long as I can see the light

CCR can always speak to the soul. It's hard for me to describe my love for music. I think everyone enjoys music. I'm not talented musically in any form, I play no instruments and my singing voice is never heard by anyone who doesn't stand near me during worship (and they never sit near me again) but I feel like I was born with music in my very being, in my bones.

My husband sings like a bird and plays the guitar and couldn't sing the lyrics to one entire song if his life depended upon it. He listens to country and wouldn't care if the world stopped making music.

Music quickly becomes a spiritual experience for me. I can feel God so strongly in worship services but what is it I feel when I'm not listening to praise and worship (which I admit is never outside of church) is it still God? I believe so. If we are able to appreciate with our eyes everything we see that God has made, I feel that God has also created our ears to appreciate music. Yes I believe God loves when we sing his praises but I have never been small minded enough to believe that is the only music we are "allowed" to listen to.

Thank goodness for my parents and that I grew up listening to CCR, Fleetwood Mac, ACDC, Bob Seger and James Taylor. Just because this music isn't construed as "gospel" doesn't mean I can't feel God in it. I can find God in lots of unconventional ways, I think those are the most special. Anyone can feel God's presence in a powerful sermon or praise and worship or small group. But what about in reading Mary Wollstonecraft? listening to FSR? or a Poli Sci class? I'm not here to say these should take the place of conventional time with God (i.e. worship, devotions, church) but I'm always trying to seek God and I find that in doing that he reveals Himself to me in all sorts of ways. Oftentimes music.

I'm not sure what brought all of this on, perhaps someone's facebook status update I saw recently that Christian Rock Music would send you to hell. Yeah, that's probably where this is coming from. I must say I don't agree. On that note here's a little music for your listening pleasure.