Well... hello again keyboard. And computer moniter. I'm just sitting here inside, being bored and waiting for the sun to come out. Earlier, I thought the rain looked like fun so I ran out to get the mail. Yeah, that ended up being NOT fun because apparently it's also cold today! Which brings me to here, trying to think of what to blog about. I have plenty of ideas but I sometimes have trouble putting my thoughts into words. Or at least into words that sound good, and don't make anyone hate me. But I shouldn't worry about that, should I? It's not that I care what people think of me, I just care what I think of me, and mostly what God thinks of me. So that's why I try to be nice :)
(Woo- color!) I'm currently listening to a randomly made playlist on my ipod. I think the theme for this one was "Songs to listen to that won't make me so hyper that I can't concentrate on my finals." The song playing right now is called "Firefly" and it's by Jimmy Needham. He has a pretty dang cool sound. It's sort of jazzy and relaxed, but with a strong message (he's a christian!).
Ooo, now here is an amazing song- "By Your Side" by Tenth Avenue North. I adore this band. Whenever I feel like crying, or can't really see how God fits into my life, I listen to them. I sang "By Your Side" in church once, and my youth band has "Love is Here" in their worship songs list.
I've been realizing lately that I strongly dislike "popular" music. I don't think I'm going to point out too much specific music at this time, but pretty much can't stand listening to anything in the Itunes "Top Ten" songs list. "Bulletproof" by La Roux is an okay song, at least the lyrics don't talk about how hot someone looks while dancing in a club (really, how many songs like that are there??)
Think about what kind of message is being presented in the popular music of our culture. I know that for me, it's not a message that I want being repeated over and over while I'm in the car, or hanging out with friends, or in the hallways at school! These songs talk about getting wasted, hooking up, partying all the time, and umm, things I don't even want to mention. Let's just say that if anyone talked like that in real life, not in a song, they would (hopefully) get slapped.
Soo at this point I'm pretty much done with pop music. I can deal with my friends listening to it, but I have a feeling that at some point it's going to affect the way people think and act, and I really don't want to be a witness to that. For that reason, I hope I can be an encouragement to listen to more uplifting music. Relient K, Camera Can't Lie, The Rocket Summer, and Hawk Nelson are some rock bands that I really enjoy. David Crowder Band, Barlow Girl and Casting Crowns tend to be more contemporary christian, like the kind of stuff you'd hear at youth group. The Wedding, Evanescence, Flyleaf, and Children 18:3 play more intense rock, some screaming here and there, very deep. Needtobreathe is a great country rock band that my brother discovered, and I recommend even to people who don't normally love country music.
Philippians 4:8
"Finally, brothers [and sisters!], whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things."
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