Birds Of A Different Color – The Reconciliation

 

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Catch up on the history of the birds:

Birds Of A Different Color

Birds Of A Different Color: The Sequel 

Birds Of A Different Color : Christmas Eve

Birds Of A Different Color: A New Chapter

Birds Of A Different Color- A New World

Birds Of A Different Color- The Division

continued from The Division:

The hawk said:

“Tell me eagle, because I know you are also a bird of prey,

How do you continue to love and live this way?”

“I’m tired of fighting and tired of trying to hide,

Tell me Eagle, how can I have what you have inside?”

The Eagle replied: “It’s a choice to love instead of hate,

Even when your birds of prey frustrate.”

“We are not any different than you,

We are not better because of what we do.”

“We birds are all one and the same.”

“It is easy to play the blame game,

But where does that put us in the end?”

“Living in the mistakes of the past makes us enemies, not friends.”

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“We have to work together instead of apart,

We can not let emotions rule our hearts.”

“It’s not easy to always do what is right,

But what is accomplished when we fight?”

“We destroy the land and hurt every bird here!”

“When we are not united all the birds start to fear,

Instead of helping all they start to help only themselves,

They enclose themselves in a box and have no dreams to excel.”

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“Instead of giving we take and take, full of greed,

But when we are united and let no bird be in need,

Then we lift each bird up and give them hope.”

“When bad times hit it’s that hope that helps them cope.”

“We choose to believe that all birds should be treated equally,

The bluebird, cardinal, falcon, vulture, warbler, chickadee

The thrusher, sparrow, hummingbird, crow, owl, or duck

It doesn’t matter who you are, if you are down on your luck

We will be there to try to help.”

“We will put others ahead of ourselves.”

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“It’s not glamorous and sometimes it’s hard

Because some birds are always on their guard.”

“Quite frankly, a lot of times it is tough.

To always choose to love.”

“When the world seems to have gone their own way,

When marriages fail because one bird chooses not to stay,

When young birds grow up in a broken nest.”

“When you look around and see the world is a mess,

“Yes, sometimes we have to take a deep breath

We have to push on when we want to rest.”

“We know we can never give up,

Because, in the end, it’s all about love!”

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“It’s all about what we believe,

And we believe Jesus died for you and me.”

“He showed us how we should live,

That it is always better to give.”

“So, my friend, you ask what it is that’s inside,

It’s him, it’s His love and for Him, I will give my life!”

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The hawk thought about it for a few minutes

Then he said: “All the bad we have done, how do you forget?”

The eagle said: “We don’t always forget but we choose to forgive,

Nothing is accomplished when the past we try to relive.”

“We must move forward and look towards tomorrow.”

“There will be pain and there will be sorrow,

But there will also be hope and there will also be love,

And that little bit of hope and love can be enough.”

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The hawk asked: “Then why do so many birds, including myself, choose to hate?”

“Why is it so hard for us to love? For us, isn’t it too late?”

The eagle answered: “It is never too late, but do not wait!”

“We must get all birds to love today!”

“We must unite and show them the way!”

“We can do this together if you believe,

Together, great things we can achieve!”

“We can turn this pain into a blessing!”

The hawk thought about it for just a second

Maybe, just maybe, the birds of love are correct

He had to give the birds of love some respect

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Together they called an emergency meeting

“Our fellow birds,” they said together in greeting

The hawk started off first: “Birds of prey,

Today, my heart has changed its ways!”

“I have seen how hate has destroyed us,

And I have seen the power of love.”

“Today we will tear down our walls and take down the cage!”

“Any of you birds that are still filled with rage,

Come, talk to the eagle or me.”

“It is not really that hard to see,

That if you choose to love instead of hate,

Once again, we can make our land great!”

“Today all of us birds must unite,

We must find the love that’s inside!”

“We must show it to the world,

That even humans can be like us birds!”

Then the eagle said: “In memory of the words my father last said,

We must live with hope and kindness, not fly around like the living dead.”

“Build others up and always give  more than you take.”

“Most importantly, always love, love my birds, love instead of hate!”

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The Answer by Jeremy Camp- 

When We Pray by Tauren Wells – 

I’m Gonna Love my Neighbor by Karen Peck-  

No Room For Hate by Mark Lowry – 

The Answer To The Question by Tree63 – 

The Answer by Audio Adrenaline –  

Hope Of All Nations by Karen Peck- 

Hope For A Broken World by Selah – 

 

What The World Needs Now Is Love Sweet Love by The Isley Brothers w/ Santana – 

 

It’s All About Him by Alan Jackson – 

 

 

Birds Of A Different Color- The Division

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Catch up on the history of the birds:

Birds Of A Different Color

Birds Of A Different Color: The Sequel 

Birds Of A Different Color : Christmas Eve

Birds Of A Different Color: A New Chapter

Birds Of A Different Color- A New World

 

The dove had ruled for many years

As he looked out in the crowd his eyes filled with tears

The young eagle’s time had come

He had grown strong and was filled with love

It was now time for the eagle to continue his dad’s legacy

To rule the land with love for all birds from all over the country

The dove started to say

“My fellow birds, today is a great day”

The birds of prey interrupted; “We’ve had enough,

All you ever talk about is blah blah blah and love love love.”

