turning the music up... keeps the demons at bay

I love music. I love that it can totally make a cold, rainy day warm & brighter. It can evoke emotions from the whole spectrum.

Today was a day of overwhelming emotions of thankfulness & love. I sat in my office sharing with a friend about a church I used to go to for a weekly bible study in Ft. Lauderdale (Calvary Chapel)right after I became a Christian... and I started realizing that have grown. I've changed over the past 10 years. I've progressed on the journey that I started so long ago... from the girl with misguided Christian bubble-living & a self-focused life to the woman that loves God & loves people (I have not arrived thou). The prayers I prayed throughout the years pertaining to the deep yearnings of my soul have been answered... and I sat in my office, overwhelmed & wrapped up in love.

A good friend sent me the link to this song today. "Green Screens", from the band Sleeping at Last. Shot in stop animation, I love everything about it, lyrics included. It resonated. And prompted me to listen to it again. And again. 

I also love turning the music loud... not because I'm still going through my "rebellious teen" stage, but because sometimes I like to escape my thoughts & get lost in the lyrics... I heard an artist say that "turning the music up, keeps the demons at bay". This rings true for me, and as I sat in an empty office, I turned the music up & floated off in the sea of poetic words wrapped into a sweet melody.

So where ever you are, whatever you are doing, know that I love you... and  so does the God of the universe who expresses His love for you in so many ways (even in a song). May you be wrapped up in His love & forgiveness. May you be so overwhelmed that you sit on the edge of your seat... in your office, in the car pool line, in your classroom... praising Him for the love, laughter, trial & tears that have passed through your life. Speechless, because He has heard your lamentations & has not turned a deaf ear.