Turn on the radio. Just kidding,
you don’t have to. But even if you’re someone who can say that the last
time you listened to FM radio was when Justin Timberlake was sitting on top of
the charts with 4 of his best friends known as ‘NSync, I’m sure that you would
agree with my next sentence. Music is a very powerful tool. It
engages the senses. There are certain songs that, when I hear them,
instantly transport me to the season of life and place where I first heard
it. Sometimes a song will make me nostalgic for my college days.
Other times, it will remind me of great times with my friends from youth
group. Often, a song can remind you of a sad memory or something
unwanted. To this day, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t hear Eye of the
Tiger and instantly want to jog the stairs of a monument. Colossians
3:16 talks about how music is a gift from God and can be used to praise God.
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." - Colossians 3:16
Jessica and I were recently driving down the road without an iPod and Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me” came on. Neither of us had heard that song in half a decade but somehow were able to scream every lyric at the top of our lungs. Lyrics and melodies get stuck so far down within our subconscious that we are able to access them when we least expect it, and in this case for Jessica and me, when we hoped no one else was looking.
Psalm 119:11 says “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” I want to be someone that stores scripture so deep down into my subconscious that I can retrieve it at any given moment when necessary. I wish I could reference the book of Romans as easily as Nickelback’s break out hit.
One of my favorite bands during college is a band called MAE. Their name stands for Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience. That’s a lot of big words just to describe how music and sounds effect all of your senses to determine your experience.
Every year at the end of the Spring semester as I was about to leave college, the first song I would listen to after I packed my dorm into my car and headed home for summer vacation was MAE’s song “Summertime”. It’s an upbeat song celebrating what’s ahead, and leaving something else behind. Five years later, even when I listen to that song, I always remember that time in my life and am thankful for where God has brought me and the personal victories I have achieved since those days.
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." - Colossians 3:16
Jessica and I were recently driving down the road without an iPod and Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me” came on. Neither of us had heard that song in half a decade but somehow were able to scream every lyric at the top of our lungs. Lyrics and melodies get stuck so far down within our subconscious that we are able to access them when we least expect it, and in this case for Jessica and me, when we hoped no one else was looking.
Psalm 119:11 says “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” I want to be someone that stores scripture so deep down into my subconscious that I can retrieve it at any given moment when necessary. I wish I could reference the book of Romans as easily as Nickelback’s break out hit.
One of my favorite bands during college is a band called MAE. Their name stands for Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience. That’s a lot of big words just to describe how music and sounds effect all of your senses to determine your experience.
Every year at the end of the Spring semester as I was about to leave college, the first song I would listen to after I packed my dorm into my car and headed home for summer vacation was MAE’s song “Summertime”. It’s an upbeat song celebrating what’s ahead, and leaving something else behind. Five years later, even when I listen to that song, I always remember that time in my life and am thankful for where God has brought me and the personal victories I have achieved since those days.
Today is the first day of Summer. As one season passes and we begin a new one, I will be sure to listen to that
song and reminisce over the memories it brings back.
Turn on the radio. Just kidding, you don’t have to. But if you did, you might just find a song that creates some new memories.
Turn on the radio. Just kidding, you don’t have to. But if you did, you might just find a song that creates some new memories.
What songs will you listen to in order to celebrate
past seasons today?
To download the song "Summertime" by MAE, visit the iTunes store here. Or visit their MySpace page here.
To download the song "Summertime" by MAE, visit the iTunes store here. Or visit their MySpace page here.
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