“Tonight us birds of prey are taking a stand!”

“We have decided to start our own land!”

“The birds of prey will rule anything west of the big oak tree!”

They expected a fight but the eagle said: “That’s fine with me.”

The hawk continued,  “We will build a cage around our land,

We don’t need you, on our own we will stand.”

Some of the birds of prey didn’t want to go

They believed in love and had friends that were close

But they all left, all these birds of prey

To start their own land and do it their way

The eagle sat down with the hawk

“If you insist on doing this we need to talk,

We need laws to govern all birds,

We need it written down so there’s no confusion with words.”

“We need to work together for the sake of all,

The land must still be united so we do not fall.”

But any law the birds of love tried to pass

If it didn’t suit them, the birds of prey just laughed

All they did was fight and nothing was ever getting accomplished

The birds of the land lost hope as their dreams were demolished

It wasn’t long before the birds of prey

Tried to make everything their way

The birds of love had to fight

For all the birds they tried to make it right

But in the end, the birds couldn’t agree on anything

The land was falling apart as they kept disagreeing

At first, the land of the birds of prey

Was successful and prosperous inside the cage

But birds of prey only take and never give

That’s just the way birds of prey live

Soon their land was desolate and barren

The birds of love stood outside staring

They agreed they had to help the birds of prey

They had to put into action the words they would say

Through the cage, they started to sneak food

They did everything they could to do good

But the vulture found out and tried to put it to an end

The birds of love found other ways to help the land mend

They did more than just feed

They gave hope to those in need

They reminded them of times not so long ago

Times when they were friends and not foes

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They would sneak anything to help inside the cage

Until the vulture, osprey, falcon, and hawk guarded the way

But the birds of love

Would not give up

Then the birds of prey ran out of luck

For it was then that a natural disaster struck

A terrible hurricane hit the birds of prey land

What little they had disappeared in the sand

The birds of love were there in force

Helping the birds of prey through the worst

The vulture, osprey, and falcon still turned their backs

They felt the birds of love were only looking to attack

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But the hawk’s heart started to soften

And something inside him started to blossom

He called a secret meeting with the eagle

He asked: “How do you love those of us so evil?”

“We have done so much to hurt you and the birds of your kind,

We have treated you like we are not the same but it’s like you are blind?”

“You are always there to lend a helping hand.”

“You are always trying to heal this land.”

“Tell me eagle, because I know you are also a bird of prey,

How do you continue to love and live this way?”

“I’m tired of fighting and tired of trying to hide,

Tell me Eagle, how can I have what you have inside?”

to be continued….

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The World ( Is Going Up In Flames) by Charles Bradley – 

Dear Hate by Maren Morris – 

Dear Hate by Among Us – 

Ghost Nation by Gary Truman –  

It’s Not Working (The Truth) by Propaganda- 

Come In Our Dark Times by David Haas –  

Help Us Now by Melvin Williams –  

Love Will Never Give Up by Karen Peck –  

Our World by Buckcherry – 

A Longer View by Shaman’s Harvest – 

You And Me from  The Descendants 2 – 

The Storm by Jeremy Camp – 

What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye –  

Love Anymore by Le’Andria Johnson – 

For What It’s Worth by Seth Glier – 

 

Twenty Miles Past Sunrise

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Forty miles before sunrise and I’m starting to fade. The white lines are starting to blur in my headlights. I rub my eyes to try to buy a few miles.

Thirty miles before sunrise and I’m rolling down the window to get some fresh air. Yes, that’s what I need. Some fresh air. Why am I driving at this hour? I can’t even remember what I’m running from. I shake my head and adjust my seat to try to buy a few more miles.

Twenty miles before sunrise and I don’t think I’m going to make it. Wherever it is I’m trying to make it to. What the!!!!! I slam on my brakes. Why would someone be standing in the middle of the road? I look around but no one is there. I’m so tired my mind is playing tricks on me. I see another person darting out from my peripheral vision. These hallucinations are driving me crazy. What if they aren’t hallucinations?

