Talk

I love listening to Contemporary Christian music, especially worship songs. Sadly, the local station that played Contemporary Christian has reformatted to all talk. I had gradually stopped listening to that station over the last 3 years because nearly every time I turned on my radio, I only heard talk, talk, talk. Now, there is nothing wrong with talking…I have been known to do so myself at unbearable speeds. But when you do all that talking, when is there time for all the good music that lifts praises to The Lord? Yes, it is good to recognize sin and be armed against it in our own lives, but isn't it better for us to use our voices to praise and worship Him than to criticize other people who are caught up in the ignorance of their own sin? Which choice brings Him the most Glory? Gossip disguised as knowledge and wisdom, or uplifting words of His indefinable greatness?

God told me one day that when I allowed worldly music into my ears, I was wasting the time that He gave me. I had spent many hours a day listening to the world talk about love and sex and getting rich, when I should have been listening to music that magnified Him. Once under that conviction, I began to search radio stations for Godly music. I found a new radio home, and when I re-tuned my ears, I began to hear some of the most beautiful sounds! I supported my local station financially many times, because I wanted my children and grandchildren to be able to hear what I heard. Too often, teenagers assume that all Christian music is the same stuff that is in the church hymnals, but it's absolutely not.

Now I am disappointed that there is no local station to stand in that musical gap for our young people. I will do my part for my family with help from iTunes and affordable CDs at the Christian Bookstore, but what about all those people out there who will search for something new to fill a hole in their soul? When they search their radio, will they listen to the negative words about the homosexual agenda, politicians, or public schools? Or will they just go back to the world's music and hear about beer, baby mamas, and unfaithful boyfriends?