Background Music

A while ago I posted some thoughts in which I shared that I would love some background music in my life. I wondered what that music would be and I have been wondering ever since. I have come up with two songs that would be in the background almost all of the time because they seem to express the deepest desires of my heart more than any other songs, at least at this time of my life.

One of those songs is by Kenneth Cope, entitled "More" from his album "All About You". I am a HUGE Kenneth Cope fan. His music has been inspiring me and lifting me higher since I was about 14 when I bought his CASSETTE TAPE "Heaven Don't Miss It For The World". I listened to that tape over and over and over again until it wore out and then I bought another one.

I love his music because it is all about the Savior, our relationship with Him, our salvationally significant need for Him and His undying love for us. Some of his songs seem to come straight from my own heart - how does he do that? It must be the Spirit.

(I found this on you tube)

More steady, more sure
More trusted, more pure
Some say it doesn't matter

More trained and more aware
More aim to get me there
I climb this far - You raise the bar -

You want my heart

More fierce desire
To stand against the wind
More blazing fire
When dark is closing in
More love-inspired change within
So there's more and more of me to give

More words to learn and know
More etched upon my soul
Some say it doesn't matter
More tried, more true

LESS ME, AND MUCH MORE YOU

I stretch this tall
You sound the call

You want my all

You keep reaching out - You're calling out to me for
More strengthened shoulders
To face the war with sin
More wise and bolder
To save the souls of men
A more faithful soldier to the end
You want more and more of me to give

More and more of me to give
More love, more light, more purpose, more serve with all my might
I need more hope, more faith, more patience, each day I pray for more
More and more of me to give
More fire, more zeal, more spirit to know what's real
More courage, more joy, more, more and more of me to give
More grateful, more true, more humble to trust and do
You call, I hear
I'll walk the path that's set in stone
My heart is fixed on getting home
And what on earth could ever matter more?
More and more of me to give

Life is about learning to turn our whole selves over to the Savior. The One who sees what we do not see and knows what we do not know. He will help us WANT to get to this point and then when we start to give our will over to Him...He will push us a little farther, okay sometimes a TON farther, than we thought we needed to go. We will reach a certain level of spirituality, only to discover He raised the bar and we can't rest, we must keep reaching. We will feel that we've overcome a certain weakness, only to discover there is another there waiting for us or another trial to keep us on our knees. It just never ends and for those who want to be like Him, it won't and it shouldn't because that is why we came.

Sometimes, sometimes, SOMETIMES, I can sense that bar being raised or that call being issued and I know it is being done for my good and I sense the One raising the bar is doing it because He loves me tremendously. He doesn't just want a little bit of my heart, He wants it all because only then can He mold me into the me He knows I can be. He does it bit by bit, line upon line, a trial here a trial there and it isn't always easy, in fact it is almost never easy. But lately, my heart has been swelling with love for Him and my desire to serve Him no matter what, is being etched on my soul, more than ever before, I can feel it. That usually means something is on its way. So be it. Eternity is what I want. This earth life is just a moment. Hasn't He taught me over and over for these past 38 mortal years that He will be by my side, even when I don't know He is there? I must trust Him enough to give my whole heart to Him, my WHOLE heart.

Less me, MUCH MORE OF HIM.