It’s such a blast to make music. I’ve been doing it since I was a little kid. I can remember getting a very small metal set of drums for my birthday when I was 5. At least I think it was my fifth birthday. But that’s not the point. The point is that I bet my parents and grandparents regretted giving me that present.
Because a five year old doesn’t make music on a set of metal drums.
Yeah, he makes a lot of noise. But it ain’t music.
Then, I remember when I started to sing. And my stepsisters were impressed enough to keep asking me to sing one Saturday as we all spent some time on the school playground. They told me how much they liked my voice. I was embarrassed. But after some flattering they talked me into it. Once I saw how they seemed to be impressed, I was hooked.
And I’ve been singing my heart out almost all the rest of my life since then.
Then, a few years ago, I discovered that even when you make music (not noise) just for fun, you can actually flip your genetic switches. And you can even “reverse your own genomic stress signature.”
Those are just some high-falootin’ words that mean you can feel better when you play music. Not just listen to it. And I read about a music therapist who built her own healing drum kit to help you beat away stress.
Well, it’s been a long time since I was five. But that still sounds pretty good to me.
Think about it. God designed you with all kinds of rhythm in your own body. You’ve got:
- heartbeats
- your sleep cycle
- brain waves, and
- even the rhythm of your neurotransmitters firing (when they work the right way)
That’s a lotta rhythm and motion in your body at all times.
Even when you relax and don’t move. Yeah, you can sit on the couch or lie in bed. And your heart still beats out that rhythm. Your blood flows back and forth through your veins. And don’t forget all those neurotransmitters. Especially the ones that fire up your dopamine (That’s the only dope I endorse, by the way). Because it’s the feel-good, healing hormone you need. And healing hormones, and the way they can be turned on with music, are in your body by design.
So, you can make music, or at least make healing sounds, because God created and loves music.
No, your healing powers don’t come from you.
They come from God who designed them to
Work even when you’re not thinking about
What you can and cannot live without.
So beat out a rhythm to heal today.
And be thankful God has made you this way.
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