Music is one of my favorite things in the world. I love being able to connect a song to a certain memory. Whether the memory be sad or happy I am grateful for them.
She’s like Texas by Josh Abbott band takes me to their concert with my dad last year.
When a heart breaks by Ben Rector takes me to the sin talk at frontier ranch the summer after my eighth grade year.
You belong with me by Taylor Swift takes me to my cousin Hayden’s room where I watched the music video for the first time.
Apple bottom jeans by I have no clue who sings this actually, takes me to a dance party with all my dads family at our lake house years ago.
Ten thousand reasons by Matt Redman takes me to the moment where I found out my Pata died and it takes me to New Hope School of Cambodia.
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen takes me to a car ride with my mom this past summer as we screamed the words and danced along.
You are so good to me by Third Day takes me to a moment where my mom and I danced and sang along when I was little.
I’ve always found a special connection with music, And I always loved singing along. That’s most likely why I joined choir my sixth grade year. I quickly fell in love with memorizing the notes and pitch changes. I found such a joy in music and it’s where I found my identity in sixth and seventh grade. I took a break my eighth grade year and picked it back up my freshman year. Sadly I gave it up after freshman year.
My last three years of high school I rarely sang around people. My car was my singing place, my singing safe haven. I would blast it (los siento Dad) and scream or sing along. Music has always allowed me to be myself even when I didn’t know who I was.
I love music as you can tell, but I have such a deep love for worship music. Ever since I was a little girl my favorite part of church was worship. I loved how the songs flowed and how the church sounded as a whole. When I quit choir I didn’t worship as loudly as I used to. I quietly sang along to the songs that I didn’t connect with anymore. Sure there were a couple worships songs that I connected with but when I was younger I felt a connection to almost every song in church.
The summer of junior year was a summer of worship for me. It’s the summer I fell back in love. Wilderness brought me back to the song “Beautiful Scandalous night” and “House of God, Forever”. WorkCrew is what really made me fall in love with worship music again. We would have worship nights and for the first time in my life I felt comfortable throwing my hands up in praise. Every single week, when campers had their first 20 minutes of silence, the work crew and summer staff, crowded onto a porch and sang “how he loves” to the campers as they walked back to their cabin. WOW I have goosebumps right now as I remember this moment.
Worship on the race has been amazing!
I feel completely at home when I worship.
We use playlists.
We use instruments.
We dance.
We draw.
We look at the stars.
We worship.
If you are ever looking for some new worship songs or playlists tell me! I can get you a Spotify, or Apple Music playlist from one of my squad mates… and let me tell you… we have A LOT of playlists
