Good Morning
Songs of praise to the Lord reach us. So do hymns and music. Different styles of music appeal to different people. Like in the movie 'Awakenings' each of the patients had different music which had an impact on them.
As I have continued my walk with Jesus, and the sanctification of my life progresses, I have been cleaning house of those things in my life and past which are not Christian or Christ-like in nature. While I have come a long way, I know I still have a long way to go.
One challenge for me has been music. I am a headbanger at heart. I love Iron Maiden, Metallica, Rammstein and similar groups, but as I get closer to the Lord, there are some songs which I have trouble even playing now, knowing the words promote something that I just don't believe.
I was a bit fearful closing the door on my hard hitting chords and pounding drums, but I would do it if it meant getting closer to Christ.
Then, one Saturday morning, my buddy and accountability partner, Justin, had finished having breakfast at a local restaurant and walked to our cars. He pulled out his cell phone and showed me some new music his brother had showed him. It was metal and it was Christian.
The name of the group was Skillet, and I chuckled at the name. The music sounded okay, but cell phone speakers just don't do rock justice.
So that evening I went onto YouTube and started listening and watching some Skillet songs, and within a week I had purchased my first CD (my car speakers are a bit better than the cell phones). As I was listening to it one day in the car, my daughter asked if that was Skillet and if she can borrow the CD to put some songs on her IPod.
I have since become a huge fan of Skillet, purchased a second CD from them and listen intently throughout the week.
I praise the Lord for worship music which reaches me. Now don't get me wrong, the songs we sing at Church are very powerful and I enjoy listening to KLove and our local Christian station, WJIE, but when I really want to get into the zone, a good hard hitting metal song is what I need. And the Lord gave us Skillet and other Christian Rock bands.
Praise Jesus!
Sanford
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