Ten miles before sunrise and I turn the radio up. Need a song to wake me up. A song I can sing along with. I hit scan and the first song comes on. I like that old time rock n roll, that kind of music just soothes the soul. Good song but not in the mood for an oldie. The scan stops next on sports radio station. No thanks, I love sports but that is not going to keep me awake. Next stop is another oldie. U2’s I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. Well, Bono, neither have I. Neither have I. Next stop is Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know. Oh yeah, I can do this one.

All they see is tractors, barbwire and tall green grass
They don’t see the years spent working, busting their ass
How they pray for rain
They don’t know a thing
About what it takes
Livin’ this way

They ain’t seen the blood sweat and tears it took to live their dreams
When everything’s on the line
Ain’t just another field, just another farm
No, it’s the ground we grew up on
They think it’s a middle of nowhere place where we take it slow
Aw but they don’t know
No, they don’t know

Sunrise. Look at the beauty of this sunrise. How can anyone say God doesn’t exist when they see how he paints the world each morning? Yeah I know, I have questioned God’s existence many times. Every time things don’t go my way actually. However, in this moment, when I feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the way He lights up the world, giving the world a way out of the darkness, I know He exists.  I can’t help but say out loud “God, I believe in you!”

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Ten miles after sunrise and I am thinking I should turn this car around. Face my demons for once instead of running away. I am just so tired. My brain is foggy.

Twenty miles past sunrise and I wake up with the car flipping over and over. What the heck? I must’ve fallen asleep. I come to a stop upside down in a ditch. I can’t get out and I know no one is around. I picked the most desolate place to drive, to escape my life. I smell the gasoline and I see the fire start. I know I’m going to die.

I see two men a short distance away. One dressed in red, the other in white. They look like they are in a heated argument. Don’t they see me? Help!!!, I start to scream. I see the man in white look my way. I know him from somewhere, but my head is spinning.  He says one last thing to the man in red and walks my way.

He reaches for my hand and I grab his.

The radio plays Broken Things by Matthew West.

If grace was a kingdom
I stopped at the gate
Thinking I don’t deserve to pass through after all the mistakes that I’ve made

Oh but I heard a whisper
As Heaven bent down
Said, “Child, don’t you know that the first will be last and the last get a crown”

Now I’m just a beggar in the presence of a King
I wish I could bring so much more
But if it’s true You use broken things
Then here I am Lord, I’m all Yours

The pages of history they tell me it’s true
That it’s never the perfect; it’s always the ones with the scars that You use

It’s the rebels and the prodigals; it’s the humble and the weak
All the misfit heroes You chose
Tell me there’s hope for sinners like me

Now I’m just a beggar in the presence of a King
I wish I could bring so much more
But if it’s true You use broken things
Then here I am Lord, I’m all Yours

Grace is a kingdom
With gates open wide
There’s a seat at the table just waiting for you
So, come on inside

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Broken Things by Matthew West – 

Mercy Meets My Pain by Seventh Day Slumber – 

Every Mile Mattered by Nichole Nordeman – 

You Still Love Me by James Fortune – 

I Wouldn’t Love Me by James Fortune (feat Kierra Sheard) – 

Grace Like Rain by Todd Agnew – 

Like I Should

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These words started coming to me and I could hear plain as day Chris Stapleton and Miranda Lambert singing them.  I am sure it needs to be tightened up a little and maybe a few words changed here or there.

Maybe if I could get a 100k shares and a 100k retweets this will get to them and maybe, just maybe….

Chris sings:

I know I don’t love you like I should

If I could change our past I would

I know I forgave you but I haven’t forgot

When a heart’s broken your left with what you got

These demons in my head tell me you’re the same

But I hear your whispers saying you’ve changed

What’s a heart to do that’s battling his head

Is there life left to a love I gave up as dead

These days aren’t easy

These nights ’bout kill me

These tears fall with the memories

When I don’t love you like I should

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Miranda sings:

I know I caused the tears you cried

I know it’s true that I lied

I know I walked out on a man who’s good

I know I didn’t love you like I should

But here I am fighting with all that remains

Can’t you hear my whispers I’ve changed

If your heart could forget the past

I know  we have a love that will last

I see how you look at me

and the nights you fight the memories

The tears you cry nearly kill me

I remember when I didn’t love you like I should

There comes a time when you move forward

You decide to no longer be tortured

You go on without me or you fight to stay

It’s a choice we need to make either way

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Chris:   I can love you like I should

Miranda:   (How I pray you would)

Chris:  I can hold you on the darkest nights

Miranda:  (I won’t ever lose my sight)

Chris:  We can take a step to a new day

Miranda:  (I’ll be there every step of the way)

Chris: I can love you like I should

Miranda: I can love you like I should

Both:  We can love like we should

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Either Way by Chris Stapleton –  

Tin Man by Miranda Lambert – 

 

 

New Music Friday 7/7/17

New music Friday on a Friday,  woo hoo.  Pick out a few or listen to all. Find someone new to listen to.

