so i love music... if you have met me for 30 mins you know that i am consumed with new, old, fresh, and classic music.... but more so than just listening i love the process of discovering great music/bands/songs... especially when it has already existed and you just didn’t know where to look or when it is new and exciting and fresh!
Mostly associated with that is the idea of alternative music... it seems like every genre has a sub-genre that is either- cooler, grittier, or better (IMHO). For whatever reason (political or artistic) an alternative vision or idea of the music exists, so much so that the label and/or the band wants a separate caste for classification... (in the case of alt. country i think it is just truer music but i digress...)
I think more times than not we would be wise to view Christian living in this sense... we are humans and physically that makeup and composition doesn’t really change in the moment of salvation... but the vision and hope and artistry of life do... the wants, values, and hope that those who are not is/should be much different from those that are....
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 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. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
(Colossians 3:12–17 ESV)
We exist different we are “clothed” differenty... the values and qualities of our lives are vitally alternative to the world... when in doubt if we find ourselves to closely tied to the things of this world then we would be smart to question our motive or where our goals might be set... and aim a little higher....
Scripture is wise to remind to us if we would quick to listen...
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Bethany, OK 73008
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