sometimes i struggle with the words to express myself... and its at those times i really appreciate worship songs. i think, when i was younger, it was the melody and instruments that mattered more to me, it was what determined how much i liked the song.

but i remember, a couple of years ago during worship, i began to consider the words that i was singing. what they meant. why i was singing. it was like suddenly, i was asking myself: do these words mean anything to you? cause if they don't, if you don't mean it... then, can you call this worship? lip service seems to be the more appropriate term.

when the words come from your heart, well..at the risk of stating the obvious: it makes it mean so much more. you don't sing a love song to someone when you don't mean it. if anything, that would be cruel wouldn't it? and essentially, worship songs are love songs to God.

haha i like that: worship, is like serenading Him.

that being said, melody still matters to me, there are times when i have no words, but in free worshiping a melody rises up in my spirit that i find i have to sing, even when there are no words, but theres a release in doing that all the same. haha music is another language, another way of expression right?