One new follower this week:

You Are The One by ShatterRed – 

 

All That Remains:

Nothing I Can Do

Never Sorry – 

All Time Low:

Last Young Renegade

Drugs & Candy

Good Times

Life of the Party

Ground Control (Featuring Tegan and Sara)-  

Aranda:

We Are the Enemy

Stay

Are You Listening?- 

Betty Who:

Human Touch

Pretend You’re Missing Me

Reunion

I Love You Always Forever

Beautiful  Feat. Superfruit

You Can Cry Tomorrow- 

Black Star Riders:

Thinking About You Could Get Me Killed

Letting Go Of Me-

Bleachers:

Don’t Take The Money

Everybody Lost Somebody

I Miss Those Days- 

Colin Hay:

A Thousand Million Reasons

The Best In Me

Frozen Fields Of Snow

The Last To Know- 

Dear Evan Hansen:

Waving Through A Window Dear  Feat. Ben Platt

Only Us by Ben Platt & Laura Dreyfuss-

Demon Hunter:

Died In My Sleep

Half As Dead

Raining Down – 

Dreamcar:

After I Confessed

All Of The Dead Girls

The Preferred

Do Nothing- 

Erasure:

Sweet Summer Loving

Just A Little Love- 

Gawvi:

Giana

Something Bout U  Feat. Jawan

Feel It  Feat. Jocelyn Bowman

Steady  Feat. Zach Norman – 

Goldfrapp:

Systemagic –  

Hannah Kerr:

Never Leave Your Side

Overflow

I Stand Here

Lifeline

Love I Leave

Mercy Won

Warrior – 

Harry Styles:

Sweet Creature

Two Ghosts – 

Incubus:

Nimble Bastard

State Of The Art

Undefeated

Loneliest- 

Karen Elson:

Wonder Blind

The End – 

 

The Lacs:

My Kinfolks

Jack In My Coke Feat. Montgomery Gentry

Redneck As Me- 
Lil Yachty:

All You Had To Say

Made Of Glass

Running With A Ghost  Feat. Grace- 

Lillie Mae:

Nearing Home – 

Linkin Park:

Talking To Myself

Battle Symphony

Invisible

Halfway Right- 

Little Hurricane:

For Life – 

Machine Gun Kelly:

Bad Things feat Camila Cabello-  

Magic Giant:

Set On Fire

Let’s Start Again

Shake Me Up

Let It Burn – 

Mandisa:

Unfinished

The One He Speaks Through

My First Love Feat. Jeremy Camp

I’m Still Here- 

Mary J. Blige:

Smile Feat. Prince Charlez – 

Mother Mother:

Love Stuck

Letter – 

Papa Roach:

Born For Greatness

Periscope

Help

Sunrise Trailer Park

None Of The Above – 

Paramore:

Rose-Colored Boy

Fake Happy

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Pool

Caught In The Middle

Forgiveness – 

Patti Labelle:

Folks On The Hill-  

Pokey LaFarge:

Riot In The Streets

Better Man Than Me

I Will Never Change

Must Be A Reason – 

Rascal Flatts:

I Know You Won’t

Are You Happy Now Feat. Lauren Alaina

Our Night To Shine-

Seether:

Something Else

I’ll Survive

Against The Wall

Let Me Heal

Count Me Out

Misunderstood – 

Stephen Pearcy:

Passion Infinity

Rain – 

 

SWMRS:

Figuring It Out – 

Tennis:

In The Morning I’ll Be Better – 

Tim O’Brien:

Guardian Angel

When the Mist Clears Away

My Old Brown Coat and Me

Few Old Memories  – 

Tuxedo:

Take A Picture

Shine – 

The Wild Reeds:

Back To Earth

Fall Asleep

Only Songs – 

 

Zac Brown Band:

Roots

Real Thing

2 Places At 1 Time

Your Majesty

My Old Man – 

New Music Friday 7/6/17

A day early or two weeks late, hhhmm.

One new follower this week:

Faces by Stolen City –  

Here is some music I have been listening to.  Pick a few or pick all and find something new to listen to.

