Personal Essay: The Importance Of Listening To Music
All the scriptures listed above have one thing in common, which is the emotions that are brought out in the people that are listening to the music. There are many reasons that someone would listen to music, such as, the great benefits of listening to music, learning to play music can be rewarding as well. The mental discipline that is required to learn to play an instrument with skill is not something everyone has or can learn. Certain types of music, such as the Psalms, were composed with detail and composed as poetry and has attention to organization. The creation of music was intended by God to be a powerful and positive tool which we learn from the examples in the Bible that were written and composed as the music we know today. When I attend
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I would listen to a certain genre depending on what I was going through, such as, country when I thought I was in love and needed a sappy song or when I had just had my heart broken. 1 Samuel 16 says,“See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.” Being a single mom of three, I don't like admitting this but I don't always make it to church every week. Sometimes life gets in the way or I have a sick child and we need to stay home a recuperate but by the end of week I can tell that I have missed church because I am drained and ready to attend the next service. Being able to praise and worship in God's presence for whatever reason has always helped relieved me of the stresses of life. Music does not always need to be used to praise God, whether it is used to praise, express joy, teach, celebrate, relax or even express love, all these examples show that music is always used in a positive way.
Now days I sit at my desk and the radio has to be on so I have background noise. The unfortunate things about this is I do not normally hear one song as it is playing because I am too busy doing other things. Maybe I should take the time to pay attention to more music and work on relaxing more when
I would listen to a certain genre depending on what I was going through, such as, country when I thought I was in love and needed a sappy song or when I had just had my heart broken. 1 Samuel 16 says,“See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.” Being a single mom of three, I don't like admitting this but I don't always make it to church every week. Sometimes life gets in the way or I have a sick child and we need to stay home a recuperate but by the end of week I can tell that I have missed church because I am drained and ready to attend the next service. Being able to praise and worship in God's presence for whatever reason has always helped relieved me of the stresses of life. Music does not always need to be used to praise God, whether it is used to praise, express joy, teach, celebrate, relax or even express love, all these examples show that music is always used in a positive way.
Now days I sit at my desk and the radio has to be on so I have background noise. The unfortunate things about this is I do not normally hear one song as it is playing because I am too busy doing other things. Maybe I should take the time to pay attention to more music and work on relaxing more when