redeeming the music

I have had the craziest thing happening to me lately and I'm not sure I can articulate this in a way that makes any sense, but I wanted to document it in case it keeps happening and I want to go back and check when I officially went crazy. In high school, I had a love for music that was quite extensive. I could listen to Neil Diamond and Danzig on the same car ride to school, then throw in a little Lee Greenwood on release hour. There was also a period of intense gangster rap listening as I envisioned myself a "thug" stuck in a white shell:) Most unfortunate not only for me, but anyone (besides marc) who may have been a passenger.

Anyways, I don't listen to music like tool or NWA anymore, because its terrible and is beyond redemption, but I do find myself listening to secular music in the car and I think i'm becoming a bit of a christian weird al Yankovic. Here's what I mean. Weird al (who I love by the way) has made his living doing parody's of popular songs. I now find myself almost subconsciensly not changing the lyrics to songs, but listening to them as if they were about my relationship with God. I know it sounds a bit nuts, but here are a few examples that keep happening to me.

I keep bleeding, I keep, Keep bleeding love--Leonna Lewis--- I think of love being a trademark for christians. When someone cuts me open, I want to bleed love all over them.

--my life, would suck, without you---Kelly clarkson--not very reverent, but when I hear the song, I think of my life before Jesus and it speaks to me

Love story by Taylor Swift--"I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress (usually I think white robe instead) its a love story, just say yes. I think of Jesus talking to the father and placing the white robe of righteousness on me.

"I don't want to go to bed, mad at you, and you don't want to go to bed, mad at me---Ne Yo-----Eph. 4:26--don't let the sun go down when you are angry, nice biblical reminder for us all Ne-Yo.

I know there are more, but I can' think of them right now. I challenge you next time a song comes on, try to make a connection with God somehow thru it even if its not a "christian" song.

Reminder disclaimer---As stated, you can't do this with every song, some are past redemption. I'm not advocating a steady diet of terrible music just to try to tie God in somewhere.

Can anyone think of some more?

Here is a scripture that backs up my wierdness,


Titus 1:15----To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him

Just trying to keep it pure:)