Music reminds me of who I am
And who I could be.
That's why I write about songs that have spoke to me.
My friend Bec introduced me to this incredible band Gungor. And WOW am I grateful that she did. I have just listened to their new album 'Beautiful Things' for the first time. I am in love with their joyful sound, worship filled lyrics and honesty.
The lead singer Michael Gungor writes:
“If leading worship is just about bringing a group of people into a room so we can get goosebumps and sing songs together, there’s not much value in that. But if leading worship is a means to an end, that we leave this place as a different kind of people, as part of a new humanity that God wants to create – the people that are caring for the widows and orphans, that aren’t bound by the systems of this world but becoming free, becoming fully engaged in our world – then that matters.”
That's what I want. I want to enter worship and see the face of God, witness the unfolding of His story in the world and be changed. I want my selfeshness to be washed away by looking deeply into the heart of God. I don't want a flat earthly experience but to join the angels in heaven who can't stop singing. I don't want to be robbed of a true life changing encounter because I'm too focused on myself, my own issues and my own failures. I want to surrender these to God and believe He is making me new.
I love the album, but the song I was first introduced to was 'Beautiful Things' this indeed is one of those songs that reminds me who (and Who's) I am and who I could be.
Beautiful Things
All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us
All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You
You make me new, You are making me new
And who I could be.
That's why I write about songs that have spoke to me.
My friend Bec introduced me to this incredible band Gungor. And WOW am I grateful that she did. I have just listened to their new album 'Beautiful Things' for the first time. I am in love with their joyful sound, worship filled lyrics and honesty.
The lead singer Michael Gungor writes:
“If leading worship is just about bringing a group of people into a room so we can get goosebumps and sing songs together, there’s not much value in that. But if leading worship is a means to an end, that we leave this place as a different kind of people, as part of a new humanity that God wants to create – the people that are caring for the widows and orphans, that aren’t bound by the systems of this world but becoming free, becoming fully engaged in our world – then that matters.”
That's what I want. I want to enter worship and see the face of God, witness the unfolding of His story in the world and be changed. I want my selfeshness to be washed away by looking deeply into the heart of God. I don't want a flat earthly experience but to join the angels in heaven who can't stop singing. I don't want to be robbed of a true life changing encounter because I'm too focused on myself, my own issues and my own failures. I want to surrender these to God and believe He is making me new.
I love the album, but the song I was first introduced to was 'Beautiful Things' this indeed is one of those songs that reminds me who (and Who's) I am and who I could be.
Beautiful Things
All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us
All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You
You make me new, You are making me new
