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So excited to bring you another of my favorites that inspires me every time I hear the song. Today's #MusicMonday is a bit of a throw back, not all the to 80s or anything. Today I chose to feature Parachute's Something to Believe in from 2011. This song has a great beat and an amazing chorus. The songs is about a girl that he is in love with and she is Something to Believe in. I do not know the artists faith, but truly that is no the point of my blog. It is to bring positive music that can help encourage those that are around us. My faith is everything that I am, but to reach the world we music find beauty in all things.  I hope that you enjoy this track as much as I do. I hope that you find it worthy to be featured on this #MusicMonday.  My favorite part of the song is the end when a big choir sings the chorus with the band. It is everything you would imagine it would be. The song gives amazing imagery as if you are in a barren desert with no water and having lost hope

It's amazing to think that the problems of the world effect us so much. We often cannot see anything past our current situation. It sometimes it can take over every good thing that we have. No matter what we have we focus more on what we lack. Today I want to encourage you that God says you are capable and that he has placed you where you are. So when the enemy says to you about your weakness. God says that we are powerful truth in Ephesians 1 and so many other places in the Bible. Say to the enemy "my father thinks I am amazing, my father loves me." The enemy may say: Do you really think you're capable of fulfilling what God has call you to do? "My Father says I am. I don't know how I'm going to do it but the power if the Resurrection is in me. I don't feel capable. But my Father says I am." Do you really think you're going to make it through this trail? "My Father says I am." God has great plans for you, It

Today in a world where superman does not exist, except in movies. Where hard work gets you everywhere and laziness get you no where.  Today's hero many of you do not know. You may never even have heard his name until now. But the impact his has made on my life goes far beyond anyone that I have ever met. The hero for Heroic Thursday is my father, Michael Menn. Why you ask is he my hero, for obvious reasons of He is my dad, or he gave life to me. Those are both very obvious for him to be my hero. However; I honor him as a hero because he is one of the hardest workers I have ever met in my life. He works all day everyday doing so much in the world around him. He is an active member of Faith Family church in Shiloh, IL. He has about 12 jobs working more than 80 hours a week. Contributing to the community around him for the good of everyone in it. He has always had a special connection the elderly in the community, and he serves several in his area. As a child he always pushed

I have recently started working more seriously with Audience Company Nashville.(Aud Co Nashville) It is a true honor to be a part of such an amazing team! They have welcomed me with open arms. This company is amazing because we get normal everyday people to be in front of the camera for fun events in Nashville. We have done castings for several major networks. We are currently reguarly recruting for CMT's Hot 20 countdown with Cody Alan, Alecia Davis, and Katie Cook. It is an exciting opportunity filled with surprises. You never know which stars are going to pop in. We are gearing up for the 2013 CMT Awards. If you would like to attend the awards please refer to www.audconashville.com because all of your questions will be answered there. If you are looking for something fun in Nashville to do I would say most definitely check us out! We have many fun opportunities coming up and it is such a amazing thing to be involved in. Our teams consists of Brandon, Misty, Tiffany, mys

My favorite day! Music Monday is back and I am so excited to bring you one of my favorite tracks of the year. Lately my life has become this journey, where I am searching for myself and chasing my dreams. Yearning for more than just the normal life that some settle for. Through this time I have found songs that bring me much encouragement for the road ahead. So it is a pure treat for me to bring you this song!! "I Lived" by OneRepublic, the song has enough power in it for you to chase whatever passion you have in life. It's sending us a charge, to live everyday to it's fullest. Never settling for the status quo but rising to the challenge of living a life worth feeling accomplished with. Ryan Tedder is no stranger to writing quality songs, after penning such tracks in the past for powerhouses: "Bleeding Love,"(Leona Lewis) Rumor Has it,"(Adele) and "Already Gone."(Kelly Clarkson.) Tedder delivers another song that will receive just as

Life can either be a grand adventure or nothing at all.-Helen Keller In life we make excuses, so many of them! I don't have enough time, I am running late, I will call them back, etc. We are thrown off if our day doesn't go our way. We are angered if our favorite place is out of our normal item. We get bitter if our friend cancels on us.  What if we looked at all of this as a grand adventure. When the obstacle arises we move forward in the sense of nothing is going to get me down, and I am going to live like there is no tomorrow.T urning our can't into opportunities to do great things. Changing the set back to a set up. As we are being postured into the ability to live for the moment we are in.  If we are running late then may we look at it with the possibility that you are being delayed from an accident. If you are behind and you are waiting in a line at McDonalds there may be someone you might need to bless for the day; maybe with your smile, your words, o