Love is the answer

A poco no está duro pa' ti
Pa' que sigues así
Sí aquí estoy yo

Nunca te haz sentido que ya
parece el final
Pues fijate en mí
Tú encontrarás contestación

Fijate en ti
Muy dentro de ti
Tú vas a encontrarme a mi
Para darte amor*

 
--
* Contestacion by Los Lonely boys

Mary's shame...and redemption

The room grew still
As she made her way to Jesus
She stumbles through the tears that made her blind
She felt such pain
Some spoke in anger
Heard folks whisper
There's no place here for her kind
Still on she came
Through the shame that flushed her face
Until at last, she knelt before his feet
And though she spoke no words
Everything she said was heard
As she poured her love for the Master
From her box of alabaster

And I've come to pour
My praise on Him
Like oil from Mary's alabaster box
Don't be angry if I wash his feet with my tears
And I dry them with my hair
You weren't there the night He found me
You did not feel what I felt
When he wrapped his love all around me and
You don't know the cost of the oil
In my alabaster box*

--
* Alabaster Box by Cece Winans
**  This song has been cathartic for me for a few years now.  I heard it yesterday and thought about posting it but decided against it.  It was serendipity...as I was going to be needing it tonight after receiving an email that tore my heart up yet again.  I need love wrapped around me. Seriously! Something's gotta give.

Touch

Cause I come alive with your touch

Your touch it always sets me free

I can't get quite enough

Too much of you is what I need

Yes I know you're the one

Cause love has come alive in me*

--

* Touch by Jonny Lang

An awful lot of love

Can't you hear the sound?

Your heart is breaking down

And falling from a cloud
We'll search around this whole damn town

And bring back every fear and frown

And kiss and curse up to the clouds

And put your heart back how I found it

Baby that's an awful lot of love I have for you*

--

* Cloud 9 by Vox & The Hound

Together again *happy sigh*

I've longed for you

And I have desired

To see your face, your smile

To be with you wherever you are

Remembering

Your touch

Your kiss

Your warm embrace

I'll find my way back to you

Please say you'll be waiting

Together again

It would feel so good to be

In your arms

Where all my journeys end

If you can make a promise

If it's one that you can keep

I vow to come for you

If you wait for me

And say you'll hold

A place for me

In your heart*

--
* The Promise by Tracy Chapman

Can't wait to have my arms around my loves!

I wanna wake up where you are

I won't say anything at all

So why don't you slide

Ooh, slide

And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete

Little pieces of the nothin' that fall

Oh, May

Put your arms around me

What you feel is what you are

And what you are is beautiful

Oh, May

Do you wanna get married Or run away?*

--

* Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls

A beautiful answer

You, pull me through,
When I’m alone in the dark and the fear was my truth.

Yeah, all the things that you are,
Beautifully broken, alive in my heart,
And know that you are everything,
Let your heart sing and tonight, we light up the stars,
All that you are.*

--
* All That You Are by the Goo Goo Dolls

Peace of mind

I'm hanging on to my peace of mind
that's no lie
I'm hanging on to my special friend
the apple of my eye
my inspiration, too
she's got a lead on my heart and my soul
and she knows just what to do*

--
* Nightingale by The Eagles

Completeness has a name

If I should die this very moment
I wouldn't fear
For I've never known completeness
Like being here
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Loving every breath of you
Still my heart this moment
Oh it might burst
Could we stay right here
Till the end of time until the earth stops turning
Wanna love you until the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for*

--
* Gorecki by Lamb performed by Scala

Healing hands

And she says take me away
And take me farther
Surround me now
And hold, hold, hold me like holy water
Holy water

She just needs a little help
To wash away the pain she's felt
She wants to feel the healing hands
Of someone who understands*

--
* Holy Water by Big & Rich

Spoiled :)

Just Can't Get Enough
by Depeche Mode

When I'm with you baby, I go out of my head
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
All the things you do to me and everything you said
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

We slip and slide as we fall in love
And I just can't seem to get enough

We walk together, we're walking down the street
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
Every time I think of you I know we have to meet
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

It's getting hotter, it's our burning love
And I just can't seem to get enough

And when it rains, you're shining down for me
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
Just like a rainbow you know you set me free
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

You're like an angel and you give me your love
And I just can't seem to get enough

Got 'em! Can't wait for hugs :)

Por tanto tiempo quise
encontrar la solución
a ese gran vacío que llevaba en mi interior
Todo lo intenté por donde quiera te busqué
Eras tú mi necesidad
Alce mi rostro y...

