The Chaos of It All ~Kevin
Sometimes everyday life takes over, and there is not time for religion. Right?It is the time of year that we are all getting back into school, church, sports, music, and the other million things that everyone does. Stress is up, health is down. People speed to get to work because they left the house late, and speed to get home because they left work late. The business of the year sets in, and it is easy to forget about your own spirituality.
The moment of clarity for me, when I knew I could not "put God on hold" or "take a break from God" was when I heard my church choirs first chord two Sundays ago. Moments when it seems the clouds are parting, and from the heavens God is smiling. The music, while not performed by proffessionals, was heavenly, in fact I could not believe what I was hearing. I thought for a moment that I was asleep, and this music was a creation of my own imagination. I should have known that was not the case, as I am definately not quite that creative...
I had a second moment of clarity when my school choir did their first run through of an old warm up we did last year. This was when I remembered my love for singing. This is when I reopened the most potent of connections to God. Music.
So, the next time you think there is no time for God, just sing a song, and God will hear it, and you will feel God's presence.
posted by Unknown at 4:39 AM
2 Comments:
Now you know how I feel about music! :) I met this guy the other day (I almost called him a kid, which was more out of habit than anything...) and he was more random than I am! He would break out in song or hum a tune or just randomly mumble lyrics under his breath... Apparently some people who know him would call him weird... I thought he was fun!
I'm known for randomly breaking out in song... We watched "Grease" last weekend and were talking about how it's too bad that people don't randomly break out in song. So, I made the decision that my car is a "random zone" which means that sometimes I'll be driving along and one of my friends will randomly break out in song, either something random or a worship song that we were just listening to. We're also getting pretty used to breaking out in a worship song randomly in the middle of Wal-Mart, Safeway, the Winter Club or my living room.
It is harder when you go back to school to talk about or keep up with your faith. I know that I'm a person who is more about witnessing by action and lately I have been wearing this awesome bracelet I got at Blessings that says, "Love never fails 1 Cor. 13:8" and I've had more questions and comments about it than I ever did about my "P.U.S.H." bracelet.
One thing I'm bad for is spending time in the word... Once I'm back in class, there is SO much work to do otherwise that I don't take as much time to spend time reading my Bible. I love to sing though and I have started to listen to solely worship CD's in my car or at home while I'm studying... Not the same but it gives me a chance to hang out with God and it's awesome!
As an agnostic, I tend to not believe in God. It just doesn't make sense to me. But then there are those moments- I totally get what you're saying. Something happens, and you just know that there's something bigger than any of us out there. It's a powerful experience. Everyone should have at least one moment of clarity like that in their lives.
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