Music. It invokes emotions deep within; affecting our hearts and our minds like nothing else can; at times it even brings out the things in us that we did not realize were there, to feel what we had never felt before. What the most articulate person cannot communicate, the musician accomplishes in a few minutes.
What is it about music that makes us emotional; reveals what is in our hearts, in our innermost self? And what is it about listening to your favourite track that can make the gloomiest day into a joyful day? - as the music brings you back in time to the days worth remembering, and remember them you will, so vivdly and so gloriously.
It is music that can take us into the realms of another person's life, put us in their shoes so to speak - as they sing the song so emotionally and so powerfully.
... You may have heard it said, "it's just 'music"... that might be true void of all external forces; in the grand scheme of things however, music is not just 'music'. It seems to me that while society and the 'quality of life' has improved since the adoption of Cartesian mechanics and philosophy, this extreme view/application is simply not true.
To be made in the Image of God (a non-negotiable "condition" of our existence), we as humans are effected by the things arounds us, and this includes music. So the music we listen to is important, just like the friends we hang around and the stuff on TV/Movies that we fill our minds with.
And whilst I do hold that the material 'stuff' in our world does not hold any sort of special property (contesting Aristotelian metaphysics), the world is a little bit more complicated than that,... and isn't that the truth.
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."
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Here's an interesting question: if music is so important in our worship of God (eg. your Bible quote), how do we know we're singing God-honouring songs at church? I know people who only sing Psalms because they figure they're the only God-breathed worship songs ...
Or perhaps that's not the point, anyway; perhaps all songs are worship songs, if all of life is worship
We don't. "...the righteous will live by Faith..."
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