Saturday 26 January 2008

I Will Dance


This hasn't happened to me for quite a while, but God gave me a new song on Tuesday. Unusually, it came almost complete in ajust a few minutes. That was always the way I composed in the past but mre recently my songs have come with considerably more birth pains and a long labour.

I will dance began Tuesday morning as I played the piano before my class arrived for registration. After school I once more sat down at the piano and played this nice musical pattern and then the words flowed. I took them home determined to edit them and work hard on perfecting them. However they were already written minus one line and a bridge. So today the song was finished. My worship group at school learnt the song with me and the bridge was written. The recording you hear is a one take after the kids had gone. I can't wait to record it properly.


I Will Dance
by Steve Lowndes

Verse 1:
You hold my heart
You hold my dreams
You catch me when I fall

When days are dark
You are my light
My shelter from the storm

Chorus:
And I will run to you
Into your open arms
And I will sing to you
With all the love in my heart
And I will give to you
My dreams my every desire
And I will dance, I will dance
. . . with you.

Verse 2:
You give me hope
You give me joy
When all I see is pain

You are my strength
When I am weak
You make me new again

Chorus:

Bridge:
And I will thank you
And I will praise you
‘Cause you’re my Lord, Jesus

Chorus:

Copyright Steve Lowndes 2008

Friday 11 January 2008

New year - New site


I felt like a change so I decided to revisit the website I created back in 2005. I'd had a few comments that some of the features weren't working on the last site, noticeably the journal and guestbook. I also felt that the forum was getting any traffic and was too centered on me and that was never why I originally created my website. So I've gone back to blue. I think it looks calming yet bright. What do you think?
Some of the old pages are currently missing and some new ones are replacing them. One difference you may notice immediately, is that the videos page has changed completely. Instead of posting a set of videos mini players that take ages to initiate, I chose to simply use my home page from youtube. You can access any of te videos that were on the last videos page from there. I also forgot to add a photos gallery, so I'm working on that one right away.
About the forum! The Prayer and Praise forum was an idea way back in 2005. The idea behind it was to create a place where people could share thoughts, ideas, stories, news, but most importantly, prayers. If it only helps one person then it has been worth the time taken to create it. If you feel you want to join the forum please don't hesitate.
So, finally, I welcome you to the new site. I invite you to explore it's pages. I encourage you to make suggestions about how to make it better. I truly hope you enjoy the site.

Blessings
Steve