Freshwater: 2020 End of Year Playlist on Spotify

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

2020 End of Year Playlist on Spotify

Spotify does a fun thing every year where they give me a list of my most played songs throughout the year. Last year they even shared my artist of the decade (if you know me you have a pretty good chance at guessing that one).

This year's #1 song is one I first heard last year. We were blessed to see Greater Vision in person when we went to the Collingsworth Experience with my folks in fall of 2019.

My Name is Lazarus by Greater Vision

My second most played song for 2020 is one of my favorite songs by the indubitable Matt Redman, Blessed Be Your Name.

Third on the list is You Lead by Jamie Grace, with my favorite line, "My God is my God and He's got my back".

Fourth on the list won't surprise anyone who knows me, a high energy upbeat song from my pregame playlist, Horsepower, by my artist of the decade, Chris LeDoux.

In fact, a high number of songs from this list are from my Pregame Playlist. Pretty much every morning this summer I played basketball at our local park, and many of these are what you could hear (along with the swish of the net of course).

Here are a few of those:

5. Tequila by The Champs (I can still hear the high school pep band playing this as the home team takes the court).

6. This one I found this past year when we started watching Deputy, Go Faster by The Black Crowes is the theme song for what has become one of my favorite TV shows. The song itself is a lot of fun as well.

9. Can't have a workout or pregame playlist without the classic Eye of the Tiger by Survivor!

I also have a compilation of favorite Christian songs that we play at the Haven during food bank or when we're working on projects, and another playlist called "Strength", which Paul listens to a lot. There are quite a few songs from those on the Most Played Compilation.

Some of these include Trust in You by Lauren Daigle, some of the songs I've already mentioned, Red Letters by David Crowder, Game On by Disciple (on both playlists), and He Saw It All by the Booth Brothers (also a great part of the Collingsworth Experience).

When I am playing music at the park, or at the Haven, or instrumental study music in my classroom, I have this really great speaker which I found on Amazon. I bought one for me, one for Paul, one for the house, one for at least one of the girls...It has good sound, it pairs easily, and it's very durable.