Music

Music never ceases to amaze me. I am not kidding about the amazed thing either, I don't mean like pleasantly surprised or anything like that, I mean like awe struck to the core. To me there is nothing more powerful in the world.

Really when you think about it, there is not a whole lot else that God gave us to do, that the angles themselves do constantly. It is a huge, huge gift from Him, something directly out of heaven. Probably my personal favorite.

My heart can connect with music faster and more powerfully than anything else I know. A few notes on a piano, some hymns sung in chorus, some soaring guitar rifts, and I am gone. Music can comfort me, help me think, help me pray, life me up, and so much more. It is one of the first mediums that I turn to when I am going through rough times, when I am to out of it to pray, I give my heart to the songs I love and pray through them. It also seems that when I am having the hardest times, I find the songs that touch me the deepest. (Thank You Father.)

I just found a beautiful piano solo, that I think is one of the most moving pieces I have heard in a good long while. I just lay on my bed and soak it in. I can just emerse myself in it and my whole day gets lifted.

Music is such a beautiful gift. I hope that you let it as deep into your heart as I do. I truly believe that God speaks in music, to me I think it is when I hear Him the clearest. A saying that I read and have always liked is:

Music is harmony,
Harmony is perfection,
Perfection is what we strive for,
And what we strive for,
is heaven.

I hope anyone who reads this is blessed to have a song or to that their soul sings to when they hear it. If not I encourage you to keep your ear open and when you hear a song you like let your heart take it in and you will know what I mean.

Trying out this Blog thing...

So its St.Patricks Day. I am at work with very little to do, so I thought I would give this blog thing a shot, who knows what fun it will bring, haha.

To start of with I was going to talk about my love for Ireland. It is pretty heavy on my mind today, givin that it is St.Patty's day, I am working at an Irish Shop, I have been practicing my bagpipes, and I am learning Irish Gaelic. (Am I stuck in a rut or what?) Ireland is somewhat of a place of dreams for me, I always think of what a great escape it would be to go there to live, or even just to visit again. Boy, what I would give to ship out to there right now. I think a vacation would do me good! I was looking at my friends World Venture website the other Day and saw a need for people to travel to Ireland, and be a student and work with student ministry, at which point I buried my face in my palm, and muttered something about, "Now I find that...". Someday I will live there, mark my words. I will live in the small town of Bantry Bay, where there will be only the beauty of God's greenest creation, and finally some peace of mind.

Anyway, Im getting homesick for a place thats never been my home, except in my mind. So Im going to go play with all these blog settings and see what this baby can do!