30 Day Song Challenge

Taking a break from the usual blog post today...

I really wanted to take part in the 30 day song challenge that I've been seeing loads of people contributing to on Facebook!  Considering I don't make it onto Facebook everyday I knew I wouldn't be able to keep it up so I thought I would blog my choices instead! (Oh and I may have adjusted a couple...;-p)

So here goes...

A song that makes you sad:  Make You Feel My Love - Adele          
                                                     

A song that reminds you of someone:  Firework - Katy Perry

A song that you can play on an instrument:  Candy - Paolo Nutini

A song that you wish you could play:  

Desert Song - Brooke Fraser

A song you want to play at your wedding:  L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole

A song that makes you happy:  Teenage Dream - The Warblers (Glee)

A song that reminds you of somewhere:  Everything - Lifehouse

A song you wish you heard on the radio:  Fade Like A Shadow - KT Tunstall

A song you listen to when you're happy:  Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead

A song no one would expect you to love:  Achilles Heel - Toploader



A song that is a guilty pleasure:  Star Girl - McFly



A song that makes me want to fall asleep:  Butcher Blues - Kasabian



A song that makes you laugh:  Barack Obama Parody - Chris Moyles (purely because I can't sing it and I end up laughing!)




A song that reminds you of a certain event:  Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx



A song that you can dance to:  Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars (albeit very badly)




A song from your favourite film:  Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall  (Can you guess what film it is?!)



A song from your childhood:  Black Or White - Michael Jackson



A song you know all the words to:  Defying Gravity - Glee



A song that describes me:  I Am Free - Andy Kyte


And there we go.  That was fun!  : D

The Mirror - How do we see God?

So after looking at how God sees us, I thought I’d write a little about how we see God!

Amazingly timed, my church are currently going through a new series on Thursday nights, and last week we looked at how important it is to base our view of God on what the Bible says.  We need to form a biblical understanding of God, otherwise we form a view of God in our own image.  This can be easily done!  We can quickly form a negative view of God through experiences that we face in life.  When things happen that we don’t understand, it can be easy to blame God.  But it’s a dangerous thing to do!  

When we start doing that, then we start to take away from all the good things that He is and does and can see Him very negatively, rather than the gracious God He is!  We can then quickly make an opportunity for the devil to lie to us.

The good thing is, is that the Bible is amazingly clear on who God is!  So we can be sure that we are able to form a good image of Him through what He has already told us!  The Psalms are a fantastic place to start to read up about who the Bible says God is.  But I have picked out what I thought were some good words and some that are my favourites that describe God to help you keep a biblical perspective of Him, even when all around can feel pretty tough!  I hope they help!

gracious    compassionate       Saviour       holy       righteous     deliverer    just            good    rock       steadfast       great       glorious       Prince of Peace       loving            mighty     majestic       King of Kings       true       fortress       forgiving       patient          kind     beautiful         matchless       creator          Wonderful Counsellor    

 Again, feel free to add any more words and verses!


Oh and this is one of my favourite songs at the moment....give it a listen!  It's immense :)