I was running the other night, my wife makes me….
I really do not like running. I like how I feel after I run, but I do not really like it. So I have to listen to music to motivate me.
Due to my ADD ADHD symptons, I cannot listen to a predisposed song list. I have to listen to a radio station, I choose to use my Air1 app.
Very recently I had the privilege of hanging out with the guys from Addison Road and Sanctus Real. How cool they are. How awesome their music sounds, how cool it was to hang out with them.
So I am running, listening to Air1, and Switchfoot comes on with their new song from their new album hello hurricane. How cool is it to imagine that they go through the same type of struggles I go through. I made a mess of me is what I do, and what I have done. My wife thinks that I am like a bull in a china shop, more than once we have arrived home and she “coached” me on how I should act in public.
So through some of my talks with Addison Road and Sanctus Real, I was able to confirm that these guys are real. They miss their kids when they are on the road, they make decisions to leave their families for the purpose of ministry. Sacrifices are always made, decisions always have consequences, some good some not so good.
When I run, I do not like the short term consequences, I Love the long term consequences.
When I listen to this music and I listen to the stories, they share their hearts with me, they share their struggles with me, they share their succes with me. One step at a time, one quarter mile at a time, one cycle of breaths at a time. Inspiration is found.
And God will do the same with the Holy Spirit as he encourages us through music, or when he whispers in our ear.
Oh, the experience we gain from the life we live.
