30 May 08 - Secular music

I don't know how people think.. but whenever I hear or sing popular love songs (secular* ones) or see all the crowds outside those club and pubs, I cant help wondering..what if all these love songs are directed to God and what if all these people are also so enthusiastic** coming to house of God - don't mind long wait outside church doors, and having so much fun in church...How pleasing that will be to God, so many people reconciled to Him into eternalty!! Imagine that!

Recently, this thought keeps coming to me, esp listening to all those songs dedicated to earthquake victims.. No doubt the songs are beautifully composed and full of love, really touching..This is love we share during crisis, but this is the love our Father has for us ALL THE TIME. If only we could hear, He is singing love songs to us every moment!

I don't know why I have this thinking-different view on secular things.. Maybe cos I experienced this ridiculous+helpless+sudden weeping for God, just by hearing a pop song. I was still in Polytechnic (those days I have stopped attending church services, instead I'm a frequent 'club dancer' with my mates)..having between-lectures break in School of Business canteen...sitting beside the jukebox, chatting with my project mates. Suddenly, the jukebox played this stupid song - (you'll know why i call it stupid later). IMMEDIATELY (serious no joke - my project mates can be my witnesses), i started to cry then it turned to weeping! My friends were shocked (so were I!!). They kept asking me what happened,was I having any bad time etc.. I just cry and cry along with this song..In the end, the whole cohoort knew I'm crying and they crowded around and consoled me! How I tried to explain that I'm ok, not stress at all, neither was I having any problem with my bf then. But I just cant help crying and crying in the canteen, in front of the people!! Talk about embarrassing myself in public!! (All cos of this stupid song!)

I really do not understand why I cried (afterall there're alot of touching love songs and they didn't make me cry), even now I still don't know why that stupid song? All I know is once the lyrics is sang, my tears tap was instantly turned on UNCONTROLLABLY! This is stupid and dumb, ok! Just imagine the scene! That's why I'll always remember this stupid song! But then again, how true it is!! I was faithless yet He remains faithful; I let Him go, but He has never let me go.. I really cannot even imagine how great is His Love and His patience with all of us.. If only we can feel a tenth of His Love..

"For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love i found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all

You were my strength when i was weak
You were my voice when i couldn't speak
You were my eyes when i couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when i couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything i am
Because you loved me

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand i could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and i stood tall
I had your love i had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe i don't know that much
But i know this much is true
I was blessed because i was loved by you

You were my strength when i was weak
You were my voice when i couldn't speak
You were my eyes when i couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when i couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything i am
Because you loved me

You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when i was weak
You were my voice when i couldn't speak
You were my eyes when i couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when i couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything i am
Because you loved me

You were my strength when i was weak
You were my voice when i couldn't speak
You were my eyes when i couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when i couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything i am
Because you loved me

I'm everything i am
Because you loved me"



* Secular = not connected with religion or the church
** Enthusiasm = first appeared in English in 1603 with the meaning "possession by a god." The source of the word is the Greek enthousiasmos, which ultimately comes from the adjective entheos, "having the god within," formed from en, "in, within," and theos, "god." Over time the meaning of enthusiasm became extended to "rapturous inspiration like that caused by a god" to "an overly confident or delusory belief that one is inspired by God," to "ill-regulated religious fervor, religious extremism," and eventually to the familiar sense "craze, excitement, strong liking for something."