 

Acceptance:

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Fire And Rain

When I Was Cursed

Haunted- 

All That Remains:

Madness

Halo

Louder

Rivercity

Far From Home

Trust And Believe

Back To You – 

All Time Low:

Dirty Laundry

Nice2KnoU

Nightmares

Dark Side of Your Room

Afterglow – 

Aranda:

Not the Same

Don’t Wake Me

Starting Over – 

Betty Who:

The Valley

Some Kinda Wonderful

Wanna Be

Make You Memories

Free To Fly Feat. Warren G

Mama Say – 

Black Star Riders:

When The Night Comes In

Cold War Love

Dancing With The Wrong Girl – 

Bleachers:

Goodmorning

Hate That You Know Me

All My Heroes

Let’s Get Married

Nothing Is U

Foreign Girls

Goodbye – 

From Come From Away:

Prayer feat Chad Kimball

Stop The World Lee MacDougall, Sharon Wheatley, ‘Come From Away’ Company

Lead Us Out Of The Night – 

Colin Hay:

I’m Walking Here

I’m Inside Outside In

Blue Bay Moon

Love Don’t Mean Enough

Come Tumblin’ Down – 

Craig Finn:

Tangletown

It Hits When It Hits

Be Honest – 

Dear Evan Hansen:

Disappear

Good For You

For Forever

Words Fail

If I Could Tell Her

So Big / So Small

Anybody Have A Map?

You Will Be Found – 

Demon Hunter:

 

One Step Behind

The End

Slight The Odds

Trying Times – 

Dreamcar:

 

Ever Lonely

The Assailant

Slip On The Moon

Don’t Let Me Love

On The Charts – 

Eisley:

Sparking

Defeatist

A Song For The Birds – 

Erasure:

Love You To The Sky

Be Careful What You Wish For!

A Bitter Parting

Still It’s Not Over

Take Me Out Of Myself

Lousy Sum Of Nothing – 

Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.:

Somebody Knows

It Was Worth It – 

Gawvi:

Like We Belong

Show Me

The Sickness Feat. Jordan Powers

Closer Feat. Robbie Lee & Julissa Leilani

Hold On  Feat. Sydney Wilson – 

Hannah Kerr:

Your Love Defends Me

Radiate

Undivided

Be Still and Know (Featuring Mark Hall) – 

Harry Styles:

Carolina

Only Angel

Ever Since New York

From The Dining Table

Sign Of The Times – 

Incubus:

No Fun

Glitterbomb – 

Karen Elson:

Double Roses

Why Am I Waiting

Wolf

Call Your Name – 

The Lacs:

American Rebelution

Lake Somewhere

One More – 
Lil Yachty:

Bring It Back

Forever Young  Feat. Diplo

Momma (Outro)  Feat. Sonyae Elise

Better  Feat. Stefflon Don – 

Lillie Mae:

Honky Tonks And Taverns

These Daze

Forever And Then Some

Wash Me Clean – 

Linkin Park:

Sorry For Now

Sharp Edges

Good Goodbye  Feat. Pusha T & Stormzy

Heavy  Feat. Kiiara – 

Little Hurricane:

Same Sun Same Moon

Bad Business

OTL

Mt. Señorita

You Remind Me

Moon’s Gone Cold – 

Machine Gun Kelly:

Let You Go

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At My Best Feat. Hailee Steinfeld

Go For Broke Feat. James Arthur – 

Magic Giant:

Jade

Hideaway

Window

Celebrate The Reckless

Eyes Wide – 

Mandisa:

Out Of The Dark

Comeback Kid

Good News

Prove Me Wrong

What You’re Worth Feat. Britt Nicole

Bleed The Same (Intro)  Feat. Kirk Franklin

Bleed The Same  Feat. tobyMac & Kirk Franklin

Shine – 

Mary J. Blige:

Thick Of It

It’s Me

Indestructible

Love Yourself  Feat. Kanye West

Glow Up Feat. Quavo, DJ Khaled & Missy Elliott

Survivor – 

Matisyahu:

Step Out Into The Light

Back To The Old

Head Right – 

Mother Mother:

The Drugs

Back In School

Baby Boy

Family – 

Papa Roach:

Break The Fall

Break The Fall

Crooked Teeth

American Dreams – 

Paramore:

Told You So

Grudges

Idle Worship

Hard Times – 

Patti Labelle:

Till I Get It Right

Here’s To Life – 

 

Rascal Flatts:

Yours If You Want It

Dance

Love What You’ve Done With The Place

Kiss You While I Can

Hopin’ You Were Lookin’ – 

Richard Edwards:

Disappeared Planets – 

Seether:

Betray And Degrade

Saviours

Take A Minute – 

Stephen Pearcy:

I Know I’m Crazy

Hit Me with a Bullet

What Do Ya Think

Summers End- 

Stu Garrard:

In The Middle

Undivided feat Amanda Cook

Morning Light feat Amy Grant

Oh Blessed feat Anthony Skinner

Let My Dreams Fly featTerrian Bass

The View From Here feat Hillsong UNITED

Heaven Is Around Us feat John Mark McMillan

Oh Mercy feat Matt Maher, Audrey Assad

The View From Here feat Hillsong UNITED –  

SWMRS:

