So, I fell off the blogging wagon during Advent. What’s new, right? I think it’s time to finally admit that writing for a living takes away the time I would like to spend writing for fun. What a shame! However, I’m trying to write less thoughtful blogs on my Tumblr account, so if you want to keep up with the random side of me, check that out.

http://abigailrenee.tumblr.com/

I connected that account to my Twitter account, so if I tweet, it will show up on Tumblr and vice versa. All of this technology is confusing, I know. Thank goodness for the “Connect” option.

Back to the reason for this post, to announce my theme songs for 2010. I’m sure you’re itching to know. Click on the song title to pull up a YouTube video, Lala player or Myspace page and listen to the  song.

1. “Empty Me” by Jeremy Camp

2. “Letting Go” by Matt Maher

3. “This is the New Year” by Ian Axel

4. “Once was Love” by Ingrid Michaelson

5. “Corner” by Allie Moss

Just a side note about the first song on my list.  I was on my way to home for the holidays and I was listening to a book on CD, “A Life with Karol: My Forty-Year Friendship with the Man Who Became Pope“. In the story, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz talked about the moments before the conclave that named Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II. The then, Fr. Wojtyla knew if he accepted the role  he would be the pope that brought our world into the 21st century.

He knew the great responsibility that rested on his shoulders, and he took the position. And here we are in 2010, 10 years after the beginning of the new millennium, and what is new? How is Pope John Paul II message of love, evangelization and peace being lived in our world? He was a man of great holiness and it was because he emptied himself completely to the will of Chirst. What a beautiful testimony to faith! Then I heard “Empty Me” by Jeremy Camp and his lyrics spoke directly to the whisperings of my heart and that of “my pope”.

Give each of these songs a listen and let me know what you think. Who knows, you may find a new song to love.