I like music. I’m no excessive music fanatic, but i enjoy music and it plays a pretty big role in my life. If you’ve seen my first two blog posts, i attached a youtube music video to each with a song that inspired something to get me to write that post and for that season of my life.
I thought that i would share some of the most played songs on my phone. I have a list of about 600 songs on my phone, and these are the ones that i listen to most often, in no particular order.
Somebody tell them by City Harbor
Light up the sky by The Afters
Glory by The City Harmonic
You make my brave by Bethel Music
The world you want by Switchfoot
We are free by Brad and Rebekah
Let there be light by Bellarive
Not for sale by The Museum
Love was stronger by Audio adrenaline
I’m free by Tim Neufeld
Brave by Moriah Peters
This is just a few of the songs that i like to play on repeat. A couple of weeks ago i noticed a pattern in the music i listen to. and i thought, “Yeah Cass, its christian music, that’s the pattern.”
But, I think it’s more than that. I think God uses all different types of things to move people and to inspire people, music is definitely something that is used often to lift people up.
And i think the list above shows a little bit of where my heart is right now. Freedom. Bravery. Light. Love. Glorifying our Lord.
I think lately God has been teaching me more and more about what each of these things means in accordance to Him.
Freedom in Christ. He is teaching me what it means to be FREE IN HIM! How cool is that?! if you don’t think that you’ve experienced God’s freedom, i suggest you sit down and pray about it! Talk to God about it because He wants to show you want freedom in Him looks like!
Bravery. I think He is still in the midst of teaching me what bravery in my life means. I don’t think for me going to 11 countries in 11 months is brave. That’s my dream. I am so excited and ready for this with no second thoughts. i think bravery in my life is going to be God breaking down walls and teaching my to be vulnerable, because for me, in my life, real and genuine vulnerability is scary.
Light. GOD IS LIGHT. flee from darkness. John 1:5 “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” and the darkness will never overcome it. think about that.
Love. “When You had called me in, My flesh was weak, my heart was dead, But love was stronger, Love was stronger.” That is a line from the song love was stronger. Love over comes it all. and man, have i been learning a lot about love lately. 2 weeks ago one of my best friends got married!!! hanging out with her and her fiance (now husband) the week before showed me what marriage is really supposed to be. I think I’ve always had this view of marriage and “christian relationships” are so warped and twisted. so much expectation. so much corruption. but i get it now. and wow God is teaching me so much through that, He is showing me how much healing there is still left to do in my life from previous relationships, and me just giving myself away. But Love is stronger! and that is seriously true.
Glory. Glory to God. That’s it. HE gets the glory. He is the one providing everything. He is the one giving us all this opportunity. God is so fantastically incredible!
I’ll keep listening to these songs on repeat until i find more to fill their spots that will teach me a different lesson. If you haven’t heard those songs, check them out, they’re great!
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