"Blessings" by Laura Story Grammy 2012's Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

"Blessings" by Laura Story

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Grammy 2012

Story Behind The Song

Music Video

"Blessings" Lyrics

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise

Rolling In The Deep by Adele (VIDEO)

Rolling In The Deep by Adele (VIDEO)

Terrified by Katharine McPhee ft Zachary Levi Lyrics

"Terrified" by Katharine McPhee featuring Zachary Levi (of the Chuck Series).

I wrote something about Zachary Levi, you might want to check it out here: Must Watch: Chuck Bartowski

TERRIFIED Lyrics

You by the light is the greatest find

In a world full wrong you're the thing that's right

Finally made it through the lonely to the other side

You said it again, my heart's in motion

Every word feels like a shooting star

I'm at the edge of my emotions

Watching the shadows burning in the dark

And I'm in love and I'm terrified

For the first time in the last time in my only life

This could be good, it's already better than last

And love is worse than knowing you're holding back

I could be all that you needed if you let me try

You said it again my hearts in motion

Every word feels like a shooting start

I'm at the edge of my emotions

Watching the shadows burning in the dark

And I'm in love and I'm terrified

For the first time in the last time in my only

I only said it 'cause I mean it, I only mean 'cause it's true

So don't you doubt what I've been dreaming

'Cause it fills me up and holds me close whenever I'm without you

You said it again my hearts in motion

Every word feels like a shooting star

Watching the shadows burning in the dark

And I'm in love and I'm terrified

For the first time in the last time in my only life

birds on the wires

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

While looking through the newspaper one day, director, Jarbas Agnelli was Inspired by an image of birds on a wire. He wondered to himself, if these birds were actually musical notes, what would they sound like? No photo shopping done, just as they are. The apparent randomness of nature translated to music, once again makes me realize that music, art and beauty is an omnipresent element of life. Every where you look, there it is.

mixed tape monday ~the finale

Last week, as we drove up to the mountains, I sat passenger side scrolling through emails on my phone, smiling, as I read comments, laughing to myself {my friends are funny}, wondering what is wrong with all of us and this facebook phenom..... and then quietly gasping.

"We regret to announce that Mixwit will cease to exist at the end of the
year.The website and profiles will be turned off around Dec 27th and
all embedded widgets will stop playing before the end of December."

And so it's over.

No more Sunday evenings spent locked in my room, homework done, lying on the floor, headphones on, album covers strewn over the floor. Finding that perfect line up of songs, that soundtrack for the week ahead~ music that fights the Monday blues while embracing the 'do over' chance of a new week.

over.

No more, chic rock. no more, rough voiced, vaguely euro, angst filled, crooners to share with you. Thank you for kindly being such a receptive audience to the mixed tapes.

And thank you for all of your great suggestions.

It was great fun while it lasted. and now slacker~blogger, best get back to writing posts on Monday.

mixed tape monday

such a big weekend. the s.o.' s birthday. our little beach town had fireworks at the pier with the regatta of sail boats strewn with lights floating in the background. we may not get the
snow, but balmy weekends like this mean the holiday season is full swing.

queue the music please....

1. Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO Sighting Ne
2. bishop allen - flight 180
3. Mirah - The Garden
4. *someone in here uses 'language' for those of you in cubical land
5. Dntel - Roll On (Ft. Jenny Lewis)
6. Coldplay - Green Eyes

7. okkervil river- savannah smiles
   

mixed tape monday

huh. guess i poked the proverbial bee hive last week. that tartan, it's some seriously caustic stuff. what I have learned: people have deep convictions about the plaid. do not bring your dislike for tartan up at dinner parties {try something like, "gay marriage-yes/no" instead~much less controversial} tartan is not for everyone. most people love tartan. and finally, dusty rose is a charming color.

queue the music

1. MC Solaar - La Belle et le Bad Boy

2. Metric - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

3. Yann Tiersen-Shannon Wright - Dragon fly

4. Beirut - Nantes

5. Neutral Milk Hotel - Communist Daughter

6. Sufjan Stevens - Romulus

mixed tape monday

fat and happy.

back from a long thanksgiving weekend that involved, a train trip, montecito, pool time, a cheryl tiegs sighting {I know, so retro} and lots and lots of great food. happy december, all!

mixed tape monday

photo: danske

are you ready? hang on tight.........here come the holidays! and we're still at 75 and sunny. the only thing that distinguishes november/december from july and august around here, is the slant of the shadows. this doesn't keep the town from stringing up santas between the date palms. smiling santa. waving his little plastic mittened hand at us, as we walk to the beach. {santa, are you mocking me?}

in a week or so i'll be dragging a tree through my front door, sweating as i haul the christmas decorations out of storage, wearing shorts and flip flops and dreaming of a white christmas.

living at the beach is a charmed situation for sure, but it's a bit of a faustian deal: no seasonal changes. ever. something that only irks me for about 3 months out of the year.

mixed tape monday

photo thanks: flickr member, nicamom

after a fun weekend of saki and celebrating a bit of non sequitur music to get your monday going.

mixed tape monday

photo cred: from the movie, "election"

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mixed tape monday

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wow, it' s monday again? As for those of you at work: you may want to turn down the cody chesnutt song, there's a little, naughty, naughty in it.

cover art cred: "pumpkin and skull lurve" by jek in the box

mixed tape monday

i love mondays. seriously i do. it's a reminder that there are, metaphorical, clean slates in life. tabula rasa and all that. sort of like that brand new notebook on the first day of class thing, but every week.
pencils up! aaaaand......go.
happy, happy monday!

beautiful artwork by Emily Dimov-Gottshall

mixed tape monday

happy monday! refreshed and ready to roll.
photo credit: "sweet alphabet" camilla engman

mixed tape monday

inspired by watching too many commercials this weekend.
i think 'mellow' mixed tape monday may be more apt.

thank you flickr member, danske for the beautiful photo.