Taming The Mp3 Beast.

September 9th, 2004 by admin

At any rate, here I am, almost a year later, and I’ve lived with this millstone around my neck for too long. I don’t want to turn my back on God. I want to embrace Him and allow Him to shape me for the better. And seriously, if I stumble over such a small sacrifice as MUSIC, how am I supposed to expect God to actually USE ME in my life? To reach down and have a growing relationship with me? It’s ludicrous. I can’t pray one thing and do another. I can’t kneel and ask for Him to transform my life, then turn up my nose when He actually does. Double-minded men do this, and all know what THEY should expect, right? Nothin’. Nada. Zilch.

Well, I’m tired of eating Zilch Pie. I want the full course now, and I’m willing to purge my sinful, gluttonous stomach to make room for the sweet, sweet manna God has in store. (Ah… I should’ve used another example than Manna… it just doesn’t sound filling enough, y’know? But locusts sounded even worse….)

So that’s my hard lesson on hearing and obeying, but it hasn’t been an easy road, only because I’m a big fat stubborn human. All I can do is pray that God will continue to mold me and shape my heart and shine his Ultra-Laser Spotlight on my soul to show me the areas I need to expunge from within.

In the meantime, I’ve removed the MP3s from my iTunes folder and taken them out of circulation. I’ve also made a list of which songs I can legally purchase online (iTumes Music Store, Napster, eMusic, etc…), so I can make it right. $92 isn’t much to spend on a clean conscience, I think. (The only reason I haven’t DELETED the songs is because I’m just going to re-rip them into MP3 format again. As in, I’ll buy most of them in WMA format, burn them onto CD and have to re-rip them again. Much easier to just buy the WMA’s and then trash them. Wipe my hands. All done…)

And that’s my story, ladies and gentlemen. Please learn from my mistakes, that all may go well with you and God may prosper you as you Obey Him.