Music and a child's heart

The theme of my day can easily be described with the word "music". I didn't really realize until today how much of a part of my life music really is. I had a ton of time to think while I was making the 4 hour drive from Lafayette to Newburgh for Christmas break and listened to a ton of music in that time and am doing so right now. It's the perfect way to relax and it seems like every word of every song pertains to you and where you are at in your life. I started off listening to Brooke Fraser's "Albertine" album, which has become one of my favorites over the past few months. Brooke is one of the singers for the worship band Hillsong United and has put out two solo albums. This particular one is a mix of love songs about her love for the Lord and her desire to have a relationship with someone. I recommend checking her out if you haven't heard of her. After that, I listened to her other album, "What to do with Daylight", which is amazing as well. For the remainder of the four hour drive, I listened to the I Heart Revolution CD by Hillsong United. It's without a doubt my favorite CD at the moment and ever since I got it for that matter (thanks Isaac!) It's a mixture of live songs from their tour around the world. They have songs from about 25 different countries and they are all of worship! I look forward to long drives by myself just so I can put in that CD and turn it up and sing at the top of my lungs. I have had several emotional moments where I just break down and sob listening to the words of the songs and worshiping my Lord while I'm driving (it's probably not safe, haha). Today it was the song "Hosanna" that broke me. The line "I see a generation, rising up to take their place with selfless faith, I see a near revival stirring as we pray and seek, we're on our knees, we're on our knees" hit me really hard. I have been so aware of this idea lately and hearing at that moment, even though I had heard the song a hundred times already, was clearly God speaking to my heart. He was saying that this is why He made us. His desire is for us to be so hungry for Him and for the world to love Him that we're on our knees crying out to Him for help and to come near to us. I love that picture!
I just remembered too that at church this morning, pastor Steve talked about living like a child and having a song to sing. How when children are young and happy, there is song in their hearts and they sing it all the time and don't care who is around or listening. I thought it was perfect how that all tied in to my whole day!