It’s not often that I listen to CDs nowadays, but on my commute to and from work during the week, this one stands out to me. It’s a rarity in today’s modern age of iTunes accounts and Spotify Premiums to have CDs, but having this CD makes the experience all the more special. I listen to it, before my day begins and after a long and hard day of work. This music fills my heart with such incredible peace.

My big sister got this CD for me last year. At the time, she and my brother-in-law were celebrating their wedding anniversary with this gift from his family. They received concert tickets for two to see Hillsong UNITED perform live when the band was touring in the great state of Washington. Isn’t that such a sweet gift? My heart just melts with joy for the kind of love my sister and her hubs are blessed with from her in laws. At the concert though, my sister was being her usual thoughtful self and purchased this gift for me, a Hillsong UNITED compact disc album.

I’m listening to it right now as I write away and reflect. It just puts me in a place of comfort. I just want to stay here, where it feels safe, as I seek answers to all these questions I have. Like the lyrics in some of the songs, my soul cries out and thirsts for things I don’t understand. It couldn’t speak more to how I feel at times, and I think that is why I love Hillsong so much. The music they make and lyrical words sung, touch me deeply.

In a world where circumstances seem uncertain right now, where darkness seems to prevail, and where I am fighting so hard to become while not becoming undone from sin, these songs help temper my spirit. These songs are exactly what I need in these given moments.

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Hillsong UNITED – People: Live In Sydney, Australia 2018

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Hillsong UNITED ‘People’ Album Track Favorites

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I admit, there are moments where I can feel my entire being soften up from listening to the voice of the singers, the uplifting melodies, the climatic force during each chorus, and the ever powerful gospel woven through each bridge. I become stirred within. All I can feel is myself desiring a sweet surrender of my ways, to be more like Christ, in a way I can hardly describe. Words always fall short of the glory. I am stopped in my tracks…There are goosebumps on my skin and shivers down my spine. I am in awe, in such a way that I can hardly describe the sensation. To my core, I feel that I am so loved, beyond measure in this world. I am thankful. Forgiven. I feel safe. At home. Saved. Ever so loved by Christ.