day 5 - music and me

i love music. always have.

i have not been a fan of christian music.

it always seemed never to fit what i was looking for or seemed honestly so bubble gum that it never appealed to me.

so i overlooked it completely, discounting every good word about any artist i have ever heard.

honestly, i looked at christian artists as people compromising between their beliefs and wanting to make money, trying to hold onto credibility and still seem cool.

you can be christian and cool i hear you say. and you may be right. its easy to seem that way when you are a musician or an artist. but average people will be shunned for holding onto CHRIST.

that being said, lately GOD has been speaking to me. i struggle alot. not because GOD i lack faith, but because i have so much pride and so many other excuses.

so i was working the other night, paperwork and what not, when i put on the leeland songs on my ipod. i put them there because i was supposed to, along with a bunch of other christian music, because after all, that’s what i say i am right?

the sound of melodies floored me. i had heard it before but this was the first time i had really listened to it. so i played another song and then another. then i switched artists. it felt like GOD was pouring words of love into me with each song.

i landed on chris rice, untitled hymn (come to jesus). and i lost it. it was the first time i have been wrecked by a song in a long time.

so now all i can seem to hum is leeland, chris rice, or chris tomlin. all i want to play on my guitar is sweet songs of worship.

everyday is full of surprises. how great is our GOD?