Music Is My Melody

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I know from my Dementia and CDCP training how powerful music can be for people living with dementia. It has an incredible ability to reach them in ways other methods can’t. In fact, more and more studies are being done on this, and music is now being used more often as part of dementia care. Music therapy is also gaining traction as a helpful tool in supporting mental health.

God is always a few steps ahead of us.

God knew what He was doing when He created music to be a part of our lives. Some may not realize this, but the Psalms is the longest book in the Bible, and it is filled with songs, hymns, and prayers that were meant to be sung.

Music leads to singing, singing leads to worship, and worship leads to joy.

I have three sayings in my life that I live by honestly, because I am neurodivergent, I need help in different ways than a neurotypical person to connect, feel, and focus.

Today's focus is “Music Is My Melody.”

Music does some pretty awesome stuff to us, just check this screenshot out when I was looking up “what does music do to the brain”

My Melody.

Music is my melody, it is my connection to God, it is my outlet, my movement, my pure enjoyment.

Whether it’s this insanely large Christian playlist on YouTube that my daughter,

Maia Vashti, and I keep adding to constantly, my vetted clean playlist, or the Christian station playing in the car, I surround myself with good music.

What we fill our ears with is important.

If you spend the day listening to pop music with all those gross suggestions and sometimes very blunt terminology, how is that good for you?

The Bible is filled with stories of people breaking out in song, dance, and worship. Give it a try, next time you get in your car, turn off the pop music, turn off the news, and find a Christian station, and just sing and worship.

You won’t regret that connection to God, sing at the top of your lungs if you want, feel the Holy Spirit touch you, cry, smile, and let the joy in. We are given music for a reason; let us use it wisely for His glory.

© Jane Isley

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