Just listening to Live versions of TAN (Tenth Avenue North) songs I am tearing up...
If I went I would have to not wear make up-- that wouldn't be pretty...
But let's be serious for a second.
Tenth Avenue North has seriously changed my life..
A lot of people can say that, I know for sure I am not the only one. I just want to give my gratitude to this amazing group of people.
The first song I had heard by this group was By Your Side.
Brilliant. BRILLIANT song.
It is the first time I heard God.
It is the first time I really felt His love for me.
"Because I, I LOVE YOU, I want YOU to know.... That I, I LOVE YOU, I'll NEVER LET YOU GO."
The words I will never forget. The words that made me tear up when I had heard them for the first time. No one in my entire life had ever said that phrase to me. " I will NEVER let you go."
I then heard more songs from their albums, Hold My Heart, Times, Strong Enough To Save, Love Is Here....
All of these songs hit my heart, my soul like a ton of bricks, filling me with Gods love and compassion, for ME. Little old me. The insanity in that all I could do was accept the love and learn how to love back.
Tenth Avenue North made God's love a little more tangible. The unconditional love we can't even begin to fathom became more real to me.
Then I hear You Are More. Hitting me like a lightning bolt.
It's like God is saying "HEY! HEY! LOOK OVER HERE! LISTEN!! I LOVE YOU! NO MATTER WHAT!"
How can a group that makes music, make lyrics so real? How is that even possible?
God is working so hard in this group. He is doing something incredible.
Mike Donehey, the lead singer of the group, is an AH-MAZING speaker.
He does little devotionals on TAN's youtube page.
The way he talks, I feel as though he can relate to seriously anyone.
My mom even. Which is really hard to do.
But this man can speak, giving amazing analogies about the scripture and God.
One of Mike's recent analogies is about God not being an elephant.
We all know elephants have the ability to never forget- He goes to talk about how God has forgiveness and then it's like whatever we did never even happened. All of this said in about 3 minutes.
That's how long most of his videos are. 3-5 minutes of just awesomeness. If he just spoke about God and did some sort of lecture, then put it on iTunes that would be amazing, and I would probably buy it.
Tenth Avenue North's newest album The Struggle had just recently come out a few months ago...
Again, they did an amazing job giving God a voice teens will listen to. Giving each song the ability to relate to people. Amazing...
I cannot thank Tenth Avenue North enough for what they are doing. I cannot thank God enough for giving them the ability to do what they do best.
Continue on gentlemen. The whole world needs to hear Gods love through your music.
Godspeed <3
Mike Donehey (TAN)- Losing Video "God is Not an Elephant"
From their new Album The Struggle
Tenth Avenue North- Strangers Here
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