Cozumel, Here We Come!

It's Friday!!  And today, I'm headed to Cozumel, Mexico with these two lovely ladies:

Yep, it's going to be a fabulously fun-filled girls weekend!  Can't wait!!   

Hope you all have a great weekend! 

Giants

For the past couple of days, I’ve been singing this song by Donald Lawrence.

Hearing this song always reminds me of David and Goliath - the story in the Bible about the young shepherd boy, David, who killed the giant, Goliath, with just a sling and a stone.  My favorite part of the story is when David looks Goliath straight in the face and tells him: 

"You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.  This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head.  This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.  All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”  (1 Samuel 17:45-47)

Wow, such boldness that David had!  That's the kind of boldness and confidence that I want to walk in everyday - not a boldness or confidence in my own self or my own abilities, but a boldness and confidence in God, knowing that He fights all of my battles for me.     

I wanted to share this song and this story as an encouragement to you (and to myself).  No matter how big of a "giant" you may be facing in your life right now, God is BIGGER, and he will always cause you to triumph.  You win!!

I Will Win

When I was in the 6th grade, my school held a little raffle just for the students.  There were a ton of different prizes that you could win, but there was only one prize that I was interested in – the New Kids on the Block calendar.  I was a major New Kids on the Block fan at the time.  I had New Kids on the Block tapes, videos, posters, magazines, books, cards, t-shirts, night gowns, blankets, sheets, a sleeping bag, a comforter, and more.  The only thing I didn’t have was this calendar, so I wanted it badly.   

During the week of the raffle, I must have spent at least $5 on raffle tickets to win that calendar.  That was a lot of money for me at the time, but I wanted to get my name into the drawing as many times as I possibly could.  It seemed like every other girl in the school was putting their money towards that same prize, so I started to feel like my chances of winning were very slim.  That didn’t stop me from believing though.  Every night, I prayed that I would be the one to win the calendar.  

As I was praying one night, I came up with this song, I Will Win…

I will win

Because I know
I will win

I love Him so
I will win

‘Cause I believe in Him

On the day of the raffle drawing, everyone in the entire school was in the cafeteria waiting for the principal to draw names to see who won what prizes.  When it was time for the principal to announce the winner of the New Kids on the Block calendar, I was so nervous. 

“And the winner of the New Kids on the Block calendar is….Lori Logan”

I had actually won the calendar!  I couldn’t believe it.  It was a miracle!  God had answered my prayer.

I will always remember this song because of the triumphant story that goes along with it (winning that New Kids on the Block calendar was a huge deal for me at the time).  It was also the very first song that I ever wrote, which makes it even more special to me.  Also, through this song, I was able to find the courage to keep on singing even when I felt like giving up.  For so long, I have felt like my voice isn’t good enough or my songs aren’t good enough, but I believe that I will overcome those thoughts of doubt and fear.  I will win.      

By the way, this is the song that I recorded on my video camera a couple of weeks ago but wasn’t able to download it at first, but over the weekend, I was able to download the video from my camera, upload it to my computer and then post it here on my blog! 

Here is my song, I Will Win.  I really hope you like it!

Waiting for Tomorrow

I can’t live my whole life wasting
All the grace that I know you've given
'Cause you made me for so much more than
Sitting on the side lines

I don’t wanna look back and wonder
If good enough could’ve been better

Everyday’s a day that's borrowed
So, why am I waiting for tomorrow

These are the words to the song Waiting for Tomorrow by Mandisa.  Yep, I’m still listening to my new Mandisa cd, and every day I find a new song to call my favorite.  As I listened to this song in my car today, I was reminded of that song that I recorded on my video camera but wasn’t able to download onto my computer.  (Remember that?  If not, you can read about it here.)

Since writing that post, I haven’t made any effort to try and download that video from the camera.  The camera is still sitting on my bedroom dresser, and every time I pass by it I think to myself, “Oh, I’ll get to that tomorrow.”  I've been saying that same thing to myself for over a week now, and I still have done nothing. 
   
Earlier this week, a lady at my job passed away unexpectedly.  I didn’t really know her that well, but I would see her in the kitchen on a regular basis, so when I heard that she died, I was shocked.  She was very young, only 37 years old. 

It's in times like these when I really begin to realize that I can not take anything in life for granted because tomorrow is not promised to me. 

I already had a lot of stuff planned to do this weekend, but my #1 goal is to figure out how to get that video off of my camera and onto my blog.  I can't let another tomorrow just pass me by because I truly don't know how many more I will get. 

Lifeline

For my birthday, Jason gave me the What If We Were Real cd by Mandisa.  I had been wanting this cd ever since I wrote this post about her song, Stronger, so I was extremely excited when I saw that he got me this cd.  I started listening to it immediately and I'm already loving every single song on the album.  The song I feel most connected to right now is Lifeline.  I love it because it reminds me of all the times when I felt overwhelmed by all the stuff going on in my life, but God was always there to rescue me and give me the strength that I needed to go forward.  He truly is my lifeline.

Have a listen to the song and enjoy!