Miss Yer Kiss

Ruining My Pretending

Hannah

Silver Bullet

Lose It- 

Terry C. Keller:

If I Said I Didn’t Care

Someone Always Wants To Build A Wall –  (no video I could find)

Tim O’Brien:

Friday, Sunday’s Coming

Little Annie (When the Springtime Comes Again) – 

Todd Rundgren:

Fiction

That Could Have Been Me Feat. Robyn – 

While She Sleeps:

Yuo Are We

Steal The Sun – 

White Reaper:

The World’s Best American Band

Judy French – 

The Wild Reeds:

 

Everything Looks Better (In Hindsight)

Fix You Up

Fruition

The World We Built- 

Zac Brown Band:

Long Haul

Start Over

All The Best

Trying To Drive  Feat. Aslyn

Family Table – 

God, What Do You Want?

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Dear God,

Can you believe this year is half way over already? It won’t be long until we see Christmas decorations on the shelves. It seems to start earlier and earlier each year.

Well, where to begin? I started this year off strong. I had a million things I wanted to do and be.  I wanted to write more and send some of my stories to publishers and maybe find someone to do a demo of one of my songs. I wanted to save money for Christmas so I would not have to charge any gifts this year and stay out of debt. I wanted to get closer to my wife. I wanted to read the bible more. I wanted to be able to run again. Let me rephrase that, I wanted to run a race again without being hurt and to run it competitively like I used to. I wanted to call home more. I wanted …

I wanted…I wanted….I wanted…

Well, you know what has happened?  None of that.  None of it even has come close to happening. In fact, I have written less. Most days I think what’s the point. These words aren’t ever going to make a difference anyway.  Every time I save a dollar something happens where I have to spend two. I still don’t talk like I should. I haven’t read a bible devotion in months. I haven’t even taken a step to run in months.  I am thankful I can walk but I want to run.

So, all things I have wanted to do so far this year have not come close to happening.

So, God, what do you want?  What do you want me to do? The last half of the year is all about what you want. I will put my wants aside and will listen to what you want.

Here I am, speak to me, lead me, show me your ways. Here I am.

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Lord, I’m Ready Now by Plumb-  

Every Mile Mattered by Nichole Nordeman-  

What We Have Is Now by Finding Favour – 

Word Of Life by Jeremy Camp – 

Come To The Table by Sidewalk Prophets – 

Only To Be With You by Judah & The Lion – 

This Beautiful Life by Colony House – 

I’ll Find You by Lecrae feat Tori Kelly – 

 

New Music Friday 6/12

Yes, it is another Monday but this is installment 6 of 6 to get me caught up from not doing New Music for almost 3 months. Hopefully, will be able to stay current now.

No new musician followers this time.

Here is some music I have been listening to.  Pick a few or pick all and find something new to listen to.

 

Sheryl Crow:

Alone In The Dark

Long Way Back

Be Myself

Roller Skate

Love Will Save The Day

Strangers Again

Rest Of Me – 

SOHN:

Conrad

Still Waters

Rennen – 

Son Volt:

Promise The World

Cherokee Street Girl

Lost Souls – 

Sorority Noise:

Disappeared

Where Are You- 

Spoon:

Can  I Sit Next To You – 

Steven Malcom:

What Was You Thinking

Can’t Take My Dream (Featuring Joey Jewish)

Never Let You Go (Featuring Blanca)

Strand Of Oaks:

Hard Love

Radio Kids

Party In The Hills (Featuring Andy Mineo & Hollyn)- 

Sunny Sweeney:

Trophy

Better Bad Idea

Nothing Wrong With Texas

Bottle By My Bed

Grow Old With Me

Pass The Pain –  

Taylor Bueno:

Technically Single- 

Tift Merritt:

Stitch Of The World

Proclamation Bones

Something Came Over MeFeat. Sam Beam – 

Keep Your Eyes On Me by Tim McGraw & Faith Hill – 

Trace Adkins:

Ain’t Just The Whiskey Talkin’

Jesus And Jones

Watered Down

If Only You Were Lonely

Gonna Make You Miss Me

Country Boy Problems

Whippoorwills And Freight Trains

Hang – 

Trey Songz:

#1Fan

Nobody Else But You

Playboy

Break From Love – 

 

Ty Segall:

Papers

The Only One – 

Valerie June:

Astral Plane

Just In Time – 

Wale:

Thank God

My Love Feat. Major Lazer, WizKid & Dua Lipa – 

I’ll Think About You by We Are Messengers –  

Why?

