Monthly Archives: July 2014

Playlist: Hidden Halos (Sophia’s War, #4)

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All Fall Down – OneRepublic

All You Never Say – Birdy

Anymore of This – Mindy Smith and Matthew Perryman Jones (Final scene)

Apologize – Timbaland ft. OneRepublic

The Argument – Aidan Hawken

Arms and Enemies – The Quiet Kind

Atlas – Coldplay

Au Revoir – OneRepublic

Back to December – Taylor Swift

Ball and Chain – Martin Harley

Bedroom Hymns – Florence + the Machine

Been a Long Day – Rosi Golan

Oats in the Water – Ben Howard

Bitter – Benny Marchant

Blame – Nik Ammar and Oliver Jackson

Bleeding Out – Imagine Dragons

Bloodstream – Stateless

Bones – MsMr

Busted Heart – for KING & COUNTRY

Chop and Change – The Black Keys

Citizen Soldier – 3 Doors Down

Comatose – Skillet

Come Away to the Water – Maroon 5 ft. Rozzi Crane

Covering Your Tracks – Amy Stroup (Opening scene)

Dark Days – Punch Brothers

Diggin My Own Grave – Nik Ammar

Don’t Forget – Demi Lovato

Echo – Jason Walker

Eyes on Fire – Blue Foundation

Fall For You – Secondhand Serenade

Falling Inside the Black – Skillet

Fire and Dynamite – Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

Fragile Love – Adam Agin

Give Up the Ghost – Rosi Golan ft. Johnny madcap

Glory and Gore – Lorde

Gone – Olivia Broadfield

Gotta Go My Own Way – Gabriella and Troy

Guarded – Kevin Daniel

Halt dich an mir fest (Hold On To Me) – Revolverheld ft. Marta Jandová

Hardest of Hearts – Florence + the Machine

Heart By Heart – Demi Lovato

Hero – Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott

Hero – Skillet

Hide Away – Hilary Duff

I Wanna Be With You – Mandy Moore

It Makes No Difference Who We Are – Celldweller

It’s You – Michelle Branch

Just a Game – Birdy

Let Me Go – 3 Doors Down

Lights – Phantogram

Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons

Long Trip Alone – Dierks Bentley

The Longer the Waiting – Anna Ternheim

Lost Cause – Imagine Dragons

Love and War – Diane Birch

Medicine – Daughter

Metal and Dust – London Grammar

Monster – Imagine Dragons

Mundscheinsonate (Moonlight Sonata) – Beethoven

My Heart Still Beats For You – Anna Ternheim

My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark – Fallout Boy

Need You Now – Taylor Swift

No Air – Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

No Way Out – Rie Sinclair and Mike Suby

Nothing Like You and I – The Perishers

Only One – Alex Band

Only One – Yellowcard

Place For Us – Mikky Ekko ft. Ammar Malik

The Proof of Your Love – for KING & COUNTRY

Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

Rescue Me – Kerrie Roberts

Romeo – Revolverheld

Rules – Jayme Dee

Short Change Hero – The Heavy

So Cold – Ben Cocks ft. Nikisha Reyes Pile

Standing Still – Jewel

Stupid – Sarah McLachlan

Things We Lost in the Fire – Bastille

This Is Really Happening – Taylor Swift

Till I Fall Asleep – Jayme Dee (Fountain scene)

Want You Back – Mandy Moore

We Were Happy – Taylor Swift

What’s Wrong With Me? – Julia Stone

Whispers In the Dark – Skillet

Why Try – Young Summer

 

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Playlist: Stalemate (Sophia’s War, #3)

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All Fall Down – OneRepublic

All You Never Say – Birdy

Apologize – Timbaland ft. OneRepublic

The Argument – Aidan Hawken

Arms and Enemies – The Quiet Kind

Au Revoir – OneRepublic

Back to December – Taylor Swift

Ball and Chain – Martin Harley

Bedroom Hymns – Florence + the Machine

Been a Long Day – Rosi Golan

Oats in the Water – Ben Howard

Blame – Nik Ammar and Oliver Jackson

Bleeding Out – Imagine Dragons

Bloodstreams – Stateless

Bones – MsMr

Busted Heart – for KING & COUNTRY

Chop and Change – The Black Keys

Citizen Soldier – 3 Doors Down

Comatose – Skillet

Come Away to the Water – Maroon 5 ft. Rozzi Crane

Dark Days – Punch Brothers

Diggin My Own Grave – Nik Ammar

Don’t Forget – Demi Lovato

Fall For You – Secondhand Serenade

Falling Inside the Black – Skillet

Family – Noah Gundersen (*contains f-word)

Fragile Love – Adam Agin

Glory and Gore – Lorde

Hardest of Hearts – Florence + the Machine

Heart By Heart – Demi Lovato

Heartbeat – Kopecky Family Band

Hero – Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott

Hero – Skillet

Hide Away – Hilary Duff

It Makes No Difference Who We Are – Celldweller

Just a Game – Birdy

Let Me Go – 3 Doors Down

Lights – Phantogram

Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons (*contains f-word)

