Tuesday, July 31, 2007

A song for an emotion...

What is your favorite song?

I remember this famous question during high school days when a classmate of mine asked me to sign in her authograph notebook. Authograph signing is quite "in" during my high school times and later on it evolve and found its new name, the scrapbook.

But the question still lives on until now. When you sign up for friendster account, create your own blog site, etc. you can find this question. I think this is one way of knowing the likes of one person or for whatever purpose.

I also have several favorite songs. In fact, if i'm feeling sad and lonely i have a certain song to listen to. If i'm in love, i do have several love songs also which i guess i can relate. Whatever feelings or emotion i have i have certain songs dedicated to it. It somehow helped me. It became my constant companion already.

Choosing a song, i only have two preferences, the lyrics and melody. I'm not very aprticular with the artist because for me they are all fantastic.

These two songs speaks of my love to the man i truly love.

"I will be here for you" by Michael Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BZsNV0d5VU

"I'll stand by you" by The PretendersStand by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pECaW-VMl

This is quite an old song but to all those women who love their men all the way, this song is somewhat appropriate.

"Stand by your man" by Tammy Wynette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew

And if you lost your love and found it again, these songs' for you, from the movies The Notebook and Somewhere In Time

"After All" by Peter Cetera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sxp9cp_ag

"Somewhere in Time" - check out Martin Nievera's version

For the broken hearted.

"(Without you)What do i do with me" by Tanya Tucker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3jkgplxXic

"Broken Vow" by Lara Fabian
http://www.yuotube.com/watch?v=rgmk60mQJ6l

For the once broken hearted but learned their lessons.

"Because of You" by Kelly Clarkson
http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCuGglhUaJE

For those who are tired and wants to give up,

Carrie Underwood's "Jesus take the Wheel"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Ks6D3gQw8

For those who have taken for granted the love of thier lives and somehow realized it in the end, these song is appropriate for you.

"I still believe in you" by Vince Gill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYJwTAYNzxM

"If tomorrow never comes" by Ronnan Keating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYV8E_09NVc

Also included in my lists of my favorite songs are "All i ask of you" by Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson from the movie Phantom of the Opera, "Somewhere in Time" from the self tittled movie Somewhere in Time, "Angel" and "Better Man" by Robbie Williams, and not to forget the tagalog song composed by Louie Ocampo with a very meaningful lyrics, "Ikaw" sung by Martin Nievera and a lot more.

I also have collections of piano instrumental songs. It's my theraphy. If you'd like to know more about it, i can give you more information. Also, if you have some songs in mind, i am very much willing to know about it. Share some.

God daily bears our burden

Time, once wasted it will turn from gold to ash." True enough. Everyone needs more time to do everything they wanted to do. We need time to accomplish the things we want to and strive harder. But have you ever thought of spending time with God even for just five minutes a day?

I want to share some words of wisdom i have learned in one of my time spent with God. I have read this in my daily devotional book entitled Today Counts by Dr. Harold Sala. Hope you will be able to give time for God who actually has the hold of our time here on earth. Read on

The barrier that keeps us from prayer is not whether we think God is strong enough to help us, but whether we are humble enough to bow the knee and admit that we need help. Many of us, however, distance ourselves from God, wondering if He could really be interested in us with our many imperfections.
David, a man whose triumphs and failures covered a vast spectrum, once cried out, "Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savoir, who daily bears our burdens" (Psalm 68:19).

But does God actually bear our burdens? And if so, what does that mean? It means that He cares about what is happening for you. The book of Hebrews tells us that nothing is hidden from Him and everything is seen by Him. Yes, He knows your faults. But He also knows the desires of your heart, your struggles to do right and the sensitivity that brings you to your knees when you fall.
God also works through friends to bear our burdens. Paul told the Galatians that they were to bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2). The Greek word that Paul used means to bear a heavy weight, or something difficult. It comes from the same root that means "to reach deep within something!" A real friend doesn’t let you get away with saying "Everything’s just fine!" when worry and turmoil are written in the lines of your face. He insists you tell him where you are hurting.

In another psalm David wrote, "Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall" (psalm 55:22). This means that you are the one who has to humbly bow and say, "Lord, I need Your help."