Adventures In Missing The Point

I spent some time this past week looking for new Christmas music.  I like the classic Christmas carols, but I love the new stuff.  I came across Matthew West's album "The Heart of Christmas".  It is an amazing Christmas Album full of some classic songs, but great new songs including songs that feature Amy Grant, Mandisa, and Vince Gill.  It was well worth the 7.99 on itunes.

The song that makes me think the most about Christmas is a heartwarming/tear jerker called "One Last Christmas" 

I love this song as it touches on sacrificial love.  As I think about what Christmas means and the gift God gave to us in his Son Jesus Christ, I can't help to be reminded that I am to be an imitator of that type of love.

When I heard this song and heard about the people all over this town, Friends and Family, strangers willing to sacrifice to give DAX one last Christmas, I thought that’s it, that is the Christmas Spirit.  

What is it that you and I are willing to sacrifice this Christmas and all year long to those who are in need.  To those hurting, maybe its the hurt of a sick child like DAX's parents, or maybe it’s the hurt of a broken marriage, death of a loved one, 

Maybe we sacrifice this Christmas by spending time at a nursing home, maybe we sacrifice by buying a goat through compassion for a village in need instead of spending that money on stuff for our kids or spouses.  Maybe we sacrifice by Inviting people who have no place to go over to our house to celebrate Christmas.  However, you choose to sacrifice, remember your sacrifice will never compare to the one made by God sending his one Son to die for us.  If he is willing to do that for us, how much are we willing to do for others?

Anyone catch Coldplay on SNL last week?  They preformed their new song Paradise.  I have to say the song caught me off guard a little bit.  It was different from the “classic” sounds of Coldplay I am used too.  But as I listen to the song I began to really appreciate it and possibly the new direction for Coldplay.  First of all I love the instrumentation.  So many different instruments and they all sound really good.  Second I love Chris Martins voice in the song, it fits perfect.

I was not so sure about the Paradise repeat throughout the song, but as I listened to it a few times I realized how catchy it was and realized as I sang it, that was the part that was repeated over and over again

Overall its definitely worth a listen.  Check it out

Yeah I know it is Tuesday and I am a day behind.  The kiddos were sick yesterday so I didn’t get a chance to post.  My plan is to share each Monday what I am listening to.  I recently started listening to a Tooth and Nail band called Icon For Hire.  This Monday check out their hit “Make a Move”

What I like about “Make a Move” is its strong message of how we are all too scared to make a change, but somebody needs to move!

“‘Cause everybody’s so scared/ We don’t want to go there/ We don’t want to make a move/ We’ve got all our lives to lose/ Screaming in the dark/ While we just play our part/ I’ll play right along/ Like I don’t know what’s going on/ Somebody make a move!”