ALY ALLEN | THE BLOG

i love the lyrics to this song so  much. it renews my hope. and my strength when waiting gets hard. i want to write songs like this when i grow up. and her voice is so soothing i can't stand it. [listen below] Voice of mercy, breath of God Life from life sustaining us Earth below and skies above Beautiful redemption’s song Melodies like morning rise Darkness leaning toward the dawn  Into our sorrow sings the light Beautiful redemption song Chorus Hallelujah, love is come Hallelujah, God with us Hope restored and death undone Beautiful redemption song Beautiful redemption song Weeping will not last the night Nor will sadness be for long Joy was born of sacrifice Beautiful redemption song Let the wounded come and see Empty grave and lifted stone  Sinners saved and captives, free Beautiful redemption song Beautiful redemption song

well, it's sort of funny that i'm posting this. remember how i wrote about this just a few weeks ago? how i had been singing the solo for "revelation song" for awhile, and then our director had someone else sing it? and how that was totally okay with me? well, for whatever reason, we sang it again this past sunday and he had me do the solo :) of course, i did as i was told. and of course i loved singing it again. someone a few weeks ago suggested that i post an actual video of me singing, instead of just photos... so i'm obliging. ** this post is newly updated since our services now on vimeo! yay! the video is embedded right here on the page... you can either watch the whole thing or you can scroll to about 17:00 minutes The New Covenant - June 26, 2011 from  Shadow Mountain Community Church on Vimeo . p.s. my dress = $15 at Ross. i have 2 more in the same style but different pattern. isn't it perfect for church singing? 

gosh this is long... oops! a few months ago i had an opportunity to live out what i say i believe when it comes to worship. musical worship. [because that's not the only kind of worship, you know?] if you hadn't picked up on it already, i am a singer and i sing in my church's choir/praise team. if you have read this post from awhile back , you know why i sing. and you know that i know it's not about me. but that's easy to say and to believe when you get to sing lots of solos and get lots of compliments from people, right? even though it's not about me, you still want to see some photos of me singing, right? what's a blog post without photos? do you know "revelation song"? it's my all time favorite. from revelation 4 and 5, it is John's vision of heaven. just breathtaking [the passages in revelation, AND the song]. for the last few years, i would sing the solo for that song, anytime we would sing it in church. one morning about si...