Hold Me Together, Royal Tailor

So, I just got off the phone with my sister. She had planned this great trip to Europe for the past couple of years. It was cut short when the person she was traveling with felt a need to go home. I talked to her for quite a while and it hurt to hear her pain. I just wanted to fix it! I wanted to say, "Hey- meet me in Chicago and we'll just fly back together and I'll finish that trip with you!" There is just that little financial issue that gets in my way. :-/ I can't fix this for her, but as we were talking we got into a discussion about how God has all these amazing plans and sometimes it takes us on this detour, that not only do we not expect, but it hits us upside the head and HURTS! Why? Who knows why God brought Pam back home 1/2 way through her trip. I do know though, that he has a plan. I can't "fix it". I can't pick up all those little pieces and put them all together, but God can.

Royal Tailor is a new group for me. They have a great sound! Hold Me Together is just a catchy little tune that sticks in your head. That's not a bad thing since it's a good reminder that YES, He can hold us together - pretty sure He's the only thing that can. Life can hit us upside the head, and it hurts and it can shatter us. He'll hold you together though, through any storm! 

What I loved about my sister's story, was through those tears and frustrations she found a blessing in the man at the hotel. Just one man, who saw her pain and not only helped her make all her arrangements back but lifted her spirits with his kindness and a cup of morning coffee. :)

Here's Hold Me Together by Royal Tailor. Warning - you'll be humming it all day!

Beautiful, Mercy Me

If you ask me what my favorite song is, it might never be the same answer. With every new chapter of my life (and there are many!), there comes new songs. Sometimes one will come on the radio that I haven't heard in 20 years and I think, "I remember when that was my favorite song!" A lot of times, it's just what seems to hit me at the time. Maybe it's something I'm going through, or maybe it's something that just lifts my soul and makes me want to dance. With Beautiful, by Mercy Me, it's a whole flood of thoughts and feelings. Beautiful is my current favorite, and something about it just calms my heart each time I hear it.

A few years back, one of my daughters was going through her first break-up with a boyfriend who she dated for about a year and a half. In the big picture of life, it was a bump in the road. But at that moment, to her, it was the most painful thing ever. As a parent, it broke my heart to see her hurt. He had broken up with her, and she took it so hard. I heard this song on the radio and it was EXACTLY what I wanted her to know. I wanted her to know that she is BEAUTIFUL! I wanted her to know that she was created by God and loved so very unconditionally.

It's so easy to get in the rut of life and feel worthless or undeserving. Truth is - YOU were no mistake and YOU are beautiful in God's eyes. In that big picture of life, isn't that all that matters?

"Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
Of all the earth and skies above
You're the one He madly loves
Enough to die"

You know how much you love your kids? Well, God loves you more! How crazy is that? As a mom, I can't imagine that even being possible. "You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His." Take faith in that my friend! Enjoy Mercy Me and Beautiful...