A Life Without Music

What would your life be like without music?

I feel that life without music would be sooo mundane!

When thought is given to the many genre’s of music that exist and the reasons that one is drawn to them, I realise that it is incomprehensible.

There is music for every event, emotion, and/or situation in life. Songs help us convey anger, love, peace, and states of mind. It can calm us down and make us feel happy or we can be motivated to do something which we may be experiencing difficulties with, provide courage.

We can also share our moods with our nearest and dearest via so many platforms such as email, Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp; placing it on our statuses, within groups, or as a personal message. Imagine no longer being able to do that. Many of us have sent YouTube videos of a special song to someone that conveyed exactly what we would like to say, but maybe couldn’t or for one reason or another, we were unable to put into such great words.

Having said all of the above, my favourite is worship music! The music I mainly listen to is worship music. I love to communicate with my God! I love to sing and listen to worship music that comes from the depths of my spirit, connects with Him, and lets Him know exactly how I feel. As I type this, I’ve just realised that is exactly what I’m doing! Oftentimes, I think to myself I’m not communicating with Him enough, but I’ve just realised that I know the God I serve. He is The Great I Am. He is El Roi, the God Who sees me. He is Jehovah Nissi, the banner that I wave high, loud and proud! El Shaddai, my Almighty God. Jehovah Rapha, my healer! He is so much more than the names listed, and I will go into them and the others in more detail in time to follow.

Since the beginning of time, man has been able to put their words to music and let others know what they were thinking and either draw others to what they are thinking or provoke their thoughts to actually think. In the Holy Bible, King David, who started as a shepherd boy, wrote a Psalm for every life changing moment in his life, be it good or bad.

A life without being able to convey who we are, whether directly or indirectly, is inconceivable.