Musical Questions

Ever since I was a kid I've loved music. Most of my life has been spent wishing I was more musically talented. I think my parents both encouraged and stunted this.. Some of my early memories of my dad are him sitting in our living room floor strumming James Taylor while we sang semi-correct lyrics to "Frozen Man" (which by the way is a pretty morbid song for a 6 year old to be singing). I always ALWAYS wanted some kind of musical instrument for Christmas, and was always delighted to see them by the tree on Christmas morning...like the Saxophone (that was plastic and provided my family with a perfectly played birthday tune each year) the child sized guitar that my sister broke and my dad super glued back together..only 100 times). I think my parents realized my propensity to lose interest quickly which is why they always bought me "fake" instruments. All this to say..I love music. Even now,I am always trying to convince my husband to buy me some kind of new instrument that I will never really learn to play. He usually buys me the real thing despite knowing my lack of true talent. That's real love people. Music seems to stir in me words that I really never have a way of saying. I cant just listen to a song, I have to hear the melody, and read the lyrics, and research the meaning. As I get older I realize even more how much music speaks to me. I find good music always brings me back to scripture and draws me to communion with Christ. It's this amazing, wonderful, truly indescribable thing. I find myself wanting to "pick the brain" so to speak, of so many artists who I respect. Although true for so many there is one artist who I think I would love to talk with most-Brooke Fraser. When I listen to Brooke it evokes so many questions. The kind of questions you grab a cup of coffee and your best friend and talk for hours about. Questions like, So what is the real meaning of the song, "Scarlet"? And how do you always know exactly when to pause in a song to make it perfectly poignant. And my biggest question of all is a fully loaded question about the progression of her music.. And then, of course discussing the significance of these songs in my life: 1. Love is waiting (the song I walked down the isle to meet my groom, which seemed written for our love story) 2. C.S. Lewis song (one of the most lyrically beautiful songs ever written) 3. Faithful (the lesson of my life) 4. Indelible (so often my own thoughts!) 5. Scarlet (the ghostly tune the world is always speculating about) 6. Arithmetic (my fav video by far) 7. The entire album of Flags( do I EVER have questions about that one!) 8. Hymn (this was my far my fav album (Albertine) and one of my favorite songs!) So here's to never getting answers to my musical questions. And being thankful for having answers to the only question that ever mattered. Till I only Dwell in Thee. -Leslie