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Surrounded (Fight My Battles)

"The Soundtrack of Your Life"  | Day 15

"Surrounded (Fight My Battles)"
by Michael W. Smith

Another of the worship songs that I've been listening to a lot over the past year. And yet another one where Elyssa Smith and UPPERROOM   do an amazing extended cover version as well. I'm not someone who feels particularly "surrounded" by adversity most of the time, but I do find this song comforting in the idea that God is always with us, always around us.

A lot of the worship songs I've been listening to this year have been both really uplifting and often have videos from concerts or worship services where everyone's really into it. I think part of that might come from the fact that our own church services have been either online, or a bit of an understated affair held outside in the church parking lot (thanks to COVID on both counts) with just a guitar, a keyboard, and a cajon. It's not really possible right now for obvious reasons, but I miss the big gatherings with a full worship band plugged into a top-notch sound system. You don't need all that for worship, of course, but I've always enjoyed that kind of worship.