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Imagine settling down with a beautiful wife one day and having a baby daughter. She looks just like your wife, and you are in love all over again. Now imagine the lyrics of the song you mentioned being sung about your little princess. Would you sing along? Would you download a copy of the song or blare it from the speakers in your car stereo? Odds are, you would shatter the CD. If that is the case, why do we celebrate music that degrades the daughters of our heavenly Father?

ng that I like has a few sexual lyrics about women, does that make it wrong to listen to?

Our answer? “Well, it sounds cool.”

I will grant that it is difficult to let go of music we like. Getting rid of CDs you enjoy may feel like an amputation. It is painful. At the beginning of my conversion, I had tons of music that I would not exactly sing in church. But I did not want to let go of it. It was “my” music, and I liked it. I figured, “I’m not a bad person because of it. I’m not going to go have a one-night stand after listening to it. I just like the music.” So I clung to it. But God has a funny way of asking for things that we do not want to give up.

I did not want to be fanatical about it, so I started by getting rid of my worst CD. There comes a feeling of peace when you know you are giving something up for the love of God. I eventually let go of one CD after another until my entire collection was purged. So give it a shot. Give him your worst, and he will give you his best.

A friend of mine once said, “If it’s not of God, then I don’t want anything to do with it.” Life for her was black and white, and all she cared about was glorifying God with the short amount of time he gave her on Earth. Saint John Vianney had the same outlook on life. In his words, “Here is a rule for everyday life: Do not do anything which you cannot offer to God.”[1] So if you know a song has parts that are displeasing to God and are likely to drag you down spiritually, listen to another song.

Better yet, take some time to listen to nothing. Because we live in such a technological age, it is difficult to discover the value of silence. For this reason Pope John Paul II recommended to young people that if they want to encounter Christ, “above all, create silence in your interior. Let that ardent desire to see God arise from the depth of your hearts, a desire that at times is suffocated by the noise of the world and the seduction of pleasures.”[2] By creating more room for silence in your life, you’ll find it easier to listen to God. And what he has to tell you is more valuable than anything.

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[1]. Thoughts of the Curé D’Ars, W.M. B., ed. (Rockford, Ill.: TAN Books and Publishers), 25.

[2]. Pope John Paul II, “Message for 2004 World Youth Day,” Vatican City (March 1, 2004).

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I love you deeply, unselfishly, passionately, truly, purely, for your own sake.

not for what you do, but who you are.

I love your soul.

I fall in love with you more and more each day.

it is something I cannot describe, but it takes my breath away.

through thick and thin - I’ve learned you’ve got to fight in order to win.

I love your imperfections, and yes the many scars.

because they make up who you are.

and who you are is what I want.

I only want to hold your hand 

and kiss your lips.

feel your arms around me.

that’s it.

and if I died with you by my side - I can’t think of a happier goodbye.

you are my fairytale.

my prince.

you are the greatest blessing that I could ever get.

I pray for you.

I carry you in my heart.

I can’t see anyone else.

even when we’re miles apart.

you’re the half of me I’ve been missing.

the puzzle piece that makes this all complete.

God put you in my life so perfectly.

sometimes you make me cry.

tears of joy along with tears of pain.

but even when I felt that we were falling apart - I loved you just the same (if not more).

that shows me this is true.

you’re worth it.

that’s nothing new.

but I’m so proud to call you mine.

and if I could wake each morning to see your smiling face (even with the stinky breath) that would be a heavenly place.

I’m honored to know you.

I’m scared to lose you.

I cherish your love.

I know I can’t make you stay

and that this is all out of our control,

but I pray each day that I won’t ever have to let you go.

because my heart has found a home.

and that is you.

so I pray that God lets me stay with you.

because I’m tired of searching.

I’ve found what I need.

so if we can wait and pray awhile,

I’m sure that we will see

that the beauty of our love is the way it sets us free.

how perfectly we complete each other and allow ourselves simply to be.

knowing that you exist is a knowledge I can’t define.

It feels like something especially treasured.

something completely divine.

you are every love song.

the constant rythm of thoughts in my head.

you make me feel like a princess

or maybe a queen instead. 

so if you could read my soul, this is exactly what you’d see.

this is all quite very simple. 

this one’s for you, from me. <3