If you've spent any time around youth these days you may have noticed something dangling out of their ears and trailing down to either a cell phone, ipod or some similar device. Yes, music is in the lives of most kids in a big way. But how often do any of us stop and think about what our music is telling us. What message is it putting out there. What message is the artist trying to convey? What do they want us to believe about ourselves, our society, about them? Music has a powerful way of stirring up our emotions and it's easy to get caught up in the "feeling" of a song and not pay close attention to the message it's promoting. We need to remind ourselves that as Christians our minds need to focus on those things which are noble, pure, just, right, praiseworthy, true, and commendable.(Phil 4:8) These are the things that we should let fill our thoughts as we strive to live godly and upright lives. So do we ever stop and ask ourselves what our music is telling us? Or as this guy put it, do we ever just stop and ask the simple question, "Oh really?".
