them all together very well. It spoke straight to my hurting soul, so ya just check it out.

Then, while taking a shower after the ride I just turned on some music and Awake my Soul came on and I just had a great time praising the Lord to a secular song that brings so much power! Ya, I don't ever have much to write and today these two just are a part of my life that is just one of many stepping stones in the moments my love is being directed back to my Savior!

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes

I struggle to find any truth in your lies

And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know

My weakness I feel I must finally show

Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all

But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall

Lend me your eyes I can change what you see

But your soul you must keep, totally free

Har har, har har, har har, har har

Awake my soul

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes

I struggle to find any truth in your lies

And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know

My weakness I feel I must finally show

Har har, har har, har har, har har

In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die

And where you invest your love, you invest your life

In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die

And where you invest your love, you invest your life

Awake my soul

For you were made to meet your maker

Awake my soul

For you were made to meet your maker

You were made to meet your maker

All is Great Living with the King

Paul Shackelford

Rise Again - Needtobreathe

I have been reading a book about the arts and Christians role in creating culture. Steve Turner, the author, asserts a major critique that modern Christian art does not speak about real life. The art created does not sound genuine or have any ties to real life that people outside the faith can connect with. While reading the book I listened through this album and I think that this song does a great job of breaking the mold. The members of Needtobreathe are all outspoken followers of Jesus but very little of the art that they produce mentions Jesus or Christianity at all. Instead they craft creative music, written from places of pain and joy. "Rise Again" steps through pain that occurs in life as we see relationships stretched and torn. The bitterness of broken hearts and friendships is then contrasted with the truth that we will get up from this pain and rise again. "I can see us moving on, I can feel that coming on strong", the joy that comes after the

Twenty-Four - Jess Ray

Lately I have been listening to lots of music and podcasts while working and biking to work. I was feeling a need for some new music so I turned to NoiseTrade to check out some new artists. My favorite thus far is Jess Ray because of the honest lyrics, tastefully simple musicality and overall enjoyable listening environment. While on my flight back to Atlanta I was struck by this song at first because of the drums that propel this song behind the walking guitar. If I were to add drums to a track like this it would have been done in a very similar manner. Once I got past the drums I was awe struck by the simple power of these lyrics, take a read below and follow the link to her blog to listen. To me it was not written for an outward expression of hope or encouragement but rather as a inward proclamation to the soul. As the psalmist often choose to sing, this song speaks inward in a call to stand up and be reminded of truth all to often forgotten. As I gear up for the star

You Will Be My Ain True Love - Alison Kraus

This song has so much power, even if you remove the lyrics. I just decided to take in the full potential of the song by turning the stereo all the way up and playing the song a few times. Before even looking for a video of this song I knew it was related to the Civil War and the separation that occurred between loved ones. This song starts out explaining the battle field and how the soldier has survived the terrors of war. As the song continues to build you can tell that the soldier wants to be with his love. They have been separated by this war and now he wants to be back with her. The last few lines portray his death and how he has been reunited with his "True Love". I believe that this song describes his "True Love" as God, our eternal True Love. He has returned to his maker after being killed in Battle and this song paints that picture so well. This song has tons of power in the music behind the lyrics, it adds so much to the meaning of this song!

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