The thing I wish I never would have googled

Music is a glorious thing. It can make us laugh, weep, SOB even, dance, worship, think. It can help us remember a place in time long ago when we were in love or when someone we loved broke our heart. It can transport us back to being 4 years old eating stale crackers in a Sunday School room while a little boy with a horrible runny nose reached to grab your hand. Many can mark time by a certain favorite song. One of my most beloved shows these days is The Voice. I am blown away by the talent they found and cannot believe these people have to compete against each other. They're ALL winners to me! As a singer, they make me feel like I can't even pull-off a verse of the Itsy Bitsy Spider without embarrassing myself entirely. And when I sit down to watch this show each week, many times I have to squint to see the title of the song displayed on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen because I am just not acquainted with pop music any more. So when a boy named Nic Hawke did a really upbeat tune where he had to rap, sing in falsetto and pull off many parts, the judges went NUTS because "he single-handedly sang ALL the different elements of the song." (How many parts did he do? I asked myself.) It was an OK performance in my view. The boy definitely has talent; not my favorite, but I could appreciate it. Later that week, one of my favorite political pages on Facebook posted a clip from the CMA's with a teaser that included some of my favorite people from A&E's Duck Dynasty. I was intrigued and clicked on the link that featured Carrie Underwood doing a hilarious parody on 'ObamaSCARE' - bridged by a spoof of the so-called #1 hit, "Blurred Lines". I watched and laughed as Carrie quacked along with another famous Country artist (?). When Jase, Missy, Willie and Korie Robertson danced onto the stage, I listened to the tune and thought I recognized it from Nic Hawke's performance on The Voice. I wondered what all the fuss was about. I googled the video "Blurred Lines". The song had a funky, catchy beat. The girls were SO attractive. Not wearing much. Robin Thicke - I couldn't believe it was his father that I watched all those years star alongside Kirk Cameron on that innocent family show. I was hypnotized by Robin's blue eyes and focused closely on trying to understand the words. The video looked like trouble, but I kept watching. The music was seductive and the beat began to come alive in me. I didn't stop watching. Then I heard words like, "You want to hug me." (See now THAT'S cute!) Then, "What rhymes with hug me?" Ooops. Now this tune, those lyrics and images play over and over in my head. 3:00 in the morning on the way to the powder room. First thing out of bed. Fixing dinner. How shameful. Of all the things that should be occupying my mind, this tune is not one of them. I am ashamed that my God, who so masterfully created music and all the wonderful emotions and feelings that it evokes, has to listen to me hum this tune silently in my head. I can't get it out and I so wish I would have never googled it. For my brothers and sisters in Christ: I know the struggle I have with the world's music. It IS enticing. It IS creative. The dancing is often sexy and erotic. It IS catchy and many times very well done. But let's be very careful what we fill our ears and our minds and our eyes with. Don't be deceived that "it's just music"..."I can handle it". Music was created by God to have power to change our minds, our moods, our thoughts and desires, but the world has perverted it. I say - TURN IT OFF.