Monday, June 8, 2009

God can speak through ANY medium

Music. I absolutely love it. Of course, I love God first but after him it's my family and friends, and then music. Anyways, music helps me with alot of things. It actually helps me concentrate whenever I do homework. It helps me organize my own thoughts and emotions. It provides an escape from reality for just a short while. Now, as a Christian I of course listen to Christian music and I love it. Now sometimes when I listen to Christian music, I get this feeling that comes over me and all the hair on my body just stands up. What exactly is it? Well, my guess would be The Holy Spirit (Ghost whatever you want to call it) coming over you. So any true Christian should feel that whenever you listen to that kind of music right? What does it mean when you have the exact same feeling listening to something not classified as Christian music. I'll be honest and say that I don't listen to that kind everyday all the time. I actually listen to Classic Rock, Hard Rock, and Heavy Metal the most. But sometimes, I come aross a song by a certain band and I get that feeling as if I was in church or listening to Christian music. An example for me: The first time I actually sat down and listened carefully and fully immersed myself into Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin, I promise you I felt the Holy Spirit. And truly the song is not about Heaven per se, it's about a woman who thinks that she can buy everything that she wants in life. God inspired that band to write that song and now it's the most requested song on FM Radio of all time and it was never a single here. Another example is Jeremy by Pearl Jam. It's about an article the lead singer read one day: 12 year old kid commits suicide in front of classmates during school. That is horrible in itself but what upset the singer was that it wasn't even a headline but just a small little snip of an article on the smae page as the weather forecast. He apparently got inspired to write a song about it because he believed that people should know about this and that it's a major issue. My point is that just because you don't listen to Christian music all the time , doesn't mean that you can't get a message from God. He truly can speak through ANY medium, even in unexpected places such as this. If you have opinions, please comment. Hopefully this made sense to somebody. God Bless and Pax Vobiscum.

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