I have to admit, as my own personal confession, that it is very easy for me to listen to a wide range of music of every genre known to man kind, yet I clearly choose to leave Christian music out of the mix.
While driving to work the other day, I forgot my i-pod and thus was forced to listen to the radio [radio's music quality is awful!], which irked that I had been so careless in forgetting my tunes. A majority of my programmed radio stations had morning talk shows, all except one station. I happend to "stumble" upon 88.1 fm, Air1. And I say "stumble" because I have realized that over time, there are no coincidences when it comes to what God has in store for me. My first impulse was to quickly turn the station to something more hip, a more secular jive...
...Then I paused.
By pausing for that one second and hesitating in not changing the station, I was overwhelmed by the Grace of God. As I'm typing, I cannot worth the life of me recall what song was playing at the time. But whatever that song may be, it pulled on my heart strings and I proceeded to reflect on the little blessings I receive in life. I grew up in a very loving family in where my parents always guided me to have a relationship with God, explaining to me that He always loves me and I needed to be willing to commit myself to Him. See, back in the day, I was a fence rider when it came in deciding if I wanted relationship with Jesus. Some days I did, some days I just didn't care because I acquired many doubts about what I truly believed. And it was SO hard for me to get into church. I grew up seeing the hypocritical church goers that liked to shove God down my throat or judging others as if they were pharisees themselves. How could I, share Christ with others if I had doubts of what I even really believed? Bottom Line of realization: It's not a religion, but a relationship with Jesus Christ.
What greater love is that of someone laying their life down for me? Over time I thankfully matured and finally understanding that every bit of information my parents relayed to me had always proven true. I struggled with praying and being able to read my bible on a daily basis. After attending Sunday school all my life, I knew all the generic bible stories and just didn't care to want to read anymore from that book. Eventually I put two and two together that it was all about relationships, was at a youth conference a couple years ago. The question the speaker posed, "If your boyfriend/girlfriend/family member, suddenly stopped talking to you and went weeks without hearing from them, how would that make you feel?" Words like bummed, upset,angry,confused.... and the list continued in my head. The speaker waited a moment for the audience to soak in the question, "You would feel pretty cruddy, right? Well when we aren't praying, getting into the Word or having a moment with God, that's how He is feeling when we aren't conversing with Him". Wow, my world was flipped in that instant. To be put in God's shoes for the slightest second made me appreciate and change my perspective that very moment. The realization of the bible is that it isn't supposed to be a treacherous reading or a chore in having to read it every day--- but a love letter written by God above to each and everyone. If everyone could have that mindset, we would be able to see what love really is. After tuning into my new favorite Christian radio station, it's nocoincidence that a majority of Christian music relay the theme of love.
....it all began because of a song traveling amidst radio waves.
-H.
