I have decided this week that I’m going to share a couple of my favorite songs. I thought it would be something a little different and a little dive into my mind. I like all kinds of music and so this should be fun. Please weigh in and let me know what you think. Share with me some of your favorite songs as well.

This first one is called Sing and it’s from Martha Munizzi. I love this song for many reasons. One of the biggest ones is the fact that I got to play this with an amazing band at Christian Life Cathedral when I was living in Fayetteville. That was just such an awesome experience in my life and every time I hear this song somewhere I think about how much fun that was. It was a praise team and church favorite there for awhile and whenever it was dialed up for a particular Sunday everyone was happy.

Now people may have their own thoughts and ideas about Martha as a person or singer or whatever, but I totally love this song. Actually, this CD (The Best is Yet to Come) is one of my favorites. Great from top to bottom. Anyway, there was such an air of worship during this song and I fell it love with it from first listen. Even though it came out a few years ago, it’s still a favorite of mine and I thought I’d share it with you first. If you haven’t heard it before, here’s a link to it. Check it out and let me know what you think about this song. Keep checking in this week because there’s gonna be some fun songs to pop up. I may even throw up more than one a couple days.

So, this song is one that not many people have heard before. However, the story behind this one is kinda funny. I was in a group at the University of Arkansas called Inspirational Singers. They are a gospel group on the campus of the U of A that is simply amazing. Anyway, we were working on some music for the group and was looking for something new to sing. The director asked me to come up with something simple that we could do. So I decided that I would sit down and write a song for this amazing choir and band. It turns out that I can write a song for a group pretty quickly when I put my mind to it. I’ll be the first to tell you that reading the words won’t do justice to what this song actually does. There’s a vamp at the end that I can’t even really describe with words because that would take too many words. Anyway, this song came out quite well and my wife got upset that I could come up with a song that fast. We ended up adding the song into the list for travel and concerts and it was a great confidence boost for me as well as a jump start into me really writing songs. We also ended up singing this song at the church I attended, Christian Life Cathedral, in Fayetteville, AR. It has been one of my favorite choir songs that I’ve written. My wife says it sounds kinda like a Disney song, but oh well. It works. Either way, here it is…

There Was You

Verse 1
How can I express my thanks for all that You have done?
I let other things rule my life
But You should be the only one
Many friends have come and gone
But You, my God, stay true
And after all of the pain
And after all of the rain
There was You

Chorus
After all the pain was gone there was You
After all the rain was gone there was You
You sought me when I was all alone
To live with You and share Your home
After all of the pain
And after all of the rain
There was You

Verse2
I couldn’t ask for anymore than what You’ve given me
You took me out of Satan’s grasp and gave me the victory
You let me walk with You each day to keep my faith anew
Cause even through all of the pain
And even through all of the rain
There was You

Chorus
After all the pain was gone there was You
After all the rain was gone there was You
You sought me when I was all alone
To live with You and share Your home
After all of the pain
And after all of the rain
There was You

Vamp
There was You
There was You
There was You
There was You
After all of the rain…