{"id":185,"date":"2018-08-20T01:07:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T05:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harmonybetweentheears.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2018-08-20T01:07:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T05:07:21","slug":"the-incredible-power-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harmonybetweentheears.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/20\/the-incredible-power-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incredible Power of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Rooney is one of my heroes.\u00a0 He used to close the show “60 minutes” with a story that I always learned from.\u00a0 He was a correspondent during WWII… In short, he lived a full life, and gained a lot of wisdom in the process.\u00a0 He almost always started his “60 Minutes” segment with the question, “Do you ever wonder why”?\u00a0 So, in homage to him, I will ask you, “You ever wonder why you hear a song and it has a totally different meaning to you later in life?”\u00a0 The same goes for Bible verses.\u00a0 “You ever wonder why you learn something new from a Bible verse you have read hundreds of times?” The reason?\u00a0 Songs, especially those tied to poetry, and the Bible, are living entities.\u00a0 As our knowledge increases – and turns into wisdom – they literally change with us.\u00a0 \u00a0John Moreland has a song “Blacklist” with a line, “We read all the right books.\u00a0 We sang songs we misunderstood.” and, “You know the older I get, you know truth it gets harder to find.”\u00a0 That is powerful.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FETNBYsfdsQ<\/a><\/p>\n

A tweet of mine from 2016 reads, “My life is full of magic when great music plays.”<\/p>\n

Consider the magic and power of music in the following examples…<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/kidspost\/kids-in-paraguay-make-music-out-of-trash\/2013\/02\/15\/c57390b2-486b-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bd9d01b13dc5<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/daniel-barenboim-tries-bridging-the-middle-east-conflict-with-music-60-minutes\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/youtu.be\/fyZQf0p73QM<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/bigthink.com\/robby-berman\/does-regular-concert-going-increase-your-lifespan<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/mind-and-mood\/how-music-can-help-you-heal<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/article\/item\/how_music_helps_us_be_more_creative<\/a><\/p>\n

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I know that is a lot to work through, read, ponder, and somehow try to fully grasp.\u00a0 There are many, many more examples I could have posted.\u00a0 But, what I hope you will do is stop, thank God for the gift of music, and never quit learning from it.\u00a0 Right now, in a country so fractured, broken, and lost, we could really use music to help heal, create unity, and help put us back on the right road…\u00a0 I am gonna end with a Rascal Flatts song that means a lot to me.\u00a0 They didn’t write it; Marcus Hummon, Jeff Hannah, and Bobby Boyd did.\u00a0 When I ponder on great songwriting, I can’t help but think of King David in the Bible.\u00a0 I also ponder on what God thinks of what we have done with the gift of music he gave us.\u00a0 I think this song ties it all together beautifully.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8-vZlrBYLSU<\/a><\/p>\n

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