child at heart

I am a music junkie, I always have been and I think I always will be. Because of that I love all kids of music: pop, rap, country, electronica, christian, punk and pretty much anything else you can think of! The one main problem that comes along with that is deciding ‘is this Christ honoring or is it killing my witness?’, which is a thought that crosses my mind normally AFTER i’ve listened to the song or cd. On my way home from the gym today I was listening to a mixed cd with people like little jon, akon, ying yang twins and ludacris and as most of you know that is very much NOT Christ honoring. I was singing at the top of my lungs in the middle of a song when I felt my heart being tugged at… so of course what do I do being so wretched? I turn the song up and sing LOUDER like God isn’t going to get hold of me in the end anyway, which He did until it got to the point I could not even “enjoy” the music, PRAISE GOD for that!

All that being said I am asking for advice; what should I do to not have the desire to listen to God defaming music? What are some good groups to listen to instead? The only thing is I do not enjoy pop groups like Relient K, Barlow Girl, or Stellar Kart, or “heavy metal groups” like Breaking Benjamin or Family Force 5 or rappers like KJ52… I want to listen to Christian alternatives but the one’s I have heard all stink in my opinion and are to teeny bop like. I don’t know, maybe I am to picky when it comes to music, or maybe I am just finding excuses to listen to the crap stuff more, either way I know music has always been a huge part of my life… what actually touched me enough to be saved was music and God used to lyrics to grab me and never let go! So I do not want to get rid of something that is so close to me, just want to “put off” the bad stuff and “put on” a good substitute.

Any ideas? Suggestions? Comments? Anything is more than helpful!!