According to the information bar at the bottom of my iTunes window, the soundtrack of my life is currently four-thousand-sixteen songs and eleven point five days long. That's not huge by some standards, but since somewhere in the neighborhood of three hundred of my CDs were stolen some years ago, it is what it is. I'm over it...most of the time.
Lately my iPod has been my lifeline. My wife passed away recently (she was only thirty), and I'll regularly plug in the earbuds and escape for a few minutes. Sometimes my goal is to stop feeling so rotten, but lately I've been listening more and more to songs that remind me of her. I was leaving work one day last week, and feeling down and dejected about more than a few things. I slid into the driver's seat of my truck, closed the door, and plugged my iPod into the stereo. Once I started down the road I scanned through the menus, set up song shuffle mode, and just hit the play button.
God grabbed my iPod and hit me smack dab in the center of my knucklehead with...
You Found Me - FFH - God seeks us out in our times of fear and loneliness. (Gen 3:9)
On Our Side - Chris Tomlin - Nothing can separate us from God's love in Christ Jesus. (Rom 8:28-39)
Through The Fire - The Crabb Famliy - God's promise in times of trial. (Isa 41:1-3)
Our God Reigns - Brandon Heath - We will all see God on the throne. (Rev 19:5-7)
To say it was just what I needed is an understatement. Anyway, it was at that point that God let go of my iPod. At least I hope so, because the next song was...
Sweet Home Alabama
Please Lord; don't tell me I'm moving again. I like Minnesota. Besides, it's hot down there.
In Alabama...I mean...
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