Sunday Songs

We've had some rough days, but we are still hanging in there. I am still trying to finish planning a birthday party, one that I know will be so bittersweet. I was really excited to start planning a few months ago, but now things have come to a bit of a halt. I seem to remember this happening around Christmas time too. There's just something about planning parties knowing that your loved ones are missing.

I have to confess, I haven't been doing that great at reading my Bible lately. But, I do like to listen to the radio every chance I get and it is always so good. Here are a few pieces of songs that have been sticking out to me lately, some of which I listen on repeat.

Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes

 

Mercy Me - The Hurt and the Healer

Why?
The question that is never far away
The healing doesn’t come from the explained
Jesus please don’t let this go in vain
You’re all I have
All that remains

So here I am
What’s left of me
Where glory meets my suffering

I’m alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take my heart and breathe it back to life
I’ve fallen into Your arms open wide
When the hurt and the healer collide

Breathe
Sometimes I feel it’s all that I can do
Pain so deep that I can hardly move
Just keep my eyes completely fixed on You
Lord take hold and pull me through

So here I am
What’s left of me
Where glory meets my suffering

I’m alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take my heart and breathe it back to life
I’ve fallen into your arms open wide
When the hurt and the healer collide

It’s the moment when humanity
Is overcome by majesty
When grace is ushered in for good
And all our scars are understood
When mercy takes its rightful place
And all these questions fade away
When out of the weakness we must bow
And hear You say “It’s over now”

I’m alive
Even though a part of me has died
You take my heart and breathe it back to life
I’ve fallen into your arms open wide
When The hurt and the healer collide

Jesus come and break my fear
Awake my heart and take my tears
Find Your glory even here
When the hurt and the healer collide

Jesus come and break my fear
Awake my heart and take my tears
Find Your glory even here 

  

Amy Grant - Better Than a Hallelujah

  God loves a lullaby
In a mother's tears in the dead of night
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes

 We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful, the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah

p.s. Check out what Cohen got for his birthday here