His Song

Do you have a song that stirs some emotional response in you? I have lots! In elementary, it was anything by the Fat Boys or Fresh Prince...inspired, of course, by my brother. He would know all of the words after listening to the song like once. I would sit by the tape player, rewinding and fast forwarding until I could recite every word. It made me feel cool to walk in his room with my hat on backwards, nodding my head like I was tough. When I was in high school, it was Hangin Tough by The New Kids on the Block...yes, I was THAT girl that stood in my bedroom waving my arm back and forth...just admit it, you know the moves too. Except, I quickly discovered that it wasn't cool to like them, so I trashed the posters I had hung in my locker and pretended it never happened. When I was in college it was "ABC" by the Jackson 5. We would play it on the ski boat at camp, waiting for the next water skier to jump in the lake. Can't beat a great song while doing a great sport! Last year, it was "Hey ya" by the Outkasts. I used to turn this on really loud while I was cleaning, dance around the bathroom singing "shake it like a polaroid picture." If I haven't yet convinced you that I am a dork, certainly I have now.

I also feel an emotional response to some worship songs. When "Entering the Worship Circle" by Waterdeep and 100 Portraits came out, I must have listened to that CD 3-4 times a day. I was equally hooked to Shane Barnard's "Rocks Won't Cry." Each song just put my heart to rest with the thought of God's goodness, His faithfulness, His sovereignty. It is enchanting to listen to music that captures the beauty of having a relationship with God. That's why my heart was deeply engaged in this Psalm when I read it this morning, "By day the Lord directs His love, at night His song is with me" (Psalm 42:8). Knowing what I know about music, how powerfully it affects me, I'm inspired just thinking about God's song. He certainly does have the power to vibrate a soul in unimaginable ways. It's neat to imagine what that meant to this psalmist, who was obviously in a difficult place. It's even more comforting to know what that means to me, to have this omni-present being feed my worrisome soul with rythm. I love this about God! That His song is always with me!