Top Ten Fridays: Some Favorite Love Songs

Welcome to today's top ten. I had no idea what to do with this today. I have a love of music, in case you haven't noticed. I thought I would do something with that. I chose a few of my favorite love songs, which somehow are all related to Jonathan in some way. It's funny how that happens without you even noticing it. Hmmm....

Anyway, I am sure there are more, so I may have to do another top ten of these. Here are the ones that really stand out in my mind. Enjoy!

Top Ten Favorite Love Songs:

10) Runaway - The Corrs - From our Morning Star days. Brings me back to Halifax for some reason.

9) Celebrate You - Steven Curtis Chapman - Jonathan put a few songs into a mixed tape that he made on Morning Star - a few songs for me!! (Since we weren't supposed to have 'relationships' on Morning Star, this was very tricky!!) Anyway, I remember that day in the van. Most people were sleeping, but Jonathan was driving and I was sitting a few seats behind him. This song came on and Jonathan caught my eye in the review mirror to tell me to listen up. It was wonderful. This was one of them.

8) The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson - A recent find. I love this song and it's simplicity. Love should be that simple. Sometimes I think we make it more complicated than it needs to be. (Click here)

7) Falling in Love (at a Coffee Shop) - Landon Pigg - Another more recent find. (Gotta love those songs from commercials!) I just love the acoustic-ness of this song. Lovely. (Click here)

6) The Day Will Never Come - Carolyn Arends - I love her. She has some really great songs about being a mom, wife and a follower of Jesus.

5) Worth Fighting For - Paul Brandt - Off his latest album. A totally marriage song. Love it. Have been here before: you know - the crossroads. You can continue to fight or move on. I love the way he just wants to move on.

4) I Still Do - Paul Brandt - Another Paul Brandt. He's really good. This one is just a song that we found and both loved. It says it all.

3) Faithful to You - Bryan Duncan - This was another one that Jonathan added to his mixed tape. At the time I had totally opened up to him more than I had to anyone else. He felt powerless, as the song suggests. Anyway, it was a real blessing to me and continues to be. I play it everytime I need a reminder of his constant love for me.



2) In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel - Jonathan loves Peter Gabriel and this song, at first, reminded me of "Benny and Joon". Now, it is all about us and our first few years of marriage.

1) If You Could See What I See - Geoff Moore and the Distance - This is the song we danced to, so it is always going to be my favorite. I love this song and it's words. So, I will definitely share it with you. See below for lyrics. (for a sample, click here)

all of my life

i have dreamed

that somehow love would find me

now i can't believe you're standing here

If beauty is all

in the eye

of the beholder then i

wish you could see

the love for you that lives in me

Chorus:

And you would know you have my heart

If you could see, what i see

that a treasure's what you are

if you could see, what i see

Created to be

the only one for me

If you could see, what i see

I know there are days

when you feel

so much less than ideal

wondering what i see in you

It's all of the light

and the grace

your belief in me drives me to say

that i promise you

a faithful love, forever true

(Chorus)

if you could see

then you'd understand

why i fall down to my knees

and i pray my love

will be worthy of

the one who gave his life

so our love could be

if you could see

what i see(x2)

You're created to be

The perfect one for me

If you could see

What i see

if beauty is all

in the eye

of the beholder then i

am beholding...true beauty