Songs selected

I've selected 16 songs for my CD. I need to narrow it down to 12, but that should be easy enough. Darcy convinced me to include a rap track from DC Talk on the end as a funny bonus track. I think it's a funny idea, but I'm going to do it. Why not -it's my CD after all! :) (And I'm totally a rap star.)

These songs really bring me back. I'm going to try to include "His Eye is on the Sparrow" if I can record a version that sounds good. It reminds me of a woman I knew in my church growing up. She met a lot of tragedy in her life. For some reason, those seem to be the people who have found peace (if they can rise above) - the people who have had the most difficult of lives.

I remember being at a funeral of one of her children who had passed away, and somehow she mustered up the courage and strength to sing that song.

Here are the lyrics from http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/His_Eye_Is_on_the_Sparrow/ :

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home,When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He:His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Refrain:I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free,For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

She sang the same song at her husband's funeral too.

This woman had the peace that passes all understanding.

Phil. 4:7 "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus." (ASV)

The Bible often talks about how relying upon God will bring you peace, and how there is no need to worry, and it is so very true.

If we are able to get beyond ourselves, and realize the much greater plan, the things we worry about all seem inconsequential. Even death is nothing to fear if you believe the message in the Bible.

This woman I knew had accepted that...all of that...and she had peace in the most troubling of times...and she shared her peace with those of us who hadn't (and still haven't) quite reached her level of wisdom and understanding, showing us what true peace and faith looks like.