A few months ago a friend introduced me to the world of Spotify. Beforehand I never really listened to much music besides Matt Maher and Audrey Assad (who are awesome by the way) because I just wasn't really interested in anything else. With unlimited music to make my own playlists, I began to venture out.
And what did I find? Not all modern music is like that junk they play on the radio (you know... the stations that play the top 20 on repeat). I found a niche- Indie Folk/Acoustic that suits me perfectly. Now I have a lovely list of songs that I can listen to without fear that my mind is being infiltrated by all the lies society tries to tell us. Just one more thing I don't have to worry about, right? :)
You may be thinking that this is too good to be true. I know that I had put myself in a bubble that all secular music was a bad influence. To show you my new point of view, I would like to show you some lyrics by one of my favorite bands, Mumford & Sons.
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| Aren't they just adorable?!? |
After the Storm
And I took you by the hand
And we stood tall,
And remembered our own land,
What we lived for.
And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
I Will Wait
But I’ll kneel down,
Wait for now
And I’ll kneel down,
Know my ground
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
Awake My Soul
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
And where you invest your love, you invest your life
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
And where you invest your love, you invest your life
Awake my soul
For you were made to meet your maker
Roll Away Your Stone
I seems that all my bridges have been burnt
But you say that’s exactly how this grace thing works.
It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart
But the welcome I receive with every start
Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see
Sigh No More
Love; it will not betray you
Dismay or enslave you, it will set you free
Be more like the man you were made to be
There is a design, an alignment to cry
Of my heart to see,
The beauty of love as it was made to be
The highlighted parts are the lines that really, really speak to me. The ones that have me pondering the meaning of life after midnight. The ones I can picture myself dancing to at my wedding (if that's what God has in store for me). The ones that have shown me how beautiful the world can be, even if it's not Jesus Jams.
I hope you enjoyed these and feel free to look up the songs and listen to them- it's totally worth it.
(the lovely pictures are courtesy of pintrest)
