Sharon writes on her YouTube channel that she wrote these songs through some really difficult times of physical and emotional pain, betrayal and confusion which felt quite desolate. She only had Jesus to hang onto and trust for her life and her future in God's hands. Her bio on her website is worth checking out.
Flow begins with the lyric video song, "Shepherd of My Soul", and Sharon quickly draws the listener into a calming state of mind with words and melody that honor God's guidance and glory:
I will push through this pain,
I'm assured of your presence...
It's a testimony that both soothes and reassures in a folksy kind of way that is not overly done but balanced with lessons learned in the truth of the Way.
Sharon is joined by guitarist, Dave Holmes, on the next track, "Breath of God," which continues in the same soothing sound of harmony with the Creator and His creation. There is a Oneness about this tune that transcends a simply worldly appreciation of nature's beauty. The production quality on this, and all the other tracks, is radio friendly.
"Unending Love" is the fourth track in this collection and is a little more upbeat, celebrating the joy of the Spirit and the practical application that results from that indwelling:
To be the feet of Jesus in this world,
To be the hands to feed the hungry ones
In my interpretation, it's a song that demonstrates what the writer of the epistle says: Faith without works is dead. (James 2)
Sharon fleshes out the vocals a bit in the next track, "Those Who Sow," and adds some harmonics while stretching her range a bit to the high end of the scale. It's another lyric video that is based on Scripture as all of Sharon's songs appear to be and you can't go wrong when you stick close to the Word!
There are a couple of other tracks on this YouTube playlist and they all feature the signature sound of a soul in love with Jesus and the last one worth mentioning is, "Prepare Our Hearts," which is every believer's prayer--to be made holy in order to meet the coming King face to face one day.
All in all, this is a great collection of mainstream praise and worship music that any church would do well to add to their choir's repertoire of contemporary Christian songs.
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