Music leading us to Him

One things that I always feels draws me closer to God is good music.  Music I can sing to, music that can guide my thoughts, music that agrees with my soul.  Even from the time I was little, the things I remember the most easily are the songs we sang in church.  I can bust out my own personal rendition of "Lord of the Dance" or "On Eagle's Wings" whenever prompted, and many of the psalms are easily brought back to memory in the beautiful melodies that accompany them.  I have noticed since being here in Honduras that I am really absorbing more christian music than I ever have before.  I have been listening to music in both english and spanish which is really helping me to pray and learn in a whole new way.  Since most of you are native english speakers, I want to share with you an awesome song that I have been listening to lately.  It's an indie rock version of the classic "Come thou Fount."  A band called King's Kaleidoscope has done a great job at restyling this church hymn.  I love how the old words, that I know deep in my heart, are represented in a brand new way that sits so well with my soul.

Come, thou Fount of every blessing,

Tune my heart to sing thy grace;

Streams of mercy, never ceasing,

Call for songs of loudest praise.

Teach me some melodious sonnet

Sung by flaming tongues above.

Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,

Mount of God's unchanging love.

As I reflect on the words of this song, I can't help but feel that song is true of my soul.  I love to sing at mass and praise God in songs of loudest praise.  It is through music that I am taught the melodious sonnets of the psalms.  Through prayer, especially prayer through song, I am made more aware of God's unchanging love for me. 

There is one part of the song that always pulls my attention because I feel that it is so real to how we are.

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,

Prone to leave the God I love;

Here's my heart, O take and seal it,

Seal it for thy courts above.

This is a beautiful prayer to the Lord.  It recognizes our human weakness and how distractions of the world can pull us away from God.  Through this recognition we surrender our weakness to God, asking him to take our hearts and make it his.  I feel that these lyrics begging God to protect us, guide us, and help us to remain in his love.  

So I hope that you enjoy this new take on an older hymn as much as I do.  May you let good music into your life and allow it to lead you closer to Him.