Llegaste tú y todo cambio
Llegaste tú, la esperanza triunfó
Llegaste tú, volví a nacer *

--
* Listen/watch: Llegaste Tu by Jesse & Joy

Today We Celebrate

To understand just why we praise let me tell you how it all went down
The news spread so very fast, people came from miles around
This would be the day Christ would be crucified
He took His last breath, He hung His head and He died
They took my Savior down from off that rugged cross
They laid Him in a tomb, it seemed all hope was truly lost
But the third day came along and brought the rhythm of life
The stone was rolled away, an angel proudly proclaimed

He lives (He lives) He lives
(Christ is risen) Christ is risen just like He said
(Our Lord and Savior) The Lord and Savior's no longer dead
Rejoice and celebrate, He lives, He lives, Jesus, He's alive *

--
* Celebrate by Fred Hammond

Needing holding...

My Redeemer Lives*
Nicole C. Mullins

Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning?
And who told the ocean you can only come this far?
And who showed the moon where to hide till evening?
Whose words alone can catch a falling star?

Well I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
All of creation testifies
This life within me cries
I know my Redeemer lives

Ye-e-eah

The very same God
That spins things in orbit
Runs to the weary, the worn and the weak
And the same gentle hands that hold me when I'm broken
They conquered death to bring me victory

Now I know, my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
Let all creation testify
Let this life within me cry
I-I-I know
My Redeemer

He lives
To take away my shame
And He lives
Forever I'll proclaim
That the payment for my sins
Was the precious life He gave
And now He's alive and
There's an empty
Grave!

And I know
My Redeemer lives
He lives
I know
My Redeemer lives
Let all creation testify
Let this life within me cry
I-I-I know my Redeemer

I know
My Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives

I know, That I know, that I know, that I know, that I know
He lives (my Redeemer lives)
Because He lives I can face tomorrow
He lives (I know, I know)
He lives (I spoke with Him this morning!)
He lives (The tomb is empty)
He lives (He Lives! I'm going to tell everybody!!)

--
* Listen (Be patient, she starts singing in Spanish and then switches to English)

Actions speak louder than words

The First Time
by U2

I have a lover
A lover like no other
She got soul, soul, soul, sweet soul
And she teach me how to sing
Shows me colors when there's none to see
Gives me hope when I can't believe
That for the first time
I feel love

I have a brother
When I'm a brother in need
I spend my whole time running
He spends his running after me
When I feel myself going down
I just call and he comes around
But for the first time
I feel love

My father is a rich man
He wears a rich man's cloak
Gave me the keys to his kingdom coming
Gave me a cup of gold
He said I have many mansions
And there are many rooms to see
But I left by the back door
And I threw away the key
And I threw away the key
Yeah, I threw away the key
Yeah, I threw away the key

For the first time
For the first time
For the first time
I feel love

--
* Listen

Dracula's Lament by Jason Segel

Ah ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa!
Ah ha ha ha haaaa!

It's getting kind of hard to believe
things are going to get better.
I've been drowning too long to believe
that the tide's going to turn.

And I've been living too hard to believe
things are going to get easier now.
I'm still trying to shake off the pain
from the lessons I've learned.

Having you here now I see
things are going to be brighter.
Oooh and feeling you here now I know
I might make it through.

Oh!

Loving you this long
has made me believe in forever.
And with you these dreams I've gotten
might somehow come true.

And knowing your grace this well
just makes me want to be better.
Oooh and knowing your heart this well
makes me wish mine would grow.

Oh my love, and,

Loving you this much makes me
want to write sweet songs forever.
With a little luck, babe,
we could make the whole world know...

How much I love you.

Ah ha ha ha haaaa!
Ah ha ha ha ha ha haaaa!

Here we go!

Oooooooooooh,

And when I see your face
I will swear to the Lord I was dreaming.
Oh and when I hold your hand
How much time disappears into air.

Oh my love, and,

When I speak your name I can feel like
I just said something sacred.
While saints pray for heaven
I thank God I'm already there.

Ah ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa!
Ah ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa!
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa!


--
Thanks to the BFF for sharing this. I can't find the MP3 of this version but here's a link to the YouTube video for anyone interested (it starts at about 1:15). Jason Segel is genius here.

He Heals Me

Click to listen
by: India Arie

He heals me
Told him my biggest secret
And he told me four.
He smiled at me and said, "that makes me love you more"
And then he made me laugh
And I knew it was a sign
That he was a man,
That I wanted in my life

And with every passing day
I feel more and more of that way

He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me,
He heals me

I can play him songs, all through the night,
And he will listen to every line,
And even when I'm wrong, he is still kind
He chooses his words wisely when he tells me I'm not right.

And yes he is a beautiful man,
But he is also a beautiful friend

He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me

The moment that we met, he made me smile.
He has so much compassion in his eyes
I have no idea, how long he'll be here
A season or a lifetime, forever or a year
But for the first time in my life I'm not worried about the future
Because we have such a wonderful time when we're together
However things turn out, it's all right
Cause he's already changed my life.

He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me..........