Yes, I have a confession to make today. I am song-obsessed. It's hereditary. I passsed it down to Meredyth, and now she has it, too. Ask her husband about it. He will verify!
Whenever I hear a song that gets into my head, and into my heart, I cannot let go. I play it perhaps 50 times a day, not kidding, until one day it is over for me. I have heard it too much, as has everyone in my vicinity, and it no longer speaks to me.
I went to see "Courageous" (the movie, more on that later) and I heard a snippet of a song. I knew it was Third Day and I love Third Day. Some of my earlier obsessive moments were with Third Day songs. Anyway, I found it on Youtube, and I have played it over and over and over and over. It speaks to me. God speaks to me through it.
I must say, I didn't always hear God speak to me. Oh, I would hear him sporadically I thought, but I wasn't in tune to His voice in my life. That has changed! He speaks to me all the time, and I hear Him. And I love His voice.
If people tell you God doesn't do that - He doesn't work that way - don't listen to them. He does. Those are the sweetest, most precious, most joy-filling times of my life. I finally realized a few years ago that Christianity isn't about the things I do. It isn't about perfecting myself for Him. It is about listening to Him and just saying "Lord, change my heart" and being willing to let Him do all the work in me. It's about letting go of my ideas and my choices and my will. I couldn't believe there would be freedom in that, but that's where the freedom really is!
Today, I don't know where He is taking me. I just know that I don't want to go anywhere without Him. It's scary when everything is changing and there's no map to follow. But I can wait if I can just continue to hear His loving voice.
We have taught our children that life is hard, and the world is crazy, but you don't have to fear it if God is your refuge. We want them to be strong in their faith and know that He is their strength in times of trouble. He will sustain us!
Here is my song obsession today. I hope it blesses someone.
1 comments:
Yes, I'm so song obsessed too, but I'm obsessed with Shane & Shane's "Need You More."
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