Day 8

Welcome Back!

I am currently in the midst of a 30 day challenge, to listen to nothing but Christian Music. If this is your first time reading my blog, or you are curious and want to know more, then I suggest that you check out my very first blog. And if you are wondering if this has had any impact on my life yet, then I suggest you read any of my other blogs. Now, without further ado, let’s get into today’s topic.

I am going to be honest with you, this is the first time that I am not really sure what to write about. I figured that this would happen at some point, but I was not sure when it would happen. The reason that I am not sure what to write about is because I have not been listening to anything other than NEEDTOBREATHE for the last few days, (I told y’all that they were my favorite band!) and since I have already wrote about them, I didn’t really want to write about them again. Another reason that I am struggling to find what to write is because I have been very busy over the last couple of days. 2 days ago, I went down to Indianapolis to attend a football coaches clinic, and I have been doing something nonstop ever since. So I haven’t really been doing much thinking about music or my faith lately. However, now that I am back home, and things have slowed down a bit, I feel like I can start to get back into a rhythm, and that includes with this blog.

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After a little time and thinking, I believe I have finally come up with what I want to talk about today. The topic I would like to discuss is how many of the songs that you will hear in Christian music mention things that happen in the Bible. Now, that might not sound too surprising to any of you, and it shouldn’t be! What I am trying to say about that is not that it is weird that Christian songs reference different verses in the Bible, but that it is awesome that they do that because I points the listener to go READ the Bible! It does not matter what type of Christian song is playing either; you are more than likely going to hear a reference to either something that Jesus said or something that was said in the Bible. I still remember the first time that the lightbulb came on in my brain for this connection. I was doing my daily reading each morning, and as I was reading, I found myself singing the words I was reading! And at first I couldn’t figure out why I was singing those words, but then it hit me! I was singing those words because one of my favorite artists used those words almost directly word for word in one of their songs! From that point on, I started to notice it more and more in the songs that I was listening to. And my hope is that you will start to notice it more too! Hopefully, the next time you hear a Christian song, and the words seem familiar to you, then you just might go get a Bible and see if those words came from a little higher place than the artist singing your song. Moving forward with this blog, I am going to try and start to identify when those situations are happening, and then include the corresponding Bible verses to the songs, so that everyone can see the heart behind those words. Again, thank you for reading, and God Bless you.