Music... and updates! All this and more next!
Normally it seems I only have material to write about in my blog when I'm depressed ... I really wish I knew why that was but I don't have a clue.... maybe I just like to whine or something I dunno, but that being true, I suppose it's a good thing that I haven't updated in a while...
I went to visit the Barinas last weekend in Beaumont (my Beaumont family as I call them) and got to talk to Mr. Joe about this whole church mess I've gone through... it's kinda funny really, while he didn't tell me anything different than anyone else, since I've got back, I seem to have, for the first time in about a year been able to let go of this whole mess and move on... I don't understad it really but God be praised.
Knowing people in different parts of the world really is a double edged sword isn't it? It's nice to be able to go somewhere else and have people and friends there, but it seems the more places you go, the more people you meet, the more people you have to miss ... Beaumont really does feel like my home away from home... ^.^
The thing that has been on my mind today is the almost magical power music seems to have over us... Music has the power to inspire, to make us sad, angry, nervous.... it can alter our mood in the blink of an eye... music can break the lauguage barrier, the age gap, it can unite two people who are completely different from each other if even for a few brief seconds. Something with that much power HAS to be otherworldly....
It makes me wonder sometimes... we are commanded to sing praises to God... I am convinced it's almost for us more than for God.... now don't get me wrong, we are to sing to God and the focus of our hearts and minds is to be him... but I know (at least for me) a beautiful song service can be ten times more inspiring than some of the best sermons I've heard...
I think I was going somewhere with this but if I was I've lost my train of thought but Thank God for the gift of music in our lives... the world would be such a dull place without it.
I went to visit the Barinas last weekend in Beaumont (my Beaumont family as I call them) and got to talk to Mr. Joe about this whole church mess I've gone through... it's kinda funny really, while he didn't tell me anything different than anyone else, since I've got back, I seem to have, for the first time in about a year been able to let go of this whole mess and move on... I don't understad it really but God be praised.
Knowing people in different parts of the world really is a double edged sword isn't it? It's nice to be able to go somewhere else and have people and friends there, but it seems the more places you go, the more people you meet, the more people you have to miss ... Beaumont really does feel like my home away from home... ^.^
The thing that has been on my mind today is the almost magical power music seems to have over us... Music has the power to inspire, to make us sad, angry, nervous.... it can alter our mood in the blink of an eye... music can break the lauguage barrier, the age gap, it can unite two people who are completely different from each other if even for a few brief seconds. Something with that much power HAS to be otherworldly....
It makes me wonder sometimes... we are commanded to sing praises to God... I am convinced it's almost for us more than for God.... now don't get me wrong, we are to sing to God and the focus of our hearts and minds is to be him... but I know (at least for me) a beautiful song service can be ten times more inspiring than some of the best sermons I've heard...
I think I was going somewhere with this but if I was I've lost my train of thought but Thank God for the gift of music in our lives... the world would be such a dull place without it.
posted by Ross at 12:05 PM
3 Comments:
Hey, Ross! Some great insights! I completely agree with your thoughts on music. You are so right! It's a very powerful thing that I truly believe is a gift from God. And I do believe it's as much for us and it is for Him. (I'm glad you liked "The Prayer". Great song, huh?)
I'm also glad you had a good time in Beaumont and that you've made some good friends there See, I told you it's good to get a change of scenery from time to time! (Boy, I sure am saying "good" a lot!) : ) Now, you just need to get to Arizona again very soon!
Love you and miss you,
Liz
Oh, and I was thinking about you saying that sometimes the song service is more inspiring to you than the sermon. Ya know, sometimes the songs we sing are just sermons put to music! Cool, huh?
ya dude music is awesome
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