A to Z Challenge My favorite Christian Music D

It is Wednesday and time for more music.

This first one is a classic from the 1960's from the Musical "Godspell" The powerful and memorable "Day by Day"

This next one is a new song to me, but is one I have come to like.  It is Redtie Music "Defender"

This song I have been hearing a lot during this last three weeks on a local Christian Music station here in Cottonwood, Arizona.  The song is one I identify with tremendously titled  "Dear Young Me" by the group Mercy Me.

This next song is an older hymn titled "Do not be afraid."

And closing with another classic hymn that we all grew up with, "Down by the Riverside."

A to Z Challenge My Favorite Christian Music Letter C

Another day, more wonderful uplifting music of God.

Today let's start with a song that I have been hearing a lot of, it is called "Clean."

This next one is by Hillsong Live 

Closing off with a classic that I grew up hearing, what better way to finish C, than to "Count your Blessings"

A to Z Challenger My favorite Christian Music B

It is Monday, and this is my second posting in my A to Z Challenge.  Today is the letter B.  

One of my favorite Christian artists is Michael W. Smith, this is one of his uplifting songs titled Breathe.  I hope you enjoy.

Next up is a piece that is new to me, but one that is uplifting titled Because we Believe.

Next up is a great Christian group, The Newsboys, they are one of one of the most amazing groups on the scene today and their music is very joyous always.  This one is titled  "We Believe."

A to Z Challenge. Some of my favorite Christian Music.

Hello, it has been a while since I last posted and I decided that this year for the A to Z Challenge I would do something a little different.

So I am sharing some of my favorite Christian Music.  This is going to be a combination of both current music and some classic music we grew up with.

To start off with A  I have a song a song many of us grew up hearing in Church.  The song is Blessed Assurance,  This is an old Gospel song that has been recorded and is still sung in many churches today.  This version is sung by third day.

 Next is a song by Michael W Smith, a very diverse Contemporary Christian artist with a song titled "Open Arms"  This song is pretty straight forward in what many of search for in this confusing world.

Closing with this song titled "I give myself away."  Very simple song.

Monday's Music Moves Me. The Magical Melodies of Tony Bennett

This is a tribute to a gentleman who just recently celebrated his 90th Birthday.  Tony Bennett set the standard for balladeers and even rock singers for several generations now.  

Unlike other singers, Tony Bennett stands out, no matter what he sings he is unique and in many ways comforting in his singing.
Without any further ado here are some of my favorite selections of Mr. Tony Bennett.

God's beauty

As I am walking down Division Street I see around me God's beauty.

Trees stretching their branches into the heavenly realm, grass deep living green.

A sky that can change from shades of blue to gray, to mixes of orange red yellow and gold.

All to behold.  

God's beauty surrounds me, not just with the reflections of nature, but in the diversity of the people around me.

Step children growing and changing every day, a mother in law dedicated to spiritual liberty, a wife who has deep passion in her heart, and my homeless brothers whom I live with in the shelter.  We look out for each other with a sense of sincerity and honesty that is in a way a real miracle.

Cats are a gift from God, their soft fur and their gentle purr, how they snuggle freely and are loving willingly.  If we humans could love so honestly as the cats, life could be so much simpler.

So God's beauty is always around us, we just need to stop and see it with our our own eyes.

She looks at me and what do I see?

Eyes that look into my very soul, that know the inner me.

Eyes that show mixed emotions, heart ache and pain because of being divided in her love and wanting to love completely and sincerely.

A smile that can make a gray day be bright as a majestic sunrise.

She is my wife, my beloved whom I miss dearly and deeply.

Whom I pray that I will be reunited with shortly to be back as one, as we are meant to be.

Time heals all wounds and I pray this is so, that we may be together again and our love will deeply flow.