Okay, okay, cheesy title, I know. But it was the first thing that came to mind when I was thinking about this blog post, and I think it fits.
I brought my iPod here with me, but because I was in such a hurry and my portable drive wasn't working, I only have a few songs on it. Some of my favorite worship songs, a few upbeat, fun songs, and a few mellow, somewhat meaningful songs. I used it for the second time last night, not because I don't love music, but because I have barely any battery left, it lacks a variety of songs, and most importantly, because I feel like a jerk using it around Peruvians. I sat in my bed and just listened. I let it take me back to church, SpringHill, YoungLife, home, just comfort really. I remembered the meaning I first got out of many of the songs and the excitement and energy I have felt every time I hear them once again. It's really cool how much feeling a simple song can dig up or uncover.
The other day, Vale was singing a song, "...No voy a dudar, voy a confiar en Dios..." ("I'm not going to doubt, I'm going to trust in God"). It made me smile. It's really the only lines I could pick out of the song, but it really hit me. I needed it. That simple reminder, from a 5 year old girl, in another culture, another language, another country. So comforting. It was like a hint of familiarity in this world full of differences. Once again, music, a simple song (not even a song, a line from a song), reinforced so many things, quieted so many doubts and feelings, and refocused my thoughts.
It's just another one of those things, one of those gifts from God, that is so unbelievably powerful. And of course it comes, exactly when you need it the most.
The other mini-insight I gained from this, or more so was reminded of in this, is the fact that God is everywhere. He penetrates language barriers, cultural differences, time, and distance. I trust in the same God as believers all over the world. The same unchanging, all-powerful, infinitely loving Lord. I read the same Bible and feel the same love.
It's pretty cool.
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Kelsey,
I'm sitting here at your house on your computer. I was just letting your mom listen to some really good music for SOS and Sandcastles. It is a song called Pretty Balloon. Then I went to check your blog and it said "Music of the Heart" and I felt like you were on our same wave length. I believe that God works in mysterious ways and sometimes things that we look at as conincidences is a message from above. I just wanted to let you know that both your mom and I are thinking about you right now. I'm so very proud of you. Take care.
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