a thursday afternoon of singing

i have had a nice afternoon

my mom brought lunch to my work, so we enjoyed that together

then i came home & caught up on my beth moore biblestudy (it's so easy to get behind.. my goal is to keep on it daily!)

and then felt like picking up my guitar again

i have played it very little since my grandma died

it became something very special to me, something that I could do for her even in the depth of her illness

a connection that she & i shared

a way i could bless her into heaven

she didn't care that i didn't know all of the chords

or only knew a couple strumming patterns

she didn't care when my guitar went out of tune

or i stopped singing while i wept

she would close her eyes & smile at the mention of heaven

God's faithfulness

flying away

glory bound...

so today i picked up my guitar

and thought of her as I saw my pile of "songs grandma likes" sitting in the case

and i sang & played until my fingers hurt.

i have decided to share 2 videos, 2 songs that are dear to me

maybe the words will resonate with where you are at

or maybe hearing my own voice sing them will give you other insight into where i'm at honestly

i hope no one thinks i'm doing this out of pride or for compliments (if that was the case i should've tuned my guitar completely.. and probably do some vocal warm ups... oops!)

just sharing my heart & my voice

Glory Bound from Ashley Thiessen on Vimeo.

glory bound:

this is me singing "Glory Bound" by the Wallin' Jennys.
The last time I sang this was at my Grandmas funeral, and I have really been missing her, so decided to sing it again.

I still remember singing it for her in the hospital. She thought it was beautiful. I think she could already hear the train...

Lord How Excellent from Ashley Thiessen on Vimeo.

lord how excellent:

this is me singing "Lord How Excellent" by Jon Buller

words that fit where I am at with life right now