music

music is a wonderful tool. it can be make you feel up when you felt down. it can make you feel down when you were up. (although, i usually skip those tracks when they come on) God made music, and i'm so thankful. Satan can use it to make you doubt, make you angry, make you depressed. but don't listen. skip the track. even the most innocent of country song can make you sad. some make me doubt God. isn't that crazy? but tehn again you'd have to understand how my 100,000 mph brain works. it's very tiring. but that is besides the point.
i'm being tested in my faith and hope and trust in the Lord. i want to listen to sappy, pitiful songs. but what good would that do? nothing. i'm just thankful for bands like switchfoot, dc talk and jars (hey, oldies but goodies! don't knock'em!) but especially for switchfoot. God uses that music to minister to me. there is a song that goes something like this... does it have to start/ with a broken heart/ and broken dreams/ etc. does it have to start there? why? then i realized, God humbles us so that we have no where else to go. only to Him. the song continues to lift you up and remind you to burn out bright for Christ. when your hopes and dreams seemed crushed, don't despair, God has a plan for you to do great things. hang on. cling to His word. strive to burn bright. another one is the beautiful letdown. there are so many things and people that will let us down in this life. it hurts. but it is beautiful because it only causes us to dig deeper, to hold tighter, to pray harder, to grow closer to the Almighty. thank you to hannah for showing me isaiah 43. the almighty called you by name. he will give nations for your ransom. he will give nations for your life. pray for me as i dig deeper, pray harder, cling tighter to the cross and our Father Almighty. i will pray for you to do the same.