What's You're Favorite Inspirational Song?

You'd think with only 12 notes in the common music scale (17 if you count the flats ) they'd run out unique songs by now. But still new songs keep popping up like dandelions on a freshly mowed lawn. Like panning for gold, every once in a while among the dirt and sand you find a bright and shiny song that holds a lot of personal value to you. The power of these inspirational songs is found in the intersection of personal knowledge/experience, lyrics, musical composition and performance.

With technology the way it is today, we've been lucky to purchase individual songs online to gather a nice collection of personally inspirational music. Below are a few nuggets of gold I've come across lately. I have a lot favorites, but here's one (sometmes two) for each day I'm gone so you can listen to one each day until I get back...or if you are in the mood and its quiet and peaceful and you want to sit back and just listen to some good lyrics and music, you can play them all:



Mark Schultz -- "Walking Her Home" I love songs that capture the eternal nature husband-wife relationships.



Mark Schultz -- "Everything To Me" The lyrics of this song beautifully capture the heroin-ism of choosing adoption when it's what is best for the child.




Ernie Haase & Signature Sound--"Then Came The Morning" This male Christian quartet has incredible blend and power in their singing (you have to if you're going to sing that high without leaving your chest voice.) Excellent voices. The music behind them is well-arranged and accents the feel of the song quite well. Generally, for me, this type of instrumentation detracts from the sacredness of the message, but this particular song, in a unique way, seems to fit well where the song and personal feelings merge. The music, lyrics, harmony, melody and power portrays the hope and happiness of the message.




Trace Atkins - "Arlington" One's selfless and willingness to sacrifice for the freedom of other's always inspires me. The first-person lyrics and the presentation of this song give me the chills when I listen to it.



Luther Vandross -- "Dance With My Father" The sincerity and love portrayed by Luther in this song/prayer is un-matched. Even 'remakes' can't match it.



Emerson Drive -- "Moments" The worth of souls is great! The lyrics are good, but the video adds something to the lyrics.