This Is Amazing Grace // Music Monday

I love this song!! It is beautifully written and so fun to sing. Interesting fact about Phil Wickham: he is from San Diego, CA. Why is that interesting? Because he sounds SO British in this song. Listen and tell me you don't agree!

The lyrics in "This Is Amazing Grace" are powerful. The youth band at my church performs this song, so I spent a few minutes the other day going over the words, and my eyes were opened a little more to how moving the message is. Sometimes we hear the same message over and over and we start to take it for granted, but that is tragic.

Because this is AMAZING GRACE. This is UNFAILING love.

To Be Treasured

 

 

Today, my 5-year-old brother Jeffrey went on his first canoeing trip, and I think it's safe to say he had a blast. For me, it was the first time I can remember ever feeling competent with an oar, so... I guess I'm improving :)

 

 

Being on the water reminded me so much of the summers my family used to spend at the lake when we lived in Tennessee. All the happy details resurfaced:

 

Tall, frosty glasses of milk served at the restaurant on the dock.

 

 Tubing with Reise and Emmy.

 

Feeling the warm sun and cool water against my skin.

 

The occasional ride on a Jet-Ski.

 

Being surrounded by the love of family and friends.

 

 

 

At fourteen, I am far from an adult, but as I'm growing up, I have found that I don't enjoy life to the fullest. But I want that to change. I want to treasure both the beautiful God-details in my past and my present.