30 day meme, fast track version
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The 30 Day Meme
Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Since her new album is being released today, I figured a good subject for this post would be to talk about my very favorite singer/songwriter, Sara Groves.
When it's all said and done, Sara Groves really has written the soundtrack to my life. She has a knack for poetry that always awes me in its elegance. Her turns of phrase are at once simple and profound. More than that, the things she's saying are usually spot-on relevant to somewhere I am, have been, or probably will be at some point in my life, and all with a "living life as a modern day Christian" focus.
Afraid of change? Pictures of Egypt
The meaning of life? Awakening
Trusting God has it in hand? From This One Place
Taking joy in the hum-drum? Setting up the Pins
The dark side of marriage? It's Me (I'm not even married, but this is one of the most heartbreakingly, brilliant beautiful songs I've ever heard, because it's honest, I've witnessed it, and speaks to the inherent, fragile vulnerability of love).
Praise? Worship? Triumph? Rejoicing? Comfort? Celebration? Inspiration? Encouragement? Yup, she's got it all.
He's Always and Been Faithful
When the Saints
The Word
There are even more I wanted to link for which I couldn't find YT links, such as "Kingdom Comes" or "Conversations"
The one that's really mine, at the end of the day, however, is This Journey is My Own, since one of my central struggles has always been that I covet to much the approval, favor, good opinion, praise, and accolades of people. Not just the people I love, not just the people I agree with existentially, but EVERYONE. You can see how this trait would be discouraging and exhausting in the long run.
In any case, I finally bought the new album on pre-order Sunday morning, but it's been go go go ever since and I forgot to sync it to my iPod, so I probably won't get to properly listen until tomorrow.
Really looking forward to it, though. :-)
The 30 Day Meme
Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 → Your favorite television program
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Since her new album is being released today, I figured a good subject for this post would be to talk about my very favorite singer/songwriter, Sara Groves.
When it's all said and done, Sara Groves really has written the soundtrack to my life. She has a knack for poetry that always awes me in its elegance. Her turns of phrase are at once simple and profound. More than that, the things she's saying are usually spot-on relevant to somewhere I am, have been, or probably will be at some point in my life, and all with a "living life as a modern day Christian" focus.
Afraid of change? Pictures of Egypt
The meaning of life? Awakening
Trusting God has it in hand? From This One Place
Taking joy in the hum-drum? Setting up the Pins
The dark side of marriage? It's Me (I'm not even married, but this is one of the most heartbreakingly, brilliant beautiful songs I've ever heard, because it's honest, I've witnessed it, and speaks to the inherent, fragile vulnerability of love).
Praise? Worship? Triumph? Rejoicing? Comfort? Celebration? Inspiration? Encouragement? Yup, she's got it all.
He's Always and Been Faithful
When the Saints
The Word
There are even more I wanted to link for which I couldn't find YT links, such as "Kingdom Comes" or "Conversations"
The one that's really mine, at the end of the day, however, is This Journey is My Own, since one of my central struggles has always been that I covet to much the approval, favor, good opinion, praise, and accolades of people. Not just the people I love, not just the people I agree with existentially, but EVERYONE. You can see how this trait would be discouraging and exhausting in the long run.
In any case, I finally bought the new album on pre-order Sunday morning, but it's been go go go ever since and I forgot to sync it to my iPod, so I probably won't get to properly listen until tomorrow.
Really looking forward to it, though. :-)