Song of the Month

When we first started doing "Song of the Month" posts we told you about our 'how's life?' band and the coffee house we did with our good friends (click here if you missed it!). Dan decided to do the song Walk in the Light for the December song but as he was getting ready to record it he remembered we had a recording from the coffee house. Although it is not the best recording (the instruments are a little off balance..it was amazing live!), it brought back so many fond memories of great times spent practicing with some of our favorite people. It was so cool to hear Dan's songs with such volume. Dan basically played and sang his songs and all four of our friends came up with their parts on their own during practices. What talent!

I even found an old picture from a practice session (pre-digital camera so this was scanned in). We can't wait to spend time with these friends again and who knows, maybe do another coffee house? Any of you game?!

L-R: Bill Gray (drums...he actually brought his own set for the concert and man, can he play!); David Hough (Dan's brother on viola and mandolin); Jason Miller (piano); Dan (guitar/vocals); and Jen Gray (backup vocals...we LOVE Jen as backup with Dan. She has the most amazing voice!). Oh, and me, Sarah (percussion on djembe and egg shaker. I was six months pregnant with Eli for this concert).

This song is based on Philippians 4:8 and the thought that, "it's in the daily things that really reflect to Whom we belong".

Walk in the Light
A morning in the park, the sun is coming up and I've got my hiking shoes on.
My walk with my friends is complimented by the scents that's coming from the blossoms...
Lavender, yellow, and green, these flowers seem to grow on their own
But the warmth on my back turns my head to the sun and I see, these flowers reach for its warmth

CHORUS:
I'm learning to walk in the light of the Son
And joy fills my heart when the songs that I sing are on the things above
The ways that I spend my time; the thoughts that I let fill my mind
Let them be worthy of your praise
And lovely and pure, faithful and sure, as I walk in the light; the light of the Son

Each petal and leaf, stretching to reach to the giver of life
For without its warmth, each flower and thorn would wither and die
It's the same way with you and I as we walk along this path called life
For where would we be and why would we sing if it were not for Jesus Christ?

CHORUS

BRIDGE
The trees, they reach up for the sky, and so should you and I
For it's not in this world where true life is found
Only the Son; only the giver of life; only Jesus Christ
Only He can make each of our days all worth being around

Each day I must choose where I'll put my mind and how I'll spend my time
I can grumble and complain and dwell in the dark or live in the light
So where are our thoughts right now and who is our heart dwelling on?
'Cause it's in the daily things that really reflects to Whom we belong

CHORUS