One Mississippi – 

Willie Nelson:

Little House on the Hill

Old Timer

True Love

Your Memory Has a Mind of Its Own

Butterfly

Still Not Dead

It Gets Easier

I Made a Mistake – 

Wyclef Jean:

Little Things

Hendrix

Life Matters – 

X Japan:

Crucify My Love

Endless Rain (From The Last Live)

Without You (Unplugged) – 

You Me At Six:

Night People

Plus One

Heavy Soul

Take On The World

Brand New

Swear

Can’t Hold Back

Spell It Out

Give – 

Young Fathers:

Get Up – 

Zach Williams:

Chain Breaker

Old Church Choir

Survivor

My Liberty

Song Of Deliverance

Revival

Everything Changed-  

Zara Larsson:

What They Say

I Would Like

Make That Money Girl

Funeral

I Can’t Fall In Love Without You – 

New Music Friday 6/9/17

It is actually Friday.   Post 5 of 6 to get me caught up. In order of simplicity for me, I will post by artists in alphabetical order instead of by the dates they came out.

 

Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.  Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently.  Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.

Oddisee:

Want To Be

Rights & Wrongs – 

One Ok Rock:

Bombs Away

Taking Off

Hard To Love

American Girls

I Was King

Listen

One Way Ticket

Bon Voyage

Start Again

Jaded  Feat. Alex Gaskarth

Take What You Want  Feat. 5 Seconds Of Summer

We Are- 

Orwells:

M.A.D. – 

Palisades:

Aggression

Cold Heart (Warm Blood)

Better Chemicals

Fall

Dark

Memories

Hard Feelings

Dancing With Demons

Personal

Let Down – 

Paul Shaffer & The World’s Most Dangerous Band:

Win Your Love For Me – featuring Dion

Rhythm – featuring Leo Napier

Enjoy The Ride – featuring Will Lee – 

Peter Garrett:

I’d Do It Again – 

Pitbull:

Messin’ Around Feat. Enrique Iglesias

Dedicated  Feat. R. Kelly & Austin Mahone

Can’t Have Feat. Steven A. Clark & Ape Drums

We Are Strong Feat. Kiesza-  

Procol Harum:

I Told On You

Last Chance Motel

Soldier

Don’t Get Caught

Sunday Morning-   

RaeLynn:

Your Heart

WildHorse

Love Triangle

Lonely Call

Insecure

The Apple

Diamonds

Trigger

Graveyard

Young  Feat. Leeland Mooring

Say  Feat. Dan + Shay

Praying For Rain – 

Rag-N-Bone Man:

Human

Innocent Man

Bitter End

Be The Man

Arrow

As You Are

Grace- 

Ray Davies:

Message From The Road- 

Real Estate:

After The Moon – 

Reba McEntire:

God And My Girlfriends

Hallelujah, Amen

I Got The Lord On My My Side

Angel On My Shoulder – 

The Regrettes:

Seashore – 

Rhiannon Giddens:

Birmingham Sunday

Better Get It Right The First Time

We Could Fly

The Love We Almost Had

Baby Boy

Come Love Come – 

Righteous Vendetta:

Cursed

A Way Out

Psycho

Burn

Halfway

Become

Strangers

Weight Of The World – 

Robby Kreiger:

Across The Universe- 

Robert Ellis:

Perfect Strangers

How I Love You

California

Drivin’

Couples Skate – 

Robert R. McFarland:
Night Sky Wish

Drive Me Crazy

Roese

Write Me A Letter

Beautiful Day – 

Robert Randolph & The Family Band :

Find A Way

Gonna Be All Right

Love Do What It Do Feat. Darius Rucker

Be The Change – 

Rodney Crowell:

Reckless

I Don’t Care Anymore

Forgive Me Annabelle

Forty Miles From Nowhere

Storm Warning

I’m Tied To Ya’  Feat. Sheryl Crow

It Ain’t Over Yet  Feat. Rosanne Cash & John Paul White- 

Ruth B:

Mixed Signals

Unrighteous

Superficial Love

If This Is Love

Lost Boy

If By Chance

World War 3

Safe Haven

In My Dreams

First Time

Dandelions

Young – 

Ruthie Foster:

Working Woman

Joy Comes Back

Open Sky

Good Sailor

War Pigs

Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

Abraham

Forgiven

What Are You Listening To? – 

Ryan Adams:

Doomsday

Haunted House

To Be Without You

Broken Anyway

We Disappear – 

Said The Whale:

Step Into The Darkness

Heaven

I Will Follow You

Realize Real Eyes

Beautiful Morning

Lilac And Willow

Confidence – 

Sean Curran:

Worthy Of Your Name – 

Selah:

Got Any Rivers/Carry You

Unbreakable

I Got Saved

Set Free

He Lives/Because He Lives

Jesus Will Still Be There

This Little Light Of Mine (He Will Shine)

Lord, I Trust You

Broken Ladders

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/I’ll Fly Away

Leaning On The Everlasting Arms Feat. Ron Block

People Of The Cross – 

Senses Fail:

In Your Absence

Death Bed

Family Tradition

Lost And Found

Jets To Peru – 

Sera Cahoone:

Taken It’s Toll – 

 

 

New Music Friday 6/8/17

It’s Thursday.  This is post 4 of 6 to get me caught up.   In order of simplicity for me, I will post by artists in alphabetical order instead of by the dates they came out.

