Music-Soul Food
I've decided to share a bit about my musical preference in hopes to draw your mind to something important. In all the 500+ music I have on my phone and countless others I know and love, there's one common denominator you'll find in most of them. Those songs have lyrics, not just readable, coherent and comprehensible lyrics but deep, thoughtful, insightful lyrics that leave you thinking and reflecting about life in all its shades. I think it's one of the reasons I've never really connected with most African contemporary musicians regardless of how amazing their songs may be. On a regular, gospel songs are like my go to songs. Of the 500+ songs I have 99% are gospel and the few non gospel are usually thoughtful songs. You see, I am a deep thoughtful person and I long for songs that engage that part of me. The world can be so superficial with no sense of connection and listening to music that introduces a connection or at least attempts to, gets to me. Songs like "Iyawo Mi" by Timi Dakolo, "Waving Flag" by various artists. "Sade" by Adekunle Gold, "We are the world" by Various artists, "One man can change the world" by Big Sean, Kanye West and John Legend, "Jamb Question" by Simi & Falz. Of course my all time favorite contemporary artist would be Jon Bellion. All of his songs I've listened to just tug and tug at my heart. It feels like a star travelling through the Galaxy or cosmos trying to find a heart it can connect to. I've always felt so in tuned to the world when I listen to his music.
Note that I'm not discounting any music or disabusing them of it's seeming inability to connect. I'm just stating what style of music gets to me.
Today I played the Jon Bellion song, "Stupid Deep" and the lyrics to that song just had me on my knees. His lyrics inspired this write up. Sometimes without meaning to we think we have to earn or be worthy of love. We think we are undeserving of love, it's pure unadulterated unconditional love.
What if the very love you've been fighting for and in African slang, "Hustling' for, that love you felt you needed to earn, what if it was FREE? To think that the very thing we always thought we had to earn or "be worthy of" is completely FREE and Payed for. What if someone did all they fighting for you and did all the hustling for you? What if someone earned that love just for you? What If He tells you, you never had a chance at earning it? All you had to do was accept that it's TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY FREE!!!
JESUS LOVES YOU! His love is the only love I know that comes at no cost. You don't have to earn it or even fight for it. Before you start trying to be "worthy" of love, can you first accept His Total and Complete love for you? IT'S FREE!
I've decided to share a bit about my musical preference in hopes to draw your mind to something important. In all the 500+ music I have on my phone and countless others I know and love, there's one common denominator you'll find in most of them. Those songs have lyrics, not just readable, coherent and comprehensible lyrics but deep, thoughtful, insightful lyrics that leave you thinking and reflecting about life in all its shades. I think it's one of the reasons I've never really connected with most African contemporary musicians regardless of how amazing their songs may be. On a regular, gospel songs are like my go to songs. Of the 500+ songs I have 99% are gospel and the few non gospel are usually thoughtful songs. You see, I am a deep thoughtful person and I long for songs that engage that part of me. The world can be so superficial with no sense of connection and listening to music that introduces a connection or at least attempts to, gets to me. Songs like "Iyawo Mi" by Timi Dakolo, "Waving Flag" by various artists. "Sade" by Adekunle Gold, "We are the world" by Various artists, "One man can change the world" by Big Sean, Kanye West and John Legend, "Jamb Question" by Simi & Falz. Of course my all time favorite contemporary artist would be Jon Bellion. All of his songs I've listened to just tug and tug at my heart. It feels like a star travelling through the Galaxy or cosmos trying to find a heart it can connect to. I've always felt so in tuned to the world when I listen to his music.
Note that I'm not discounting any music or disabusing them of it's seeming inability to connect. I'm just stating what style of music gets to me.
Today I played the Jon Bellion song, "Stupid Deep" and the lyrics to that song just had me on my knees. His lyrics inspired this write up. Sometimes without meaning to we think we have to earn or be worthy of love. We think we are undeserving of love, it's pure unadulterated unconditional love.
What if the very love you've been fighting for and in African slang, "Hustling' for, that love you felt you needed to earn, what if it was FREE? To think that the very thing we always thought we had to earn or "be worthy of" is completely FREE and Payed for. What if someone did all they fighting for you and did all the hustling for you? What if someone earned that love just for you? What If He tells you, you never had a chance at earning it? All you had to do was accept that it's TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY FREE!!!
JESUS LOVES YOU! His love is the only love I know that comes at no cost. You don't have to earn it or even fight for it. Before you start trying to be "worthy" of love, can you first accept His Total and Complete love for you? IT'S FREE!