Our culture's soundtrack is saturated with violence, sex, dirty humor, selfishness, and hunger for power and fame. I admit to appreciating some country radio more often than is good for me, but mostly the content of today's airwaves disgusts me. If you want to fill your head with something other than what our culture has to offer, the Word of God is the best possible option. However, it can be hard to memorize Scripture and even harder to choose to meditate on it when you'd rather switch your brain off and switch the radio on.
I've come back recently to an organization I discovered more than a year ago when a coworker shared a link to their website. The Verses Project creates visual and musical art weekly, helping to facilitate memorization of, or just meditation on, a verse of Scripture. The art, which is quite varied in style, is available to be downloaded and used as a desktop background on a mobile device, tablet, or computer screen. Though I haven't downloaded any for this purpose, they are quite inspiring and help bring the words of the verse to life. The songs, also varied in style, are also available for free download. (Think of that! FREE download!)
Here's one, Psalm 19:7-8, that I really like. Some are more catchy than others, and there are some I don't like very much. But I've got almost 20 of them downloaded into my iTunes and I've been enjoying them while I'm doing laundry, cleaning up from dinner, or working on projects at home. I also plan to burn a collection of them onto a cd for listening in the car. Especially when I have Henry along with me, I feel grimy after listening to a car's-drive of pop radio. Scripture set to music is so much more life-giving!
I'd love to hear your thoughts if you check out this site! And I'm sure The Verses Project would too. You can follow them on facebook or join their email list (sign up right on their homepage) to get the weekly emails with a devotional relating to the new verse.
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| image from theversesproject.com |
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