Gravity!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeV_R4tsdAs

Well, I'm totally addicted to this dance. It's from So You Think You Can Dance and it's performed by Kayla and Kupono. The story behind the dance is this: At some point or another in your life, you will be tempted...it may be drugs, a relationship, shopping, (updating your blog?!) or somthing as simple as checking email. In this dance, Kayla represents each human struggling with an addiction while Kupono IS the addiction. She repeatedly ties to escape his shadow, but he's always there-- beside, above, and behind her. She can't escape.

This piece is so inspirational. It was choreographed by Mia Michaels. I absolutely love her work. The song is Gravity by Sara Bareilles.

ENJOY! (I did!) :)
xoxo,
-H

Walking Her Home

Ok, if you're having a bad day...DON'T LISTEN TO THIS SONG! :) It's sure to make you cry, but it's priceless at the same time! It's a great love story. I want someone who will love me when I'm 85 and possibly my "last night" as much as he did the night he "came to call."

Here's a link to the song on YouTube...it's not a music video, but it's the only one with Mark singing...so that's what you get! lol :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzE7QByrLGI

xoxo,
-H

Looking back
He sees it all
It was her first date the night he came to call

Her dad said son
Have her home on time
And promise me you'll never leave her side
He took her to a show in town
And he was ten feet off the ground

(Chorus)
He was walking her home
And holding her hand
Oh the way she smiled it stole the breath right out of him
Down that old road
With the stars up above
He remembers where he was the night he fell in love
He was walking her home

Ten more years and a waiting room
At half past one
And the doctor said come in and meet your son

His knees went weak
When he saw his wife
She was smiling as she said he's got your eyes

And as she slept he held her tight
His mind went back to that first night

(Chorus)

He walked her through the best days of her life
Sixty years together and he never left her side

A nursing home
At eighty-five
And the doctor said it could be her last night
And the nurse said Oh
Should we tell him now
Or should he wait until the morning to find out

When they checked her room that night
He was laying by her side

Oh he was walking her home
And holding her hand
Oh the way she smiled when he said this is not the end
And just for a while they were eighteen
And she was still more beautiful to him than anything
He was walking her home
He was walking her home

Looking back
He sees it all
It was her first date the night he came to call

Song of the Week: To Be With You, David Archuleta

I've been alone so many nights now,
And I've been waitin' for the stars to fall.
I keep holdin' out for what I don't know
To be with you, just to be with you.

So here I am staring at the moon tonight,
Wondering how you look in this light.
Maybe you're somewhere thinkin' about me too.
To be with you, there's nothing I wouldn't do.

And I can't imagine two worlds spinnin' apart
Come together eventually..

And when we finally meet, I'll know it's right.
I'll be at the end of my restless road.
But this journey, it was worth the fight.
To be with you, just to be...

Holding you for the very first time, never letting go.
What I wouldn't give to feel that way...
Ooohh...

Oh, to be with you...

Oh, and I can't imagine two worlds spinnin' apart
Come together eventually.

And when you're standin' here in front of me,
That's when I know that God does exist.
'Cause He will have answered every single prayer.
To be with you, just to be with you, yeah.
You....

Love Is In The House

For Christmas I got a live concert Toby Mac CD. This was really interesting so I thought I'd share it! It's all based off of 1 John 1:5-7.

“Now this is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is the light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.” ~1 John 5-7



(The “idea” Toby shared with those at the concert...)

“No matter what color our skin, no matter what denomination, no matter what cultural background, no matter what social economic level we live in...we all have fellowship in one another and the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son who cleanses us from all sin.
It's not our words. They aren't going to be what stops the world in its tracks. Our words will not change the world. They've heard it all.
It's not normally our music. We make music for us to sharpen the body, glorify our God. One and a while someone will crossover, but it's not typically the music that will stop people in their tracks. Our music won't change the world, more than likely.
It's not our buildings as beautiful and grand as some of our church buildings are – it's not the architecture that's gonna chance the world.
But I believe what's going to change the world is when we begin to love each other, when we begin to love the world, and when we begin to reach out to the orphans and widows and the lower income families in our communities. When the world begins to see that kind of love – undeniable love, I believe they will stop in their tracks and say,

'YO! Whatever you people have over there, I want somma'dat, BABY! I want somma'dat right there for me, baby!'

When our houses are packed so full of love that we gotta open up the back door to let it ooze out into the valleys, suburbs, and city streets. When the world sees that kind of love – REAL love, they're gonna stop in their tracks. They're gonna say,

'YO! Homie! Whateva you people have ov'a there, you Jesus Freaks! I WANT SUMMA'DAT JESUS, MAN! If it's doin' alla' 'dat!'” -Toby Mac




All this was followed by his song Love Is In the House...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVfae7pRD7U


Powerful Stuff, hm?! :)
xoxo,
-H