For those days or chapters of life when you need to turn inward and reflect…
“Gotta Start Small” – Stephanie J. Block
Songwriters: Stephanie J. Block
Gotta Start Small lyrics © 2014 PS Classics
Excerpt:
“I ran a mile today, and for a while today
I forced a smile today and sailed on with ease.
I used to think, ‘Not me – I can’t.’
The track was smooth, hardly a slant
And though I panted for air, I swear I clipped like a breeze.
Using my breath and raising the bar
Four simple laps felt strangely far.
I hope tomorrow my legs are stiff.
I didn’t scale a cliff.
It’s just a mile, but I didn’t fall.
Gotta start small.”
“Hills and Valleys” – Tauren Wells
Christian
Songwriters: Chuck Butler / Jonathan Lindley Smith / Tauren Wells
Hills and Valleys lyrics © Essential Music Publishing
Excerpt:
“I’ve walked among the shadows
You wiped my tears away
And I’ve felt the pain of heartbreak
And I’ve seen the brighter days
And I’ve prayed prayers to heaven from my lowest place
And I have held the blessings
God, you give and take away
No matter what I have, Your grace is enough
No matter where I am, I’m standing in Your love
On the mountains, I will bow my life
To the one who set me there
In the valley, I will lift my eyes to the one who sees me there
When I’m standing on the mountain aft, didn’t get there on my own
When I’m walking through the valley end, no I am not alone!
You’re God of the hills and valleys!
Hills and Valleys!
God of the hills and valleys
And I am not alone!”
“Still” – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
Christian
Songwriters: Justin Ebach / Molly Reed
Still lyrics © Dayspring Music LLC, Wordspring Music LLC, Goes Something Like This Music, Curb Wordspring Music, Curb Dayspring Music
Excerpt:
“I believe that You were God alone
But sometimes I still try to take control
Cause I get scared when I can’t see the end
And all You want from me is to let go
You’re parting waters
Making a rain for me
You’re moving mountains that I don’t even see
You’ve answered my prayer before I even speak
All You need for me to be is still”
“For Good” – Wicked
Songwriters: Stephen Schwartz
For Good lyrics © Greydog Music, Grey Dog Music, Grey Dog Music (Wicked only) Heelstone Parc Productions
Excerpt:
“I’ve heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn and we are led
To those who help us most to grow if we let them
And we help them in return.
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you…
Who can say if I’ve been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
And because I knew you…
I have been changed for good…”
“Elaborate Lives” – Aida
Songwriters: Elton John / Tim Rice
Elaborate Lives lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
Excerpt:
“We all lead such elaborate lives
Wild ambitions in our sights
How an affair of the heart survives
Days apart and hurried nights
Seems quite unbelievable to me
I don’t want to live like that
Seems quite unbelievable to me
I don’t want to love like that
I just want our time to be slower and gentler, wiser, free…”
“Who I Am” – Blanca
Christian crossover
Songwriters: Blanca Reyes / Mia Fieldes / Seth Mosley
Who I Am lyrics © Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Group 1 Crew Music Publishing, Upside Down Under, Dayspring Music, LLC
Excerpt:
“I am strong
Beautiful
I am good enough
I belong after all
‘Cause of what You’ve done
This is real
What I feel
No one made it up
I am loved
I’m running to the One who knows me
Who made every part of me in His hands
I’m holding…
I’m running to the One who knows me
Who made every part of me in His hands
I’m holding to the One who holds me
‘Cause I know whose I am, I know who I am”
“Even Then” – Micah Tyler
Christian crossover
Songwriters: Kyle Lee / Micah Tyler / Tony Wood
Even Then lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Essential Music Publishing
Excerpt:
“On the nights when the dark last a little bit longer
When the wind and the storm is a little bit stronger
When the fear in my heart dips a little bit deeper
When my faith to stand gets a little bit weaker
Where could I run to?
Where could I go?
Even when it feels like my world is shaken
Even when I’ve had all that I can take
I know You never let me go
And even when the waters won’t stop rising
Even when I’m caught in the dead of a night
I know no matter how it ends
You’re with me even then”
“Step By Step” – Whitney Houston
Songwriter: Annie Lennox
© Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave
Excerpt:
“Well there’s a bridge and there’s a river that I still must cross
As I’m going on my journey
Oh, I might be lost
And there’s a road I have to follow, a place I have to go
Well no-one told me just how to get there
But when I get there I’ll know
Cause I’m taking it step by step, bit by bit,
Stone by stone (yeah), brick by brick (oh, yeah)
Step by step, day by day, mile by mile (ooh, ooh, ooh)”
Help me keep rounding out the mix with some personal favorites of your own that have inspired you or carried you through a rough patch on your own journey.
