Here they are!

1. Because
2. All You Need is Love
3. All My Loving
4. And I Love Her
5. Dear Prudence
6. Do You Want to Know a Secret
7. Don’t Let Me Down
8. Eight Days a Week
9. Good Day Sunshine
10. Got to Get You Into My Life
11. Hallelujah! I Love Her [this was originally written by Ray Charles, but is performed by the Beatles on Anthology 1… tricky tricky]
12. Hello Little Girl
13. Here, There, and Everywhere
14. I Saw Her Standing There
15. I Want to Hold Your Hand
16. I Will
17. It Won’t Be Long
18. Like Dreamers Do
19. Love Me Do
20. Real Love
21. She Loves You
22. She’s a Woman
23. Something
24. The Word
25. The End

And here’s a helpful article about the songs of the Beatles. Enjoy!

PS: As a replacement for #11, here’s a bonus round:

a) When it gets dark I’ll tow your heart away

b) Silly girl
Take a good look around you
Take a good look you’re bound to see
That you and me
Were meant to be
For each other
Silly girl

c) I may appear to be imperfect
My heart is something you can’t reject
I’m changing faster than the weather
If you and me should get together
Who knows baby
You may comfort me
I want that love of yours
To miss that love is something I’d hate
I’ll make an early start
I’m making sure that I’m not late

See if you can guess the titles of these 25 Beatles’ Songs. Happy V Day!

1. Love is old
Love is new
Love is old
Love is you

2. Love
Love
Love

3. Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you
Tomorrow I’ll miss you
Remember I’ll always be true

4. A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me.
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die

5. The sun is up
The sky is blue
It’s beautiful
And so are you

6. Listen
Do you want to know a secret
Do you promise not to tell
Closer
Let me whisper in your ear
Say the words you long to hear
I’m in love with you!

7. I’m in love for the first time
Don’t you know it’s gonna last
It’s a love that lasts forever
It’s a love that has no past

8. Love you everyday, girl
Always on my mind
One thing I can say, girl
Love you all the time

9. Then we lie
Beneath a shady tree
I love her and she’s loving me
She feels good
She knows she’s looking fine
I’m so proud to know that
She is mine

10. Oh! You were meant to be near me
Oh! And I want you to hear me
Say we’ll be together
Everyday

11. Let me tell you about a girl I know
She’s my baby and I love her so
Every morning when the sun comes up
She brings me coffee in my favorite cup

12. I often wonder
What you’re thinking of
I hope it’s me
And love, love, love

13. I want her everywhere
And if she’s beside me I know I need never care
But to know her is to need her
Everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes
And hoping I’m always there

14. Well she looked at me
And I, I could see
That before too long
I’d fall in love with her
She wouldn’t dance with another
When I saw her standing there

15. And when I touch you I feel happy inside
It’s such a feeling that my love
I can’t hide, I can’t hide, I can’t hide

16. Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we’re together
Love you when we’re apart

17. So everyday we’ll be happy I know
I’ll be good like I know I should
You’re coming home
You’re coming home

18. You came just one dream ago
And now I know
That I will love you

19. Love, love me do
You know I love you
I’ll always be true
So please
Love me do

20. From this moment on I know
Exactly where my life will go
Seems that all I really was doing
Was waiting for love

21. She says she loves you
And you know that can’t be bad
Yes, she loves you

22. Only ever has to give me
Love forever and forever
My love don’t give me presents…

23. Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me…

24. It’s so fine
It’s sunshine
It’s the word: Love

25. And in the end the love you take
Is equal to the love you make

Well, my hunny bunny made me breakfast this morning… awesome. We had eggs and bacon and the wonderful aroma that lingers smells oh so good. He also cleaned up and washed the dishes–quite the catch! I know!

I sent out Valentine’s Day cards today. I got excited over selecting and writing the few we sent out, like a little kid in grade school. It was fun!

Thankful for all the love that we are surrounded by, lavished with, given freely, and get to call home. Life is good and God is great.

A beautiful pillar of strength and grace passed into the arms of Jesus yesterday. She’s survived by her husband Doug, and their two teenage children.

As hard as it is for those of us left behind when a loved one passes, Jeanette is now living in true glory and is praising God face-to-face, not with sadness or regret–only love. Jeanette and I talked and prayed a lot over the issue of peace and rest. Now she has both, thanks be to God.

It’s interesting to me, but not at all surprising, that many of the verses God gives us about peace involve also our hearts. I think He knows how much the two are connected and I know that there is an emotional response in our hearts to the peace that comes only from Christ. Here are a few verses I’m praying and using to renew my mind with Truth as I honor and remember Jeanette, seeking out God’s peace and searching for His voice to comfort my heart:

Jeanette
Isaiah 57:1-2
Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come. For those who follow godly paths will rest in peace when they die.

Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this down: Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds follow them!”

2 Timothy 4:5b-8a
… Don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at telling others the Good News, and fully carry out the ministry God has given you [what a ministry Jeanette had to me, to her family, to each of us who knew her. What a walking example of the Good News that comes in Christ alone]. As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God…. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. And now the prize awaits me–the crown of righteousness, which the Lord will give me on the day of His return…

Rest
Hebrews 4:10
For anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

Comfort
Isaiah 49: 9b-10
The Lord says…”Come out into freedom!”… They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun will not reach them anymore. For the Lord in His great mercy will lead them; He will lead them beside cool waters [and give them comfort and rest].

Peace
Philippians 4:7
You will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 48:18b (Jeanette heard and listened to the Lord)
… you would have peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.

John 14:27
I {Jesus} am leaving you with a gift–peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.

John 16:30
I {Jesus} have told you all this so that you may have peace in Me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world!

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

May the Lord be with your spirit. And may His grace be with all of you (2Tim 4:22).

We love you, Jeanette. Amen.

I finally saw this movie yesterday. A+mazing.

Why hadn’t I seen this sooner? I’m afraid I can’t quite do it justice–it was good beyond words–but I will give you my two cents.

Stellar cast, great plot (based on a true story), and incredible characters. Bertie (short for Albert) is an unlikely hero whose stammer keeps him on the verge of fear and failure both politically and personally. The cause and genesis of his stutter is discovered through a series of unorthodox practices implemented by an eccentric speech pathologist Lionel Loague; the process is as humorous as it is revealing. As you witness Bertie’s successes and minor set backs you find him to be, in fact, quite brave. It is this very visible internal struggle–the fear and the courage–that endears him to you.

I must say that the other elements that provide the backdrop and setting for the storyline are unexpectedly poignant: England on the brink of war, the commoners and the royalty, and perhaps most significant, the passing of duty and expectation from father, to son, and finally to brother.

But what kept me fighting back tears most were the actual words themselves in his speech at the end. Uttered so long ago, they still hold the weight that resonates when a leader with integrity, overcoming adversity, speaks on the issues of honesty, loyalty, impending chaos, and the faithfulness of God. As the screen shifts back and forth between the man who had conquered so much of the war inside himself and the people–the soldiers, the mill workers, the newsies on the streets–it is impossible to deny the perplexing and integral courage that both the man and the country are forced to exude in the face of possible defeat and failure. As history shows, both prevail in the end, but the journey is long and the cost is great.

This brilliant story is made all the more rich by a cast who portray the characters with a humble humanness and promising poise. I have rarely been this inspired to be better. I already want to see it again. Two thumbs up!