Music & Melodies

Three things happened to me yesterday that are the direct reasons for the conclusion that is to come. 

1)I noted that people with accents lose their accents when singing. 

2)I watched the movie August Rush yesterday and got swept away by the World’s rhythmic melodies. 

3)I went to my friends apartment and played guitar for the first time in months (the reason its been months is because I admit that I have never been able to play)

It seems to me that there are only two things in life that can cross all cultures, all languages, all genders, all social stratospheres, and all continents: music and Jesus. Whether you agree with me or not it’s hard to refute that these two things seem to have a deeply rooted sense to life in general. What other name has reached as many ears as the name of the man who died and rose again for the sake of sinners? What other thing besides music conducts beautiful symphonies of sound that can be heard all around at all times?

I have always felt an attachment to music but have never been able to see the reasons as to why. It’s an unexplainable attachment almost like a gentle tug encouraging me to come back home. I know not how it came to be nor the moment I first became conscious of this connection, but I do know the purpose behind it: music universally exist so that we may universally connect to the universe and its maker.

Psalm 47:6-7 says, “Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.”

Music and Christ are two things that cannot be separated from each other nor can they be pried apart by this world.  God gave music to us as a gift to understand his heart and his desires for us and for this world.

Deeply engrained, they will forever remain apart of our lives, whether we chose to listen though is our own decisions

Merely,

Chris Gerac

“Sing to the LORD a new song,

   his praise from the ends of the earth,

you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,

   you islands, and all who live in them.

11 Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices;

   let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice.

Let the people of Sela sing for joy;

   let them shout from the mountaintops.”

Isaiah 42:10-11, NIV