Music. It speaks to me.

I don't have a musical bone in my body.

Actually, I can keep up with most people on the dance floor...as long as I'm at a wedding.

And I can play a mean set of drums in Rockband...as long as I'm on the easiest level and I don't have to use the foot pedal.

Well, and I played the recorder in 4th grade.

But aside from that...

You don't want to be in the car with me when I'm screeching at the top of my lungs...especially when I'm rockin' out to Bon Jovi or Skillet.

I don't have a musical bone in my body, BUT music is a necessity in my life.

It gives me energy.

It gives me hope.

It soothes me.

It puts a smile on my face.

It makes me want to dance.

It makes me want to cry.

It speaks to me.

I heard this song by Tenth Avenue North two times today. I can't help but believe that I was meant to hear this on the radio today...twice.

Why are you striving these days
Why are you trying to earn grace
Why are you crying
Let me lift up your face
Just don't turn away

Why are you looking for love
Why are you still searching as if I'm not enough
To where will you go child
Tell me where will you run
To where will you run

Chorus:
And I'll be by your side
Wherever you fall
In the dead of night
Whenever you call
And please don't fight
These hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

Look at these hands and my side
They swallowed the grave on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
I want to give you life

(Chorus 2x)

Cause I, I love you
I want you to know
That I, I love you
I'll never let you go

(Chorus 2x)


Last night I had what I call "deep life conversations" with some of my favorite people. Deep life conversations are special because they don't happen all the time. They are even more special when I am with my favorites. We talked about death, marriage, and gender differences, among other things.

What drives men and women in a relationship?

Our verdict...

In general...Men are more physically driven than women. Women are more emotionally driven than men.

We talked about how women long to be loved...how women long to be held...how women long to be protected...how women long to find all of that in a man...and without him, feel empty.

The lyrics.

God loves me. God is holding me in His hands. God is by my side. God can fill me....if I let Him.

Music. It speaks to me.


After we had deep life conversations, one of my favorites who IS musically inclined pulled out his guitar and we sang together. I sounded terrible, but I found hope. I was soothed. I felt close to my favorites. I talked to my God. I smiled.

I don't have a musical bone in my body, BUT music is a necessity in my life.