Pandora's Box of Music

CrossFit is known for people doing crazy extreme  workouts while listening to loud music. Our box/gym is no exception.  The coach either has someone's I Phone hooked up with their favorite play list going or his laptop is connected to Pandora. I do not know what genre of music he picks, but it is mostly loud and rocky. Usually, I don't know most of the songs he plays, unless they are from the 80s. Most of the time the music is just background noise as we count reps and remember form over fast.

One morning  Pandora was playing some loud music  but then a commercial come on for Buffalo Wild Wings, one of my family's favorite restaurants. It talked about stopping to eat wings and  enjoy sports. Well, I stopped whatever exercise I was on and had a sudden craving for chicken wings, and I don't even eat the wings at Buffalo Wild Wings! ( I get a chicken salad or buffalitos.) I looked around to see if anyone else looked like they were craving wings. But I don't even think they were paying attention to the commercial at all. So, I just shook my head and got back to the WOD.

How do craving wings relate to the Bible? Matthew 5:6 says "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." Now listening to some music gets my heart pumping and ready to workout, but it is not the same as praise music or a good old fashioned hymn. Some music leaves you empty and longing for something. But singing and praising God always fills a void in your heart with joy.

"Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD"
Psalm 150:6