Long Trip Alone – Dierks Bentley

Lost Cause – Imagine Dragons

Love and War – Diane Birch

Medicine – Daughter

Metal and Dust – London Grammar

Monster – Imagine Dragons

Mundscheinsonate (Moonlight Sonata) – Beethoven

My Heart Still Beats For You – Anna Ternheim

My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark – Fallout Boy

Need You Now – Taylor Swift

No Air – Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

No Sugar in My Coffee – Caught a Ghost

Nothing Like You and I – The Perishers

Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

Romeo – Revolverheld

Rules – Jayme Dee

So Cold – Ben Cocks ft. Nikisha Reyes Pile

Standing Still – Jewel

Stupid – Sarah McLachlan

Things We Lost in the Fire – Bastille

We Were Happy – Taylor Swift

Whispers In the Dark – Skillet

Why Try – Young Summer

 

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Playlist: Lies and Allies (Sophia’s War, #2)

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All Fall Down – OneRepublic

All You Never Say – Birdy

The Argument – Aidan Hawken

Arms and Enemies – The Quiet Kind

Au Revoir – OneRepublic

Ball and Chain – Martin Harley

Bedroom Hymns – Florence + the Machine

Blame – Nik Ammar and Oliver Jackson

Bones – MsMr

Chop and Change – The Black Keys

Citizen Soldier – 3 Doors Down

Comatose – Skillet

Come Away to the Water – Maroon 5 ft. Rozzi Crane

Dark Days – Punch Brothers

Diggin My Own Grave – Nik Ammar

Falling Inside the Black – Skillet

Family – Noah Gundersen (*contains f-word)

Glory and Gore – Lorde

Hardest of Hearts – Florence + the Machine

Heart By Heart – Demi Lovato

Heartbeat – Kopecky Family Band

Hero – Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott

Hero – Skillet

I Should Go – Levi Kreis

Just a Game – Birdy

Let Me Go – 3 Doors Down

Long Trip Alone – Dierks Bentley

Lost Cause – Imagine Dragons

Medicine – Daughter

Metal and Dust – London Grammar

Monster – Imagine Dragons

Mundscheinsonate (Moonlight Sonata) – Beethoven

My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark – Fallout Boy

No Sugar in My Coffee – Caught a Ghost

Nothing Like You and I – The Perishers

Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

Romeo – Revolverheld

Rules – Jayme Dee

So Cold – Ben Cocks ft. Nikisha Reyes Pile

Stupid – Sarah McLachlan

Things We Lost in the Fire – Bastille

Whispers In the Dark – Skillet

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Playlist: The End of Innocence (Sophia’s War, #1)

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All Fall Down – OneRepublic

Beautiful, Beautiful – Francesca Battistelli

Bones – MsMr

Chop and Change – The Black Keys

Come Away to the Water – Maroon 5 ft. Rozzi Crane

Dark Days – Punch Brothers

Falling Inside the Black – Skillet

Family – Noah Gundersen (*contains f-word)

Hardest of Hearts – Florence + the Machine

Hero – Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott

Hero – Skillet

Lost Cause – Imagine Dragons

Monster – Imagine Dragons

Mundscheinsonate (Moonlight Sonata) – Beethoven

My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark – Fallout Boy

Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

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I’m Not Yours to Keep

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I wrote this poem for all Mommies. Hope you enjoy and I hope it reaches and touches the right people.

Dreamstime

Dreamstime

I am not yours to keep, Mama.

I’m only yours on loan;

To give your body and your heart,

To give a safe and happy home.

 

 

Hand-picked like flowers from a field,

He placed a halo on your hair,

For you were meant to be my angel,

To be the steward of my care.

 

 

Created with the parts of you,

You love, or try to hide,

He saw the beauty of it all

And mixed it all inside.

 

 

I may have been made out of love;

Or your dignity, he stole;

But the instant I was in your womb,

I had value and a soul.

 

 

Maybe you smiled as I entered the world;

Maybe I never got the chance.

Maybe I was still as you held me

In your tear-stained, trembling hands.

 

 

Maybe I was an easy child,

Or maybe I was not;

Perhaps I was blessed with healthiness,

Or maybe, sick a lot.

 

 

Regardless of my conditions;

If it made you smile or made you weep,

There’s one thing you need to know, Mama;

I was never yours to keep.

 

 

He loved us both with such abundance,

That He chose a place and time,

To introduce us to each other;

To call me yours and call you mine.

 

 

Maybe the purpose of your love

Was to teach me something great;

Your legacy to be left in me,

When you meet Jesus at the gates.

 

 

Or maybe I was but a season,

My life a novel on a shelf;

And with me you learned to love someone

More than you loved yourself.

 

 

No matter what you sacrificed,

No matter what’s at stake;

To let me live, or let me die,

That’s not your choice to make.

 

 

The purpose of it all, Mama,

Lies not with you or me;

Our hearts and lives entwined by grace,

For all eternity.

 

 

I may be called your baby here,

But I belong to Him above;

You’ll hold account for time spent

With He who gave you me to love.

 

 

I hope at the end when at His feet,

Your halo will proclaim,

“Look not just here, but on her heart,

You’ll see the child’s name.”