Casting Crowns- Oh My Soul

Screen shot taken from Casting Crowns video for "Oh My Soul"

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Lyrics

You've been dreaming eyes wide open, Struggling in the dark. Tired of all the chaos you've been through, You will find what you're needing If you open up your heart. Call His name. He's been waiting for you. CHORUS And you'll find rest from your worries, You'll find peace for your soul, You'll find strength in your journey Wherever you go. You'll find light in the darkness And hope once again. When you follow the Savior, You'll find rest. Lay your head down on His shoulder. He can take the pain away, He knows exactly what you need. He's your healer, your protector. He came and took your place. So come and lay your burdens at His feet. CHORUS And through every mountain you climb, Every tear that you cry, He'll be by your side. CHORUS When you follow the Savior, You'll find rest.

"Jesus Calms the Storm" ChurchofJesusChrist.org

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Wow!  Three posts in less than a month?!?  I'm definitely on a roll here.  Lol.   I've been wanting to post this song in a "Songs for the Sabbath" post for a long time now, and today I'm just making it happen!  It's SO good and has blessed my life so much since it was shared on Facebook by one of my friends. Since hearing this song, I have bought Lauren Daigle's entire new album.  She's amazing.  If you haven't heard any of her stuff, you have to check it out.  SO good, my friends.  So good...

You Say- Lauren Daigle

Stop beating yourself up.

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Happy Sabbath to you! Today's post is going to simply feature a beautiful song.  It's one that I talked about almost a year ago in another Songs for the Sabbath post that you can find here if you are interested. But, honestly, I don't have the mental capacity to write a full post today.  I'm tired.  Lol, and I didn't get this post written before Sunday like I usually like to do.  Since I want to spend time with my family today, I'm going to leave you with three sentences... I know that when we turn to Christ in our loneliness, we can find peace. Christ is my strength, my rock, my hope. Let Christ take your loneliness, your sadness, your anger, your frustration, and whatever else is burdening you.  Turn to Him.  Trust in Him.

In Christ Alone- BYU Vocal Point

It has been a while, hasn't it?  A whole month, to be exact.  My apologies to those handful of people who are my biggest fans.  I am grateful for you and love the feedback you give me. I have missed blogging, and it's been an interesting week as I have tried to get back into it.  It has been met with some resistance in my mind.  I have wanted to write posts, but have not been able to make myself actually sit down and do it! I have some time now.  This semester, I am only taking one class because the semester ends on July 23rd and I learned last year that taking a full load of classes in the summer is not something I want to do. But, I have just not been able to make myself sit down and focus on writing a post and that made me sad.  I thought, "Does this mean that I should give up on blogging?  Is that phase of my life done?"  I didn't want that to be the case, but I also want to do what the Lord needs me to do.

To blog or not to blog?  That is the question.

Without further adieu...

Peace in Christ

"Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me."

​Easter is fast approaching and this year, it coincides with LDS General Conference.   I love it when that happens. I get to celebrate the resurrection of my Savior while listening to counsel from those He has chosen to bear testimony of Him. I get to hear a prophet of God speak.  How cool is that?

He Lives

by Chris Tomlin

"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said." 

-Matthew 28:6

It has been a week full of celebrating women, hasn't it?  I feel like my social media feeds have just blown up with women empowerment posts and I have loved it! One other piece of exciting and AMAZING news that came out of this week is that my friends and I over at She Teaches Fearlessly have decided that it is time to get that site up and running again.   After we completed our series on the Book of Mormon, we all just kind of collapsed mentally, I think.  There were a few posts here and there, but it has been pretty silent for a long time. NOT ANY MORE, my friends.  ​She Teaches Fearlessly is coming back and I am SO excited!!

Kind- by Jenny Phillips.  Performed by Brooke Stone.

Let's do this, my friends.  Let's keep the Kind-hearted women's movement rolling.

We need to flood the world with kindness,

and it begins with you and me.

Oh my goodness!  It has been so long!  Dear "Songs for the Sabbath" posts...I have missed writing you!  I wish that I had more time to write, but times and seasons of our lives, ya know? As I was listening to music this morning, I decided to turn on the new LDS Youth album for this year's theme "Peace in Christ".  So much goodness!  Oh my.  You have to check it out. (You can download all the songs for free if you go here...) I had a hard time deciding which song to share, but I keep coming back to this one called, "Strong".  When I think of my girls and the young women in our ward whom I serve, this is one word that I would use to describe them.  They are so strong and they have the capacity and potential to keep getting stronger and stronger every year.

What do you mean when you say they are "strong"?

Photo cred: Tracey Kimber

Strong- by Nik Day and McKenna Hixson

You are an overcomer
Born with a lion heart
You can pass through the wind and the fire
But it will help you to shine even brighter
Like the jewel you are

There may be disappointments
Sometimes you'll make mistakes
But when it feels like you've lost all your chances
There you are rising up through the ashes

CHORUS:
Come what may
Come what may
You are strong
Strong enough to make it through whatever comes
You'll be amazed what you can do
You're a force you're a fighter
A precious daughter of God
And He made you strong
And He made you strong

You're like a mighty ocean
Trapped in a hurricane
Though the winds may be blowing around you
There is nothing that could ever drown you

CHORUS (2 x's)

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Light the World- Evie Clair featuring Benson Baril

How will you #lighttheworld today?

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I woke up this morning with a song running through my head, and it wasn't this one. I can't tell you how many Sunday mornings this has happened.  I wake up with a particular song in my mind and I think, "This must be the song I need to share today."  So I sit down at my computer and look on YouTube for a video with the song I am thinking about.  But sometimes, I cannot find the song I am thinking of and then I am left to wonder, "Why was I thinking about that song?" That is when I stumble upon the song that I am really meant to share, and that is what happened this morning.  Although the song that I woke up with is a great one, and you should listen to it (Come, Sing to the Lord), this song that I have chosen for today is the one that I need to share with you.

Come, Ye Children of the Lord- The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Lyrics

1. 1. Come, ye children of the Lord,
   Let us sing with one accord.
   Let us raise a joyful strain
   To our Lord who soon will reign
   On this earth when it shall be
   Cleansed from all iniquity,
   When all men from sin will cease,
   And will live in love and peace.

​2. Oh, how joyful it will be
When our Savior we shall see!
When in splendor he’ll descend,
Then all wickedness will end.
Oh, what songs we then will sing
To our Savior, Lord, and King!
Oh, what love will then bear sway
When our fears shall flee away!

3. All arrayed in spotless white,
We will dwell ’mid truth and light.
We will sing the songs of praise;
We will shout in joyous lays.
Earth shall then be cleansed from sin.
Ev’ry living thing therein
Shall in love and beauty dwell;
Then with joy each heart will swell.

Oh, how joyful it will be, when our Savior we shall see!
When in splendor he'll descend, then all wickedness will end.

Photo cred: lds.org

Earth shall then be cleansed from sin. 
Ev'ry living thing therein shall in love and beauty dwell;
then with joy each heart will swell.

Photo cred: lds.org

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