I would listen to a certain genre depending on what I was going through, such as, country when I thought I was in love and needed a sappy song or when I had just had my heart broken. 1 Samuel 16 says,“See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.” Being a single mom of three, I don't like admitting this but I don't always make it to church every week. Sometimes life gets in the way or I have a sick child and we need to stay home a recuperate but by the end of week I can tell that I have missed church because I am drained and ready to attend the next service. Being able to praise and worship in God's presence for whatever reason has always helped relieved me of the stresses of life. Music does not always need to be used to praise God, whether it is used to praise, express joy, teach, celebrate, relax or even express love, all these examples show that music is always used in a positive way.
Now days I sit at my desk and the radio has to be on so I have background noise. The unfortunate things about this is I do not normally hear one song as it is playing because I am too busy doing other things. Maybe I should take the time to pay attention to more music and work on relaxing more when