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Music That Speaks To Your Soul

Alison Krauss Music

It’s no secret I‘m a huge Alison Krauss fan.

My husband and I have been to two of her concerts and, each time, she has blown us away with her incredible voice and mastery of any instrument she plays.

With Alison Krauss, you don’t have to worry if you’re sitting in the “cheap seats” at a venue.

Her crystal-clear voice reaches all the way up to the rafters and it’s hard not to get goosebumps when she sings.

God-given talent, for sure.

Music That Speaks To Your Soul*Photo by Earl McGehee

It’s been said that I sound just like her.

Okay, I was the one who said it. 

Music That Speaks To Your Soul

Alison Krauss has won so many awards it’s hard to keep count. While many musicians let that kind of fame go to their heads, her humility and graciousness on stage are like a breath of fresh air.

I guess you could call me a “super fan.”

That being said, I do have my favorites of all the songs she sings.

One of the most beautiful, in my humble opinion, is “Away Down The River.”

It’s a track on an older album, “A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection” (2007). 

Once I heard it and the unforgettable lyrics, it left an indelible mark on me.

Are you hurting over the loss of someone you love?

I hope this song brings you comfort as it has me over the years.

 God bless!

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*Photo source: “Alison Krauss playing at Austin City Limits Music Festival 2011,” by “Earl McGehee”. Uploaded on September 24, 2011. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC-BY2.0). Accessed 19 September 2018. https://flic.kr/p/aq6eQu

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In the Palm of His Hands

The World Is Weightless In The Palm Of His Hands

In the palm of His hands

How powerful is God?

His strength is beyond what our minds can even imagine.

The whole world is weightless in the palm of His hands.

Weightless!

Here’s the gold nugget to all of this:

The world is weightless, but not worthless.

God loves and delights in us so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ.

We must put our faith only in Him.

20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. – Galatians 2:20, KJV, in the Public Domain.

Finding Comfort in the Palm of His Hands

Have you ever tried to pick up something heavy, whether it’s a big box or a piece of furniture?

You approach the object, get yourself in place, bend your knees, then try to lift up.

Aye yai yai! That hurts.

You may get the object to move a little, but more times than we’d like to admit, we drop the object on the floor and call out to the closest person with muscles we can find.

We cry out, “Help!!!!!”

But God.

God is invincible; He doesn’t need any help. He especially doesn’t need any help from us!

God doesn't need our help

That’s comforting to think about when it seems like the world is spinning out of control.

I can’t bear the headlines sometimes, but God has us in the palm of His hands, and He goes before us, no matter what or how bad the circumstances.

As humans, we get so caught up in the “what if’s” and the discouraging details.  We can’t see the forest for the trees.

We often miss the big picture, but God never does

God has the big picture in mind, and someday, we will all understand how He has woven together the circumstances of our lives into something beautiful.

There’s a song I’ve loved for years now, sung by one of my favorite vocalist/musicians ever – Alison Krauss. She had a birthday recently, and I remember listening to this song again and appreciating the Godly values in the lyrics.

Faith can see right through the circumstance,

 

sees the forest in spite of the trees,

 

Your Grace provides for me.

 

– “In The Palm Of Your Hand.” From the album, Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection. Ron Block, songwriter, January 13, 2015.

God bless you this week!

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