Polls open on the www.seniorbowl.com website at 10:00am Friday and close at Midnight Sunday.
I couldn’t get the video to embed, but you can visit it here.
This quartet from the Hattiesburg area is one of the three finalists trying out to sing the National Anthem before the Senior Bowl to be played in Mobil, AL on January 24th. On a personal twist; one of the guys is Sawyer McLeod. Sawyer sang in our wedding over 12 years ago when he was only 5 years old!
Well I’m officially in the Christmas Spirit and here is why:
I had heard this song on Christian radio several times, but because of the uniqueness of Jeremy Riddle’s voice, I hadn’t really gotten the lyrics. Then, last week we sang it during our worship service and as the words appeared on the screen, I heard them for the first time.
Sweetly Broken – Very simple, yet very powerful.
To the cross I look, to the cross I cling
Of it’s suffering I do drink
Of it’s work I do sing
For on it my Savior both bruised and crushed
Showed that God is love
And God is just
Chorus:
At the cross You beckon me
You draw me gently to my knees, and I am
Lost for words, so lost in love,
I’m sweetly broken, wholly surrendered
What a priceless gift, undeserved life
Have I been given
Through Christ crucified
You’ve called me out of death
You’ve called me into life
And I was under Your wrath
Now through the cross I’m reconciled
Chorus:
In awe of the cross I must confess
How wondrous Your redeeming love and
How great is Your faithfulness
While reading Mark Batterson’s book, Wild Goose Chase, I came across a sentence that brought Milli Vanilli to mind. In chapter three of the book Batterson talks about how the routine things of life can keep us from worshiping God. ON page 59 it reads,
God doesn’t want to be lip-synced. He wants to be worshiped. When we worship out of memory, it must sound to God like a broken record. Maybe that’s why the psalms exhort us no fewer than six times to sing a new song. We need new words, new postures, new thoughts, and new feelings. Why Because God wants to be more than a memory!
Just like everyone I can often fall into the routine of worshiping God. It’s not that God gets stale; it’s that my approach to Him does. I often forget it’s a personal relationship with God that I’m after, not a business deal. I’m not in contract with God; He is in covenant with me. So like Milli Vanilli we can fake it for awhile, but eventually the song is going to get stuck. And there we are, on the stage of life, singing like we are the real deal, but everyone (including ourselves) discovers that we are not. If you are in a rut, you gotta change your approach. Find a new song, read some unfamiliar books of the Bible, and stop just going through the motions. God is waiting on you. “Girl you know it’s true!”
Here are the latest albums that I’ve purchased for my Zune.
As I type this post there are two Men of God in our church who desperately need a touch from HIM! Both have been diagnosed with cancer and are suffering from the side-effects of these treatments. Tonight I watched the Hillsong broadcast which I had TiVoed(Salvation for your TV). I usually skip strait to the music (Sorry pastors). Tonight, when I saw the Hillsong United Band performing Healer I knew I had to post this. So Mike and Jason this one is for you, “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.”1 Thess 5:23-24 (NIV)
I need You, Jesus
Come to my rescue
Where else could I go?
There’s no other name by which I am saved
Capture me with grace
I will follow You
I can’t get these lyrics out of my head. A guy sang this song Sunday at Church and currently it’s my song (if you know what I mean). It was a part of NewSong’s live worship album from 2005. Where have I been for the past 3 years? Somehow I missed it but it has found me and right now it’s my prayer. You can listen to the start of the song here, but it doesn’t have the lyrics above.
I’ve got Dierks latest album in my CD player and lovin’ it. “Free and Easy Down the Road I Go”I have some big news coming later in the week so stay tuned. (And no its not more kids; there will be no more of that kind of big news)
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Ever year this time, we queue up all our Christmas music. Usually I purchase one new album every year to add to our Christmas music collection, but year after year we find ourselves listening to the same songs. Our family seems to like the old traditional songs with a little kick! Here are our top five albums that we listen to every year.
If you don’t own these albums you need to. Buy one this year.
