What You Are by Jewel

(December 8, 2010) While I couldn't care less about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, I enjoyed having it on in the background this evening. Some of the songs were pretty good. There were a couple of songs that I liked, but this one really moved me.

The Fashion Show had a remix of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52NpPbTKAJw.




Who You Are by Jewel

I'm driving around town
Kinda bored with the windows rolled down
See a girl on the bus stop bench
Dressed to draw attention

Hoping everyone will stare
If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear
Wish I could hold her, tell her, show her
What she wants is already there

A star is a star
It doesn't have to try to shine
Water will fall
A bird just knows how to fly

You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom
Or light how to fill up a room
You already are what you are
And what you are is beautiful

Heard a story the other day
Took place at the local VA
A father talking to his dying son
This was his conversation

"It's not supposed to be like this
You can't go first I can't handle it"
The boy said "Dad now don't you cry,
Remember when I was a child what you used to tell me when I'd ask why?"

(You'd say) Gravity is gravity
It doesn't try to pull you down
Stone is stone
It can't help but hold its ground

The wind just blows, though you can't see
It's everywhere like I'll always be
You already are what you are
And what you are is strong enough

Look in the mirror
Now that's another story to tell
I give love to others
But I give myself hell

I'd have to tell myself
"In every scene there's a perfect plan"
Everything I hoped to be
I already am

A flower is a flower
It doesn't have to try to bloom
And light is light
Just knows how to fill a room

And dark is dark
So the stars have a place to shine
The tide goes out
So it can come back another time

Goodbye makes a love so sweet
And love is love so it can teach us
We already are what we are
And what we are is beautiful

And strong enough
And good enough
And bright enough

These Things Take Time by Sanctus Real

I always have so many questions stirring in me, and this song speaks so well to that. I don't slow down well. I don't like that things take time. But, it's the way things are... and it's more the way my life is now than it ever was before the accident. Everything takes much more time than before. It's frustrating, and it makes me wonder 'why.' There are so many questions, but I must always keep my faith in the Lord.

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance." (James 1:2-3)




These Things Take Time by Sanctus Real

I wanna know why pain makes me stronger
I wanna know why good men die
Why am I so afraid of the dark,
But I stray from the light?

I wanna know why you gave me eyes
When faith is how I see
And tell me,
Is it easier to doubt
Or harder to believe?

Oh, there’s so many questions stirring in me

Chorus:
And I wonder why
Sometimes the truth ain’t easy to find
I wanna know all the answers
But I’m learning that
These things take time
Yeah, these things take time

How could success make us feel like failures?
And the harder we fall, the harder we try
The more I have, the more I need
Just to feel like I’m getting by

Oh, there’s so many questions and one short life

[Chorus]

And we spend so much time
Chasing our tails, hoping to find
Every last answer
To everything in life

So many questions,
Not enough time

But I’m still
Wondering why
Sometimes the truth ain’t easy to find
I wanna know all the answers
But I’m learning that
These things take time
Yeah, these things take time

Hey!
We all wanna understand why
Evil lives, and good men die
On the way to Heaven the truth unwinds
These things take time
These things take time
Yeah, these things take time

Angel by Your Side by Francesca Battistelli

I was listening to Francesca Battistelli's new CD today, and there was one song that really struck me. It's called, "Angel by Your Side." I am blessed to have a few people in my life that I know feel the words of this song deep in their heart. I'm so grateful for each of these people.




Angel by Your Side by Francesca Battistelli

I can't say that everything's ok,
'Cause I can see the tears you're crying
And I can't promise to take the pain away
But you can know I won't stop trying.

Chorus:
I'll be the angel by your side
I will get you through the night
I'll be the strength you can't provide on your own
'Cause when your down and out of time
And you think you've lost the fight
Let me be the angel
The angel by your side.

I know it feels like you're running out of faith
'Cause it's so hard to keep believing
But if I can bring a smile back to your face
If for a moment, you'll forget all about it.

[Chorus]

'Cause this won't be the last time
You'll need a little hope
But I want to be the first to let you know.

[Chorus]