Day 17

Welcome Back!

I am currently in the middle of a journey to listen to only Christian music for 30 days. This has been a rewarding journey so far, and I can say that I am really feeling my faith coming along better than it has been! But if you are wondering what inspired me to do this challenge, or if you wanted to know what I am hoping to get out of this journey, then I suggest that you go back and read my very first blog. If you want to know if this has had any effects on me yet, then I suggest you read any of my other blogs. Now, let’s get back into the blog!

Alright folks, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming, with another song spotlight. Today’s spotlight is actually the song that I was going to spotlight yesterday, but didn’t end up having the time to go back and add that second blog in. The song is a song that I first heard at church and admittedly, was not one that really stuck out to me that much. I mean, I liked the way the main chorus flowed, but it never really moved me.. that is until yesterday. Yesterday was the first time in a long time that a song and a sermon moved me in the way that it did. In fact, the song moved me so much that I went and looked it up after the service got out, and listened to it for my bed time song last night (Yes, you read that right. I listen to a song every night before I go to bed in order to help me get to sleep faster. I call it my bed time song. It’s cute, I know!).

The song that I am spotlighting today is actually a song from the Passion conference this past year, and it is by Melodie Malone. The song is called “Fade Away” and it is a beautiful song that talks about putting God first in our lives. However, I want to spend a second to explain what the Passion conference is for those of you who might not know, because I think this is an amazing opportunity that maybe one of you might be able to take advantage of. The Passion conference is a weekend long Christian conference that is held in Atlanta, Georgia every year, and it only happens for one weekend. The conference is age restricted though, because it is only for young adults between the ages of 18-25. However, that age restriction does not mean that the conference has a tough time drawing people in! In fact, the conference typically draws around 50,000 people each year, making it the largest conference of it’s kind in the nation! Each year, some of the biggest names in Christian Music, as well as the biggest names in the Christian church scene come to the conference to speak and play for the students. If you ever get the chance to go, I highly recommend that you take the opportunity! I personally have never been, but my girlfriend has, and she cannot say enough amazing things about the conference. In fact, she loved it so much, that she refers to all of my football coaching clinics as being kind of a like a football Passion clinic..

Now about the song, the song is a beautiful song that starts with a soft piano playing a simple melody. The wonder of this song is not the music though, it is the lyrics. The song starts off by saying “Speak to me/ You’re the only voice I want to hear/ Walk with me/ Show me who you are, as I draw near.” Right off the bat you can see what this song is about. The song is a cry to God to let him know that he is the only thing that we want in our lives. Now I am going to be honest with you, that is probably why this song didn’t stick out to me right away. Because I was not at a point where that was all that I wanted. However, I felt something change yesterday, and I still feel it today! Which might not seem like much to you, but that is a big deal to me! So all the glory goes to God for that!

Getting back into the song, I would say the best part of the song is undoubtedly the first two lines of the main chorus. The way that the singer ties the two lines together with the way that she is singing is simply beautiful, and it is extremely easy to get that part stuck in your head all day. The lyrics are “If you’re not in it, then I don’t want it. Let all else fade away.” That should be our motto, each and every day of our lives. Now, I know that believing that is hard, and living it is even more difficult, but if we are to ever become that shining city on the hill, then that is the place that we are going to have to get to. The next lines in the main chorus are “Take the whole world, But give me Jesus, Let all else fade away.” Again, this is how I want to live my life, and I hope that this is how you want to live your life too. The song is not super deep like many of the other songs that I have talked about, but it is still super important and impactful because the spirit of God is in it. You can tell that this was a song that was written with the Holy Spirit’s backing! And that is really all that I have for you today. I know that today’s blog is shorter than usual, but there is not much more that I want to say about this song other than to just make more people aware of it. I think that this is a beautifully simple song, that was made with the Holy Spirit’s help, and it is one that I believe can have a huge impact in your life if you let it. So I pray that you will try and live your life in the way that the song sings about. Thank you for reading, and may God bless you.