Several new followers over the last 3 months. I will break them up over the next few posts.

Rock The Night by AJ and Tara – 

Angel In My Room by Bruce Guynn and Big Rain – 

Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.  Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently.  Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.

La’Porsha Renae:

What Is Love

Good Woman

Hideout

No Problem (Self Talk)

Send Me Your Love

Cover Up

Breathe – 

Laura Marling:

Wild Fire

Next Time – 

Laura Story:

Open Hands

You Came Running

For The Love Of My King

Every Word You Breathe

Majesty

Extraordinary

Grace Abounds – 

Lady Antebellum:

Lay Our Flowers Down- 

Lauren Alaina:

Doin’ Fine

My Kinda People

Three

Painting Pillows

Next Boyfriend

Same Day Different Bottle

Road Less Traveled – 

Lea Michele:

Love Is Alive

Heavy Love

Proud

Run To You

Heavenly

Anything’s Possible

Getaway Car

Sentimental Memories

Tornado

Hey You

Believer –  

LeAnn Rimes:

The Story

Outrageous Love

Remnants

Learning Your Language

Humbled

Dang Dang

Mother- 

Lecrae feat Breyan Isaac:

River Of Jordan – 

Leela James:

Don’t Mean A Thang

Did It For Love

Don’t Want You Back

All Over Again –  

Leon:

Tired Of Talking – 

Lemon Twigs:

I Wanna Prove To You – 

Less Than Jake:

Call To Arms

Welcome To My Life

Years Of Living Dangerously – 

Little Big Town:

Free

Drivin’ Around

Rollin’

Don’t Die Young, Don’t Get Old

Better Man

The Breaker

We Went To The Beach

When Someone Stops Loving You – 

Madness:

I Believe

Herbert – 

Marian Hill:

Down

Wild

Sad Song

I Want You – 

Martin Garrix feat Bebe Rexha:

In The Name Of Love – 

The Mavericks:

Rolling Along

Brand New Day

I Wish You Well

For The Ages – 

The Menzingers:

Tellin’ Lies

Thick As Thieves

House On Fire

Black Mass

Your Wild Years

Livin’ Ain’t Easy –

MercyMe:

You Found Me

Grace Got You

Best News Ever

We Win

Happy Dance

Heaven’s Here

Ghost

Even If – 

Michelle Branch:

Knock Yourself Out

Not A Love Song – 

The Mighty Clouds Of Joy:

Who Touched Me?

Let It Rain

Lord Help Us

The Other Side

I’ll Praise You- 

Mike & The Mechanics:

Are You Ready

Wonder

The Best Is Yet To Come

Save The World

Don’t Know What Came Over Me

The Letter

Not Out Of Love

Love Left Over

I’ll Be There For You

Save My Soul

Let Me Fly – 

MNEK & Zara Larsson:

Never Forget You –  

Moonshine Bandits:

Renegade Rides Again

Raised Up  Feat. Demun Jones

I Don’t Wanna Go Home  Feat. Durwood Black

Baptized In Bourbon  Feat. Uncle Kracker

Red, White & Blue Collar – 

Mount Holly:

Get Up – 

Muna:

Loudspeaker

After – 

Nelly Furtado:

Sticks And Stones

Magic

Pipe Dreams

Phoenix

Live – 

New Found Glory:

Your Jokes Aren’t Funny

Party On Apocalypse

Call Me Anti-Social

The Sound Of Two Voices

Blurred Vision

Say It Don’t Spray It

Barbed Wire

Short And Sweet

The Cheapest Thrill

Happy Being Miserable – 

New Kids On The Block:

Heartbeat

Thankful

Still Sounds Good

One More Night – 

The New Pornographers:

Whiteout Conditions – 

Night Ranger:

Somehow Someway

Running Out Of Time

Truth

Don’t Let Up

(Won’t Be Your) Fool Again

Say What You Want

We Can Work It Out

Comfort Me

Nothing Left Of Yesterday – 

Nikki Lane:

700,000 Rednecks

Companion

Big Mouth

Send The Sun

Forever Lasts Forever

Muddy Waters-