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Emotional Music
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
Luke 2:13-14
Recommended Reading
1 Chronicles 16:23
The French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte observed that you can tell a great deal about people by what went on in their life, and the world, when they were twenty years of age. Expanding that idea, most adults love to listen to the music that was popular when they were fifteen to twenty years old. There is a continuing connection between the music that moved us when we were at an emotionally-heightened age — like adolescence — and the music we still love. All music is emotional, but especially the music connected to important experiences — like salvation.
That may account for why people love Christmas music. Part of the reason is the anticipation that builds up all year. But a better reason is that our salvation is an emotionally compelling experience. It seems that musicians and lyricists have done some of their best work through the ages when writing songs about one of history's most important events, the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
We sing with joy and tears at Christmas for good reason — salvation came to earth 2,000 years ago and opened the door of eternal life for all who believe. Nothing could be more emotional and worth singing about.
Read-thru-the-Bible
Hebrews 5-8
© 2013 Turning Point
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
Luke 2:13-14
Recommended Reading
1 Chronicles 16:23
The French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte observed that you can tell a great deal about people by what went on in their life, and the world, when they were twenty years of age. Expanding that idea, most adults love to listen to the music that was popular when they were fifteen to twenty years old. There is a continuing connection between the music that moved us when we were at an emotionally-heightened age — like adolescence — and the music we still love. All music is emotional, but especially the music connected to important experiences — like salvation.
That may account for why people love Christmas music. Part of the reason is the anticipation that builds up all year. But a better reason is that our salvation is an emotionally compelling experience. It seems that musicians and lyricists have done some of their best work through the ages when writing songs about one of history's most important events, the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
We sing with joy and tears at Christmas for good reason — salvation came to earth 2,000 years ago and opened the door of eternal life for all who believe. Nothing could be more emotional and worth singing about.
Read-thru-the-Bible
Hebrews 5-8
© 2013 Turning Point
