Thursday, May 7, 2009

My Own Topic- Religion in Songs, Rawley

I really love somewhat sappy love songs. I love when someone expresses how much in love they are with someone else and they can do it very eloquently. I was listening to a specific song the other day, So Contagious by The Acceptance, and I was so comforted by how romantic it was. Then I took a deeper look at the words and I realized that this could be a song for Jesus. One of the lines were, "Could this be out of line? To say you're the only one breaking me down like this. You're the only one I would take a shot on". I am not in love at this point in my life, so immediately I though of the only one that I would "take a shot on" and I thought of Jesus. I figured out that that was why I was so comforted by the song and then I started listening to more of my favorite songs with this mindset. The next song that I thought of was Mercy by OneRepublic. I know that that song sounds pretty obviously, but since faith is not consisten with the rest of their music it wasn't as obvious. One of the lines in the song says, "Angel of Mercy how did you find me? How did you pick me up again?" I heard that song and I though of how Jesus promises never to leave and that He will always pick us up when we are down. When I thought of how these words were love songs and potentially written for women, I wondered why they sounded like they could be written for Jesus as well. Then I remembered, in Ephesians, Paul tells us that "God is Love". So it makes sense why all of these love songs sound like they are written for Him; because He is love.

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