{"id":358,"date":"2014-04-07T22:50:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T22:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/peanutsandpopcorn\/?p=358"},"modified":"2014-04-07T22:50:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T22:50:21","slug":"a-parents-alternative-to-miley-cyrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/peanutsandpopcorn\/2014\/04\/a-parents-alternative-to-miley-cyrus.html","title":{"rendered":"A Parent\u2019s Alternative to Miley Cyrus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jamie<\/a>
Jamie Grace (Gotee Records)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not that long ago, you couldn\u2019t go into any store\u2019s toy department and not see any Hanna Montana. From posters to dolls, she was one of Disney\u2019s star talents and every little\u2019s girl dream to be just like her. Like so many teen stars, Miley Cyrus has wanted to shred any resemblance of the \u201cgood girl\u201d that she portrayed on the Disney Channel TV show and show us who she \u201creally\u201d is. While Disney has replaced Hanna with more current fare, many of Hanna\u2019s fans have grown to appreciate the likes of her alter ego despite their parent\u2019s wishes. If this is you, I\u2019d like to suggest that you share Jamie Grace\u2019s<\/a> new CD with your daughter.<\/p>\n

Like Cyrus, Grace is pretty and very talented and about the same age, but she has no desire to run away from her good girl image. \u201cSo many songs on the radio or storylines in TV shows and movies talk about and promote what the world is doing. Ever since I was 14 I\u2019ve wanted to write a song about what I\u2019m not doing and hopefully be able to encourage other people in \u201cthe waiting\u201d as well,\u201d she says talking about one of my favorite songs \u201cWhite Boots\u201d on her new album, Ready to Fly. \u201cMy mom came to my sister and I with this metaphor of white boots and purity. Honestly, it was a moment when your mom tells you something awesome but you\u2019re slightly embarrassed that you didn\u2019t think of it first so you try to play it cool? Ha!\u201d<\/p>\n

While other singers are singing about getting it on, \u201cWhite Boots\u201d is all about keeping it on. Check out these lyrics:<\/p>\n

\n
\"(Gotee<\/a>
(Gotee Records)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Standing face to face with the love I know is true<\/em>
\nI\u2019ll promise him forever from the day we say, “I do”<\/em>
\nI’ve got my white boots! My white dress<\/em>
\nAnd baby, I ain’t getting them dusty<\/em><\/p>\n

All I need you to bring are the rings<\/em>
\nAnd I know in time I’ll be ready<\/em>
\nCause I’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting, <\/em>
\nWaiting, waiting, waiting on you<\/em>
\nIn my white boots!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the song, \u201cJust a Friend,\u201d Grace sings about the dreaded \u201cF\u201d word that every teenager has to face when one has a crush on another, but the feeling isn\u2019t mutual. She wrote the song with Manwell from Group 1 Crew, who also sings with her as well.<\/p>\n

Why can\u2019t you just see what I see?<\/em>
\nWhen you say I\u2019m just a friend, you tell me I\u2019m just friend<\/em>
\nI think I could make you happy<\/em>
\nBut you say I\u2019m just a friend, you tell me I\u2019m just a friend<\/em>
\nSo I\u2019ll be that, Oh I\u2019ll be that<\/em>
\nI guess that\u2019s that<\/em>
\nBut I don\u2019t wanna be just that<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI wanted this song to be an encouragement to young people who may, in some sense, be where I am. I wanted to remind others, especially young girls, that yes, we may have these feelings but we don\u2019t have to just immediately act on them right away. Essentially I wanted to say that we may all come to that place where we want a relationship to happen and be incredible from the start, but ultimately the only relationships that will truly thrive are those that are based on what we have in Christ. \u2018Just a Friend\u2019 is a reminder to all girls, guys and to me, to follow the Lord and everything else will fall into place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"(Gotee<\/a>
(Gotee Records)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grace\u2019s music is fresh with a various musical styles throughout. It\u2019s fun, uplifting and at times, worshipful. Grace wrote the song, \u201cTo Love You Back\u201d with GabeReal and Dave Wyatt of the DiverseCity band about the wonder on how much God loves us. \u201cFrom the moment God created us, He loved us, cherished us and made plans for us. Now that we\u2019re here on earth, we finally have the privilege in getting to love Him back. I know that I\u2019ll never be able to love God enough or even close to how
\nmuch He loves me, but it\u2019s truly an honor that I finally get to love him back,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

No, Jamie Grace won\u2019t be rocking the wrecking ball soon, but she is someone your daughter can actually relate to. In addition to just being human, she has had to overcome such difficulties as Tourette Syndrome. In an interview with the Christian Post<\/em><\/a> back in September, Jamie opened up about her health and her healthy perspective about it: “I do thank God, not specifically for Tourette’s, but I know that He has taught me a lot through this illness. So the irony of Tourette’s syndrome is that it’s based on something that we can’t control and everyone in life has something that they can’t control. So whether it’s Tourette’s, or family or school stuff, or something else medical, we’re all going to have something big in our lives that that we can’t control, but we can control to choose to go to the Father during those times and even though it’s hard and difficult, He does love us He does have a plan for us and He will make everything work out for His glory in the end.”<\/p>\n

Bottom line: Jamie Grace\u2019s music is fun to listen to and will inspire your daughter to be all that God wants her to be and isn\u2019t that what we really want for our daughters?<\/p>\n

Ready to Fly is produced by Gotee Records and distributed by Columbia Records<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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