The power of a song- music and memories

Our internet has been down for over a week- so this was wrote on thanksgiving :)

As I had mentioned in my tik tok I was going to start sharing my devotionals and other things that might help someone else like it helps me! 

Forgive me if i misspell anything I don’t feel good at all and trying to do this on the computer off my blog to transfer later- as our internet is still down for the second day!

The first thing is my worship music. That’s what gave me my lightbulb moment in the car when all this started- listening to a song i have heard for years and FINALLY understanding it. It hit me hard and I knew then and there GOD was sitting in my car waiting for me to call on him and surrender it all to him. 

I love music! Im sure you do too. You can’t maybe put into words how you feel but you can always find a song that does it perfectly. I love 80’s music. Especially love ballads. Im a sucker for a good love song. As well as the country from the late 80’s early 90’s. Man Moon over Georgia hits different now lol. It actually was the song I picked one day for my husband and I to dance to in the living room. See we had a argument fight whatever about both of our needs not being met. So i decided when he came home that night we were going to stop and dance in the living room together. I picked that song for several reasons: 

1. I love the group
2. It fit perfectly about our life together
3. The song is beautiful if you listen to it 

Ill share the lyrics here with you ( some of them) but its about a woman picking a man over wealth and having everything material she could ever have- but she chose him for his love and devotion even though he couldn’t give or promise her a life of luxury. 

“He owns a big estate, just south of Savannah,
and a high rise hotel in downtown Atlanta

And half the state of Georgia to his name.”

“Shed be set for life, in his colonial mansion

she’d have the world at her feet on a silver platter,

but all i had to offer her was the moon.”

“And she took the moon over Georgia 

she’d rather have a million stars in the sky

then a gold mine.

She took the moon over Georgia

when it came down to his world or mine

she took

the moon over Georgia.”

LOL i didn’t have to look the words up cause its literally embedded in my brain. I loved Mike as he was. I didn’t care he couldn’t take me out to fancy dinners, i took him coming to my house and cooking while i was still at work one day, i came home to dinner and drinks he did specifically to make me happy. I didn’t care that he couldn’t give me diamond earrings ( i don’t wear jewelry anyways really) i cared when we took a trip to Branson that next year when he got me this little silver engraved ring with our names and the date we first met. I didn’t care that he couldn’t afford the new car I needed, I was thankful he took care of the car I owned and also let me use his truck if needed. 

But the past few years I have taken for granted the things he did for me. I was so caught up in my own trauma, emotions, anger, hurt, resentment that even when he did go out of his way I made an argument out of it. It wasn’t enough or it wasn’t the right night or it wasn’t what I wanted. Even though he was trying so hard to be the man I wanted him to be, I should have realized he was the man I wanted him to be. Cause God gave him to me. 

Now, when I need time to think, or talk to GOD, i drive and just listen to worship music 90 percent of the time. It reminds me to remember to thank GOD for the little things each day and gives me time to talk to him and let him whisper to me only he knows how- not audible but in the songs that come on, in the things i see that i didn’t see before, in the little ways only he can show me.

So here’s some of my favorite music to listen to. Some i listen to at night when im trying to sleep and feel anxious or worried. Some are new, some are old. I hope you enjoy them!

Hillary Scott- You can Rest ( man this one you need tissues i listen to it at night when im going to sleep a lot)

Hillary Scott - Thy Will

Cochran and Co - Take me back ( a friend sent this one to me and man i love listening to it on my way to church)

Mercy Me- Even If ( this one will hit you in the middle of anything you are dealing with because with GOD all things are possible with just him but sometimes he will leave the mountains standing in your way to bring you to him and his purpose and to rely on him)

Casting Crowns- Nobody ( man…. this one makes me remember that God will use anyone even if they don’t feel like they are right for the job- remember that he used so many in the bible with tools they had available and the strength of GOD!) 

Praise you in this storm- This one i love to hear when things are feeling overwhelming. It reminds me that I will praise GOD even on the bad days, even when the world is stacked against me, because i have GOD on my side protecting me loving me caring for me when no one else does) 

Big Daddy Weave- Redeemed - again tissues. lol seriously this one i belt out because its powerful. if you have struggled with surrendering it all to GOD then listen to this. The most favorite of my lyrics is- “Then you look at this prisoner and say to me son stop fighting a fight that’s already been won”  and then “ But when i hear you whisper Child lift up your head, I remember oh GOD you’re not done with me yet”

Anne Wilson- My Jesus - i call GOD my way maker these days because that is what he has been to me - he’s made a way for things to happen when there was literally NO WAY

Clay Crosse- I surrender All
Midnight Cry 

Some old school music now lol but so so good 

Michael English- In Christ Alone- the lyrics to this one get me crying a lot

Leeland- way maker- again powerful!! 

Nichole Nordeman - Holy
I am
I grew up in my teens and twenties listening to her music. And both of these songs are just so beautiful and powerful 

Mandisa- Overcomer- a friend of mine sent this to me years ago when I was going through my divorce with my last husband- i listen to it all the time in the car. its uplifting 

And my all time favorite Artist and the one song that made me surrender it all that night in the car : Steven Curtis Chapman

I have been listening to his music since i was in my early teens and have for years. 

The song DIVE is the one I was listening to at 4 am in the car. Listen to the lyrics. Its upbeat and very very strong with a good message

Also by him: His Strength is Perfect
Lord of the Dance
The great adventure
I will be here 

I hope that you enjoy them as much as i do. If you have any songs you love please comment and let me know or you can email me at yourmagicalwishes@yahoo.com and send me things if you wish as well. prayer requests are always welcomed and i DO pray every day over each person you don’t have to tell me anything just unspoken. God knows your needs already. 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Stephanie Jones