Imagine this sweet MP3 player in hot pink and you can imagine my new Mother's Day present from my kids--quite the surprise, and a great one at that! They said I could use it at the gym, and it is wonderful! And not just at the gym. I LOVE IT!! The music sounds more intimate or something; I can really listen to the words. Music ministers to my very soul, one way or another. Secular music makes me feel edgy and rebellious, like driving too fast, telling people EXACTLY what I think, going to a bar, wanting to be part of the wordly popular groups....Christian music melts my heart, convicts me, uplifts me, points me to God, lightens my mood, expresses the cry of my soul to God, teaches me Scripture and Biblical truths, soothes my pain and sorrow, and many many more good things! Thank you so much for your gift to me, children! I love it, and I love you way, way more--you (and Dad) are the lights of my life!

Here is a song I like from the Jars of Clay Good Monsters CD (there are so many good songs on that CD! carry me, it don't matter (where you bury me), There is a River, etc.):

Under the Bridge
I do not love you the way I did when we met

There are secrets and arguments that I haven't finished yet

It's only that grace has outlived our regrets

We're still here

Maybe we can stay

'Til the last drop of water flows under the bridge

We can stay'Til the last drop of water flows under the bridge

There are times meant for breaking

And words to ignore

And a bent to our souls

When our skin is at war

If leaving were freedom

Well, we'd both walk right out of that door

Maybe we can stay'Til the last drop of water flows under the bridgeWe can stay'Til the last drop of water flows

And the years roll by

And you hold my hand

While the shadows stretch over the land

Crumble and fall in my arms

And we'll struggle to hold on

Waters, they rise

And they carry our hopes and our dreams away

Baby, we can stay, stay

And the years roll by

And you hold my hand

And the shadows stretch over the land

Baby, we can stay'Til the last drop of water flows under the bridgeWe can stay'Til the last drop of water flows under the bridgeWe can stay'Til the last drop of water flows under the bridge

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark© 2006 Bridge Building Music, Inc.