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I am currently working on a challenge to listen to only Christian Music for 30 days, with the purpose being to see what kinds of changes that it might bring in my life. If you are curious about the challenge as a whole, or want to know more about why I would do something like this, then I suggest that you go read my very first blog. If you want to know about any of those changes that I might have had happen already, then I suggest you go read any of the other blogs up to this point. Now, let’s get into today’s blog!
Hey, would you look at that! I did it! I was able to post two blogs in one day! Now I just need to do that one more day, and I will be all caught up! Ha, all joking aside, I am glad to see that you have stuck along with me on this journey up to this point, and have been coming back to see what else I might have to say. That really means a lot to me. For this next blog, I am actually not going to be talking about a specific song. Instead, I am going to be giving you guys an update on how I have been feeling, and the effect that listening to only Christian music has had on me up to this point.
Let’s start with the obvious thing, but an important thing nonetheless, and that is whether or not I have been following this challenge strictly. The answer to that question is yes, as much as I can I have been. What I mean by that is that whenever I am listening to music for just me, I am listening to Christian music. However, if you remember back to my 2nd or 3rd post, I talked about the challenges of listening to Christian music in a public school setting. In that post, I talked about how I would sometimes play Christian music when at school, but it was not the only thing that I played. This has not changed. Today, I think that about half the music that I played was Christian, with the other half being the normal happy pop that I play (I say happy pop, but to be honest, every song that I play at school can be considered “happy” because that is the emotion that I want to create most when students are in my class). Anyways, I can continue to report that I have had a lot of students come up to me and ask about the songs that I am playing, and I have been able to tell them about the song and the artist who made it. And that has been a huge blessing for me.
Outside of school though, I have been working through my Ultimate Worship Playlist, which has over 250 songs on it, and that has been a huge blessing! I like to work through these playlists in their entirety when I do this, because I like the sense of accomplishment of listening to all 250+ songs without choosing another song and getting off the playlist. I’m telling you people, it’s the little things like that that make the difference! Now, in terms of how I am feeling, I would say that I am feeling overall a little happier than I would be normally, but I am not as happy and content as I was the last time I listened to the playlist all the way through. However, I have had some events happen that have made it hard to be happy, yet I still find that I am not as upset as I would normally be at those circumstances, so I would say that the music I am listening to has had a positive impact on me. In terms of my faith, I do believe that is something that is definitely seeing the same level of growth and effect that it did the last time I did this. The perfect example of what I mean actually came yesterday. Yesterday morning was a little rough for me, and I didn’t end up getting out of bed until 6:50 (and I have to be at the school by 7:30 with a 10 minute car ride) which only gave me 30 minutes to take a shower, make my lunch, and eat breakfast. Usually during that time, I like to read my Bible as well, but I simply did not have time to sit down and read yesterday. Now, normally when this situation would happen, I would just forget about reading the Bible at all, and go along with my day. And unsurprisingly, those days usually turn out bad. However, yesterday when this happened, I remembered to pray when I got to school for the strength to get through the day, for my girlfriend’s safety and peace of mind, and for a couple of friends who are going through some things in their marriage, just like I do every morning. And then when I got home, I picked up my Bible and did the reading that I was supposed to do in the morning! Now, that might not seem like much to you, but that is a major win for me! And I know that it all is because of God!
So those are the biggest ways that listening to my Ultimate Worship Playlist has effected this week, and I hope that you are able to take this challenge and see similar effects in your life. I know that God has a plan in place for you, and all you gotta do is get out the way and let him accomplish it. Thank you for reading, and may God be with you!
Listening to only Christian Music For 30 Days 