Christmas Music Fills Me with Joy
You Can Call Me Weird
Yesterday my husband phoned to see how my day was going and I asked him, "Do you think I'm weird?" I shared with him what I'm about to share with you.
Sometimes in the quiet of the morning or the hectic of the afternoon, I will shut off the radio, the television and turn on my Christmas CDs - even in July or September. The music lifts my spirits and I enjoy singing out loud (alone of course) and singing praise.
There is something wonderful about Christmas music, if you do not believe me - just give a listen to Third Day belt out Joy to the World here.
In typical fashion, I turned the speakers up full tilt and I'm singing out loud all the words when the phone rang. My employer had called to ask me to take an assignment for the newspaper. The caller said to me, "Is that Christmas music you're listening to?! You are weird!"
I phoned the receptionist at our church immediately and thankfully she had a tender ear as I told her what had just happened. We prayed together and I shared that probably everyone in the news room at that very moment was probably getting a good chuckle while they joked about me listening to Christmas music in September. Then the church secretary asked me which CD I was listening to and when I told her "Third Day," she said, "Oh, I love their Christmas CD, too."
I should have asked if she listens to them all year. Maybe she thinks I'm weird, too.
You can call me weird if you want. I believe that you become a product of your environment. And, quite frankly, my environment is very peaceful and joyful.
In Mark 13:13, Jesus warned us that, "Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved." In other words, the world will call me "weird" because I listen to Christmas music at any time during the year.
I am singing "Joy to the World" and hoping earth receives her King.
Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtmTnKJ_44
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A13&version=NIV
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60 Comments
Post a CommentI love Christmas music.
Being called weird is often a compliment. :)
I listen to Christmas songs all year long.
I have always loved it too, I put a tape on yesterday a my granddaughters nap time and she slept like a baby...of coarse she is a baby...LOL
LOL I have done this - not often - but I have done it! It just puts me in a better mood! 3 cheers for you!!
Love Third Day's 'Joy to the World'! I sing Christmas songs with my boys every day... who says they only have to be once a year?
Love it :)
Awesome, I love it. And thanks for the link to Third Day, love them too. I am going to get some of my Christmas CDs out too! I used to work at a radio station in Hawaii and every summer, half way thru the year they would play Christmas music all day long - they called it LEON day, backwards for NOEL. It was to remind people to be thankful and gracious, things we tend to do only during the holidays - because some of the people listening to the radio may not make it to this Christmas. So thanks for the reminder and JOY TO THE WORLD! Let's all be weird according to the world, they may see us as weird, but we as Christians are not of this world!
You're not weird at all. Although, I rarely start to think about it before Thanksgiving!
You're not weird at all as I do the same thing. I love the holiday music.