thank you hollywood, for openning my eyes.

in the words of august rush:
"listen, can you hear it? the music. i can hear it everywhere; in the wind, in the air, in the light. its all around us. all you have to do is open yourself up. all you have to do is listen."

as christians, i believe we need to think like this. we need to start saying, "listen, can you hear HIM? GOD. i can hear HIM everywhere; in the wind, in the air, in the light. HE IS all around us. all you have to do is open yourself up. all you have to do is listen."

even as christians, we seem to get so caught up in everything around us. we often think the wind is unnecessary, that air is just 'here' and that light is also just 'here'. of course, that is the literal words used, but think about it, God created it all and he wants us to listen. God doesn't tell us to live busy lives, or to get caught up in vanity, or anything selfish and sinful. all he asks is that we listen. to embrace and relish in his creation. take a step back and let ourselves listen. my favourite part is "all you have to do is open yourself up." isn't that especially true for believers, that all we have to do is let God in! he will look after us, provide and give what we need. i am just so enthralled with this thought; God wants us to just listen and allow ourselves to open up to Him.

the movie goes on further saying, "sometimes the world tries to knock it out of you. but i believe in music like some people believe in fairy tales." once again the movie is spot-on with what i have been feeling. the world; satan, is going to try and knock, twist, pull, torture God out of us. but, like children believe in santa clause and fairy tales, we need to hold that same trust and hope with God. enough of this thought that we have to do it on our own. we have God; our Lord Saviour, to fall back on when things are tough. when the world is trying to knock it out of us, we have God to run to like kids run to fairy tales.

i am continually being challenged to be soft-spoken. to not always speak about things, or to get caught up in things. instead, i need to focus on God and not ask, "how can God, in his entirety, apply to me?" but infact, i need to begin to ask, "how can i apply myself to God and his entirety?"

as i turned on august rush, the first words hit me astronomically. it was as if hollywood showed me something beyond sex, drugs, and rock n' roll. what a cliche thing to say. well, it's true.