In\u00a0 case you hadn\u2019t already guessed, music is a very important part of my life. I have a running soundtrack for whatever activity I\u2019m doing at the moment. There are the relaxing songs, the walking songs, the driving songs, the night driving songs, etc., etc., etc.
\nSo naturally, there were the \u201cfirst day of school\u201d songs yesterday (plus some \u201cnight driving doubling as super early morning\u201d songs). Titles included immortal classics such as the Beatles\u2019 \u201cObla Di, Obla Da (Life Goes On),\u201d Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u201cUptight (Everything\u2019s Alright)\u201d and the Bee Gees\u2019 \u201cStayin\u2019 Alive.\u201d The latter came on fortuitously as I was chugging back home from a loooong morning of music theory and linear algebra.
\nBut the first song I hit \u201cplay\u201d on wasn\u2019t any of those. It was actually a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that\u2019s become a bit of a traditional \u201cmorning song\u201d for me. Literally, the first line is \u201c6:30 Monday morning, I\u2019m here hiding in my bed.\u201d But I\u2019ve always liked the message in this song\u2014that every moment represents a choice, to worship God in it or blow past it. No matter what we do, the name of the Lord is always worthy to be praised, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. I hope that\u2019s a good reminder for someone this morning:
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