“He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” (1 Thes. 5:24 ESV) Recently I was asked to share what God has been teaching me as of late and I quickly replied with three words – GOD IS FAITHFUL. There is nothing earth-shattering about this, is there? No. It’s a truth about God [...]
inspiration in my ears…
Posted By zharrod on November 19th, 2008
So write now I’m sitting here enjoying one of these:
Yummy… They just switched to the Christmas cups and I was compelled to enjoy one! I guess… So I’m in between my Czech class and doing some prep for a sermon I’m doing at church this weekend, and I thought I would blog some inspiration that has been in my ears over the last few days. I’m not procrastinating, I’m trying to catch my breath between things. It’s especially hard for me to transition to anything worthwhile after Czech class. In other words, Czech class kicks my butt, even when I have, the rare, good day like today! So here I am blogging wanting to share some inspiration with you. This inspiration comes in the form of 3 songs, here you go:
Colors by will.i.am
Stand for life
Stand for true
Stand for somethin’
Don’t fall for nothin’Stand for love
Stand for power
Stand for somethin’
Don’t fall for nothin’Stand for me
Stand for youStand for somethin’
Don’t fall for nothin’Don’t fall for nothin’
Don’t fall for nothin’Stand for life
Stand for true
Stand for somethin’
Don’t fall for nothin’
A New Day by will.i.am
I went asleep last night
Tired from the fight
I’ve been fighting for tomorrow
All my life
Yea I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
‘Cause the dreams that I’ve been dreaming
Have finally came trueIt’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new day
It’s a new dayIt’s been a long time coming
Up the mountain kept runnin’
Souls of freedom kept hummin’
Channeling Harriet TubmanKennedy, Lincoln, and King
We gotta invest in that dream
It feels like we’re swimming upstream
It feels like we’re stuck inbetween
A rock and a hard place,
We’ve been through the heartaches
And lived through the darkest daysIf you and I made it this far,
Well then hey, we can make it all the way
And they said no we can’t
And we said yes we can
Remember it’s you and me togetherI woke up this morning
Feeling alright
I’ve been fightin’ for tomorrow
All my life
Yea, I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I’ve been dreaming
Have finally came trueIt’s been a long time waitin’
Waiting for this moment
It’s been a long time praying
Praying for this momentWe hope for this moment
And now that we own it
For life I will hold it
And I ain’t gonna let it goIt’s for fathers, our brothers,
Our friends who fought for freedom
Our sisters, our mothers,
Who died for us to be in this momentStop and cherish this moment
Stop and cherish this timeIt’s time for unity
For us and we
That’s you and me togetherI woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I’ve been dreaming
Have finally came true
Yea, I woke up this morning
Feeling alright‘Cause we weren’t fighting for nothing
And the soldiers weren’t fighting
For nothing
No, Martin wasn’t dreaming for nothing
And Lincoln didn’t change it for nothing
And children weren’t crying for nothing
All three songs are about hope, dreaming and change (and they have some tight beats). Three, ideals you might say, that I cling to as I trust God and serve in this place that has far more dogs than Christians. I’ve stumbled upon each of these songs, in some way, through the inspiring film, Freedom Writers, and I’ve had them playing on repeat over the last days, as I’ve prayed for change here. I hope the lyrics/songs/video are encouraging to you as well! Here’s to ‘change!’ As always, be the revolution….
Tags: change, inspiration, music
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