Sometimes...the beauty of a song is not in its craftsmanship, but in the memories of how it is written. This is one of those "spontaneous" pieces of praise that simply came out over some ice cream and laughter. Sometimes...these pieces are lost soon after they're written. But lucky for me, this simple chorus has remained a part of me =)
If I could sing, I would sing You a new song,
If I could sing, I would sing all day long;
If I could sing, I would sing to every day,
If I could sing, I would praise You all the way.
For in You, we have love,
For in You, we have peace.
If I could sing, I would sing You a new song,
If I could sing, I would sing all day long.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Love in PCC is...
This is a little fun piece inspired by the College Bookstore display back in February. There are two lines here quoted from that board, and I give credit to whoever contributed those. Feel free to add to these with your comments =)
Love in PCC is...
...rushing early to the Crowne Center but still being late to get to your seat for chapel
...thinking that a stopover at Dixon is the closest distance to get from the Crowne Center to Young Tower
...standing in the cold to "meet and say goodbye" to someone at Rawson Chapel
...eating breakfast with your girlfriend at 7:00 a.m. even though you don't have class till third hour
...having a reason to leave a voice mail every single day
...a guy carrying around a lady's pink school bag and actually feeling proud about it
...a girl wearing a guy's suit jacket and actually thinking she looks good
...going to the 2:30 Vespers with your special someone even when you have a 1:00 card
...going on a diet two months before fine arts to fit into that dress that he had liked
...hunting down the halls of the guys' dorm for a tie that matches her dress
...subconsciously starting to walk and open doors backwards
...adjusting your seats in church to have that hymnal right between you
...circling the Campanile from 10:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday evenings
Love in PCC is...
...rushing early to the Crowne Center but still being late to get to your seat for chapel
...thinking that a stopover at Dixon is the closest distance to get from the Crowne Center to Young Tower
...standing in the cold to "meet and say goodbye" to someone at Rawson Chapel
...eating breakfast with your girlfriend at 7:00 a.m. even though you don't have class till third hour
...having a reason to leave a voice mail every single day
...a guy carrying around a lady's pink school bag and actually feeling proud about it
...a girl wearing a guy's suit jacket and actually thinking she looks good
...going to the 2:30 Vespers with your special someone even when you have a 1:00 card
...going on a diet two months before fine arts to fit into that dress that he had liked
...hunting down the halls of the guys' dorm for a tie that matches her dress
...subconsciously starting to walk and open doors backwards
...adjusting your seats in church to have that hymnal right between you
...circling the Campanile from 10:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday evenings
Monday, August 03, 2009
Someday
My mom was married at 21. Ever since I was a kid, I thought that I'd be getting married by now. But God had other plans. If I had tried to get married at this age, I wouldn't have gone away to college...and life would just be completely different. God is faithful, good, wise, and true. I post these lyrics, one of my most favorite compositions, on my 21st birthday...knowing that God will continue to guide my heart as another decade of my life unfolds.
This song is somewhat based on author Joshua Harris' last chapter (titled "Someday I'll Have a Love Story to Tell") in his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. I have personally experienced the amazing impact of godly love stories of people in my life, and I want to be able to do the same one day as well. Someday, someday, Lord willing...I will tell, together with the love of my life, a miraculous story of purity, patience, hope, and faith rewarded.
Verse 1:
I hold my heart within my hand
With dear anxiety,
For I know I won't understand
What His plans are for me;
I'd rather live the way that I
Now think would make me free,
Yet knowing that if I comply,
He knows what's best for me.
I store my dreams within my heart
As I remember you,
For though we may be far apart,
His love can see us through;
And though impatience drives me on,
I know that in His time,
The One who calls us both His own
Will write our tale sublime.
Chorus:
Someday we will tell His loving grace
To a generation who is seeking for His face;
Someday we will tell His wondrous love
In a perfect match made from what dreams are fashioned of...
Someday...
Verse 2:
And many younger souls will see
How in His perfect plans,
He's brought me to you, you to me,
By wondrous circumstance;
And when they see how He has done
His miracle on us,
Then they can find the strength to run
Their race with hope and trust.
So when my heart forgets and fails
To trust His time and grace,
I think of how His will prevails
O'er any human ways;
And I remember how one day
We'll have our tale to tell,
So in our hearts and lives, I pray,
May we portray it well.
Chorus:
Someday we will tell His loving grace
To a generation who is seeking for His face;
Someday we will tell His wondrous love
In a perfect match made from what dreams are fashioned of...
Someday...someday...
Someday.
This song is somewhat based on author Joshua Harris' last chapter (titled "Someday I'll Have a Love Story to Tell") in his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. I have personally experienced the amazing impact of godly love stories of people in my life, and I want to be able to do the same one day as well. Someday, someday, Lord willing...I will tell, together with the love of my life, a miraculous story of purity, patience, hope, and faith rewarded.
Verse 1:
I hold my heart within my hand
With dear anxiety,
For I know I won't understand
What His plans are for me;
I'd rather live the way that I
Now think would make me free,
Yet knowing that if I comply,
He knows what's best for me.
I store my dreams within my heart
As I remember you,
For though we may be far apart,
His love can see us through;
And though impatience drives me on,
I know that in His time,
The One who calls us both His own
Will write our tale sublime.
Chorus:
Someday we will tell His loving grace
To a generation who is seeking for His face;
Someday we will tell His wondrous love
In a perfect match made from what dreams are fashioned of...
Someday...
Verse 2:
And many younger souls will see
How in His perfect plans,
He's brought me to you, you to me,
By wondrous circumstance;
And when they see how He has done
His miracle on us,
Then they can find the strength to run
Their race with hope and trust.
So when my heart forgets and fails
To trust His time and grace,
I think of how His will prevails
O'er any human ways;
And I remember how one day
We'll have our tale to tell,
So in our hearts and lives, I pray,
May we portray it well.
Chorus:
Someday we will tell His loving grace
To a generation who is seeking for His face;
Someday we will tell His wondrous love
In a perfect match made from what dreams are fashioned of...
Someday...someday...
Someday.
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