• Jessie Worshiping •

  For as long as I can remember, we have been singing the song Crown Him With Many Crowns during our family worship, and once Max, 3 1/2, came along he started thrusting his fists into the air about every 30 seconds with the tempo of the song.  For example: Crown Him wih many crowns (He woud throw his hands up after this line.) And then: the Lamb upon the throne (He'd do it here too.) Hark how the heavenly anthem drowns all music but it's own. (You get what I'm saying? ) It's very cute and contagious but has become more of a sporting event in the Brown household. We all do it now. Even Jessie. It's so cute, and it makes her look like a big girl. We're really not charasmatic, but maybe Jessie's trying to push us in that direction. heehee

The first little Brown kid that really really loved this song was Kamryn, 7 1/2. When  the babies are young they always just walk around while we read the bible and talk, but if we ever want that little one to come sit with us we just break out in Crown Him With Many Crowns. We know if we do that whatever baby is walking around will come running to find a lap to sit and sing along.

Jessies's mouth is wide open because she's singing with passion! Or at least she's attemptig to sing. It's more like a loud yell, but as you can very well see Jessie gets into it what she's doing.

Last night was the first time she started doing it, so this is definitely "blog" worthy! ;)

• Thy Mercy •

I love this song, and I know it'll always bring back sweet memories when I listen to it even when I'm not living at home anymore. When I listen to it, of course it'll make me think of how merciful my God is, but it's going to also remind me of my daddy. I love that man so much. When I listen to it I'll picture my dad in his Toyota Tundra singing this song... really loud. I can't tell you how many times I have been in the car with my dad, and he says, "Karis, listen to one of my favorite songs." and I sing it with him. This has happened so many times since we first started listening to Caedman's Call. I was just thinking about this today when he was bringing me to swim practice. We were listening to this song in his car, and we were singing along with them. Just for everyones information, he has a really, really good voice. I mean, I would prefer to listen to my dad's voice over the guy on the CD, but he could have a terrible voice, and  he'd still sing it loud. =)
Love you daddy!

Thy mercy, my god is the theme of my song 

The joy of my heart and the boast of my tongue 

Thy free grace alone from the first to the last 
Hath won my affection and bound my soul fast 
Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here 

Sin would reduce me to utter despair 

But through thy free goodness my spirit's revived 

And he that first made me still keeps me alive 

Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart 

Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart 

Dissolved by thy goodness I fall to the ground 

And weep to the praise of the mercy Ive found 

Hallelujah 

Hallelujah 

Great father of mercies thy goodness I own 

And the covenant love of thy crucified son 
All praise to the spirit whose whisper divine
Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine 
All praise to the spirit whose whisper divine 

Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine


I love his voice!
You can listen to this song HERE.

•My Cup Of Coffee•

Q: what's better than finding a dollar in your pocket?

A: Finding a good song on your iPod you didn't even know existed! hehehe

It really is a great song. It's one of those songs that make you feel good. I call those types of songs my "cup of coffee". Well, anyway I have been lying in bed for the past three hours, and I can no longer sleep! Too excited! I was listening to this song over and over. I put it on repeat so I now know almost every word! WOOHOO!

It's a hymn that was written in the 1800's, so this is an old song. I usually prefer the new-er music like: Rush of Fools, MercyMe and Brandon Heath. That type of stuff, but this one was just really pretty! Here are the lyrics.

Jesus I Come

Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light,
Jesus, I come to Thee;
Out of my sickness, into Thy health,
Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of earth’s sorrows into Thy balm,
Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessèd will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy throne,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.

You should listen to it as well. Here's the song.  My goal is to learn how to play this on my guitar.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

•Music's Role in America•

I have recently started a writing program called IEW and it's really great. This is my first writing assignment, and I though it would motivate me to do well if I posted it on my blog. Hope y'all enjoy!

Music’s Role in America

By: Karis Brown

9/22/2009

The well-known men who courageously assisted in the signing, and writing, of the Declaration of Independence primary consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. Although Thomas Paine wasn’t officially one of the committed members, he still justly assisted in this great task that lay before them all. There were more bright men who were also a part of this great task, but they were not familiar to most nor were they as famous. The first draft of this document was complete and agreed upon and it contained the basic points, but they all knew that the language used in the final draft would need to be artistic as well as inspiring and precise. Adams too rough, Franklin too sick, and Paine too controversial to author the final draft, so the task fell upon Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson’s landlady recorded in her journal that Jefferson was struggling to complete this substantial task that was given to him, and in the rooms above she wrote that she would hear him endlessly pacing only to gain daily frustration. He anxiously sent home for his violin, and when it finally arrived after only a few days Jefferson would pace a little, play his violin and then there would be silence, except for his feather pen writing what would soon be the Declaration of Independence. Music may have helped unlock his linguistic genius, or perhaps it made him more receptive to the word of destiny: “When in course of human events…” Either way, few people are fully aware of the great importance that the violin had in the founding of our country.