The Value of Broken Vessels
I became a believer in Yeshua (Jesus) more than 40 years ago, and along with my introduction to Yeshua, I was introduced to Gospel music. My wife, who was raised as a believer, had a huge Gospel music album collection. As my love for Yeshua grew, so did my love for music that shared the message of the Good News in the sound and style of the music that I listened to before I came to faith.
Thankfully, I came to faith at the same time that contemporary Christian music was growing in popularity and availability. I absolutely fell in love with the music of two different worship artists. Each of them had a unique style and sound to their music. Both sang contemporary worship, but with different styles. One's music became very popular in churches, and was sung by choirs around the USA. The other was more personal and was played often on the radio. Both were deeply moving and inspiring to me, and I spent hours playing their albums over and over as I prayed and read my Bible.
It would be very difficult to express how meaningful the music of these two men was to me, especially in those early months after I came to faith. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that in the midst of the spiritual battles I was fighting, as a Jew who had newly accepted that Yeshua was the Messiah of Israel, the music of these two men gave me the strength to keep my faith. The music of these two artists was to me like David’s harp was to King Saul; it helped me to focus my mind and heart on the things of G-D.
Only a few months after I came to faith and began to listen to the music sung by these two men, I was hit by what seemed like a nuclear bomb. Both of the men, whose music had become in many ways the rope that anchored my faith in Messiah in the turbulent waters of my world, were busted using cocaine. Read More: