Music..

Music is an important part of my life. I love music and always have. Nothing too exciting happened today in my life, with the exception that I turned in my resignation for Wednesday and Sunday nights in the preschool department at church. I feel like God is leading me to help with the youth, so I am following. But back to the subject at hand- music. I have always loved music. If I am having a bad day, the first thing I want to do when I get alone is to find a song that "understands" me. There are plenty of songs for any mood that anyone could possibly be feeling. There are love songs, I hate you songs, someone died songs, extremely happy songs, and everything in between. So I thought I would make a list of my favorite songs, and if they mean something to me, I will include that in parenthesis next to the song title.

The current songs that I listen to are:

• Mad by Ne-Yo (a friend of mine made me listen to this song a few times and now I listen to it.. often)
• Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy (same friend, same circumstance.. awesome vocals)
• I Told You So by Carrie Underwood (a cover of the Randy Travis song.. it is just as good as the original.. which I loved)
• Lose My Soul by TobyMac (never really listened to them until after WinterJam and now there are a few songs that I can't get enough of)
• A Better Way by DownHere (again hadn't really heard of them until the SYATP rally at the Lincoln and then really liked their vocals)
• Love is Not a Fight by Warren Barfield (off of the soundtrack of the movie Fireproof.. great movie and great song)
• Slow Fade by Casting Crowns (again off of Fireproof.. great lyrics)
• One Life to Love by 33 Miles (love almost everything by this group)
• Light On by David Cook (past American Idol.. again the vocals are great)
• Nine in the Afternoon by Panic at the Disco (rockband song.. we play it often and I listened to it for forever to learn the lyrics so I could sing it on rockband and actually know it)
• Way Back Into Love by Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore (off of Music and Lyrics soundtrack.. awesome movie and these two actually sing really well)
• Stand in the Rain by Superchick (awesome)
• More Like Her by Miranda Lambert (i don't like much by her, but her ballads are good)

That is it for now. If I think of more I will add them underneath this. If you don't listen to music, I encourage you to listen to any of these songs and then look into whatever you like. There is no rap on this list, or classical. It is mainly pop, Christian, and country. That is what I like. So I guess that is my challenge to you. Find a few new songs that you like this week that speak to you. Good luck. :)