Pre Christmas Stress? Need Some Peace, Love and Joy?

Pre Christmas stress! It's real right?

In this Pre Christmas Episode (64) of the April May Gems Radio Show ...


I have gathered a collection of songs to bring some pre-Christmas - Peace, Hope and Love to your heart. 

The kind of peace that’s unspeakable -

The kind that brings stillness and quietness even if you're in the middle of a raging life storm!


The kind of peace that keeps you afloat when you feel like you're drowning, with heavy weights gripping at your ankles and you're like, “Yep, this situation is certainly tryin’ to pull me under, BUT in the midst of the turmoil and the strife and the stress, you just have it.


Real Peace.


I also fill in the blanks in this episode for this question:


“What is love?


Well, “ ___ “ is love!
The kind of love that came down to our level.

As for Joy...


I talk about the kind of joy that is not the “I just laughed at the Christmas cracker joke,” temporary kind of happiness.

No. Real Joy that is indescribable and glorious and fills your heart and stays with you, even in the midst of suffering. 

I also play some very cool Peace, Love and Joy filled tracks.

A couple from my fave Aussie duo boy band 4K&C as well as one from my own personal friend from Perth.

Josh Baldwin also gets a play and the beautiful voice of Kim Walker Smith too.

Be encouraged.

Thanks for listening.


Episode 64 is also available on Apple Podcasts here


Happy Pre-Christmas.


x April May

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