Double Dream Feet

I cannot watch this guy without smiling. Okay, he's a bit dorky for sure, but what I love is that he is 100% sold out to what he's doing. He's "all in" and I love it. I want to be that way. I don't want to care what others think and I want to do what I do with gusto. Props to you double dream feet guy.

Don't miss the video that started it all Double Dream Hands...

Easter Song Crush #1

Christ is Risen by Matt Maher

This song is for all of us...

I want to be AWAKE as a believer. I want His "present risenness" (thank you Brennan Manning) to get in my face and shake me, wake me from my slumber.

Easter Song Crush #2

O Lord You're Beautiful by Jesus Culture

This is a remake of Keith Green's original song from forever ago. Jesus Culture totally does it justice!

Easter Song Crush #3

Love Came Down by Brian Johnson

Easter Song Crush #4

An oldie, but it doesn't get much better.
Come to Jesus by Chris Rice

Easter Song Crush #5

O The Blood by Gateway Worship

Easter Song Crush #6

How He Loves by David Crowder Band

Easter Song Crush #7

Because God wired me in a such a way that music touches me deeply, I have decided to share songs, this week of Easter, that cause my heart to praise.

Redemption Song by Adie Camp

What Is Your Victory?

I am in love with a song by Gateway Worship called "O the Blood" (which you will be hearing later this week if you enjoy my Song Crushes). As I was listening to it yesterday, one line, a simple lyric, just about blew me away.

"Oh the Blood, it is my victory."

At face value I would say, yes the Blood is my victory. I know it is. I believe that it is. But I wonder if I live as if it is?

God brought to my mind yesterday the many things that are seemingly my victory...if you were to open the window of my life, of my heart, and take a quick peek.

--having kids that behave

--work accomplishments

--being the mom that can balance it all

--having people approve of me and like me

--a clean orderly house

--appearing to have it all together

and the list goes on...

Do those things, and many more, bring me victory? Do I allow such fleeting things to be the fullness and satisfaction in my life when ONLY the blood of Christ...the work of the Cross, can truly fill that void??? I know what I want my answer to be, yet I can't deny what it often is...

Exactly...

from "Abba's Child" by Brennan Manning:

What Sets Your Pace?

Sometimes when I workout, I put my laptop on the treadmill, pull up Hulu.com and catch up on favorite shows I've missed. Just recently, other workouts involve a spin bike and an iPod playlist.

Working out is working out, and it's all good for the body in my opinion. But I have noticed how much harder I work when I let an upbeat playlist...a playlist specifically designed to motivate, set my workout pace. Watching shows definitely keeps me going and even distracts me from thinking about how many minutes are left. Yet, there is an intensity and intentionality missing when "Survivor" or "Parenthood" is the soundtrack to my exercise.

Isn't life a lot the same? I can go for long stretches of time, letting the world around me...messages from media and other people...set my pace. I find myself sort of drifting through each day, marveling that it is over and I didn't even REALLY notice many of the moments. The pace of this world can get you through a day alright, but is it REALLY living? Scariest part...the pace of this world is frighteningly easy to get carried into.

When all along, there is the voice of my Maker, with a perfect cadence, whispering a different rhythm for me to set my life to. His pace is intentional. His pace is purposeful. His pace is ideal. Sometimes quick, sometimes slow, sometimes completely still. But always just right for His child.