Everything Sad Is Coming Untrue
written at Monday, August 24, 2009
“God’s redemption plan is already in effect. It’s not for ‘someday when,’ it’s for right now, in this moment. Even when the worst is happening, the seeds of its undoing are already sown. In fact, they were sown the day the body of Jesus, like a seed himself, was laid in the ground. What took root on Easter is the undoing of the curse, and it is flowering all around us if we have eyes to see it.”
Jason Gray is one of those people, who just has this effect on others. Is it the songs that he writes and sings? Is it his approachable personality? Jason’s unique brand of emotional, thought-provoking, alternative-pop has an effect on me, and listening to it isn’t much different than having Jason Gray sitting in your living room and telling you what’s on his mind.
In either case, you really wish there was someone else there to share it with.
On another note, I've been reflecting about music, music in general. I like all sorts of music, if someone asked me, "What kind of music do you like?" I can say that it's definitely more than my fingers could count. From classical to bossa nova, you name it. I do not have a preference. I can say that it really depends on my mood? But recently I've been reflecting not so much about what music can do in my life...That isn't the point of it all, that isn't the centre of it all.
I have realised that sometimes when things are not going well for me, when things seem to be crumbling around me, I run to music for solace, for comfort, for strength, for encouragement. But I realised that music can't give these things? Music does not have eternal value, music does not give me satisfaction as much as Jesus can. Music only helps to bring out the reality of the saving work of Christ on the cross for my sins. Let's pray that music will not become an idol for many of us, may Jesus be the centre.
Everything Sad Is Coming Untrue
written at Monday, August 24, 2009
“God’s redemption plan is already in effect. It’s not for ‘someday when,’ it’s for right now, in this moment. Even when the worst is happening, the seeds of its undoing are already sown. In fact, they were sown the day the body of Jesus, like a seed himself, was laid in the ground. What took root on Easter is the undoing of the curse, and it is flowering all around us if we have eyes to see it.”
Jason Gray is one of those people, who just has this effect on others. Is it the songs that he writes and sings? Is it his approachable personality? Jason’s unique brand of emotional, thought-provoking, alternative-pop has an effect on me, and listening to it isn’t much different than having Jason Gray sitting in your living room and telling you what’s on his mind.
In either case, you really wish there was someone else there to share it with.
On another note, I've been reflecting about music, music in general. I like all sorts of music, if someone asked me, "What kind of music do you like?" I can say that it's definitely more than my fingers could count. From classical to bossa nova, you name it. I do not have a preference. I can say that it really depends on my mood? But recently I've been reflecting not so much about what music can do in my life...That isn't the point of it all, that isn't the centre of it all.
I have realised that sometimes when things are not going well for me, when things seem to be crumbling around me, I run to music for solace, for comfort, for strength, for encouragement. But I realised that music can't give these things? Music does not have eternal value, music does not give me satisfaction as much as Jesus can. Music only helps to bring out the reality of the saving work of Christ on the cross for my sins. Let's pray that music will not become an idol for many of us, may Jesus be the centre.
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What matters supremely, therefore, is not
in the last analysis, the fact that I know God,
but the larger fact which underlies it --
the fact that He knows me.
J. I. Packer
