music is the language of the heart 8...

It is very comforting to know that there are Christian artists producing good music and wanting to use their talents to advance God's Kingdom. Here's one by Leeland, who's last album, entitled "Opposite Way", encouraged listeners to actually preserve in swimming against the tide though it seems difficult because Christ has enabled us to! You can read some of the true accounts and struggles here: http://www.leelandonline.com/oppositeway/

Meantime, here's the song, Opposite Way by Leeland

Opposite Way

Living in the same town
For all these years
Doing the same old things
Hanging with the same crowd
And it’s starting to get crippling
You’ve never felt in place
And you tell yourself it’s all okay
But something’s different today
You want to run the opposite way

And it seems like you’re locked in a cage
And you need to find a way of escape
When everyone is setting the pace
It’s okay to run the opposite way

The Father sent His Son down
The light of men
The cross He bore was crippling
Rejected in His own town
They couldn’t see the sun shining
He knelt in the garden and prayed
Father, let this cup pass from me
It’s not Your will for me to stay
Your will for me is the opposite way

And it seemed like He was locked in a cage
And He couldn’t find away of escape
But through the cross He conquered the grave
My Jesus ran the opposite way

Oh, and through the cross He conquered the grave
Oh, He ran the opposite way
Yeah, through the cross He conquered the grave

So you could run the opposite way