Chorus: But oh sometimes I think about you

And the way you used to ride out

 In your rhinestones and your sequins

With the sunlight on your hair

 And oh the crowd will always love you

 But as for me I've come to know

Everything that glitters is not gold

Great song.  Dan Seals sang this country tune back in the eighties.  It was popular about the time I was in the fifth or sixth grade.  One weekend while staying with my friend, she encouraged me to dedicate a song to my boyfriend over the local radio station.  I very often took her up on her suggestions.  It was like playing truth or dare except that I didn't consider just how daring many of her suggestions were.  By the way, she taught me to shave-but we won't go into that!

So, back to the song dedication.  She chose this song and then dialed the radio station and we waited.  She was even kind enough to talk to the DJ and put in the request for me.  Extending her kindness even further, she called my boyfriend and told him to tune in.  After waiting, the DJ came on and announced the dedication. - So exciting.   I didn't even really listen to the song, busy wondering if he was glad about the whole public dedication thing.  Now looking back, I don't remember if he ever really said.

Everything that Glitters is not Gold.  Yes. A nice song.  Good lyrics......

BUT TO MY BOYFRIEND?

Those lyrics had nothing to do with a boyfriend and girlfriend.  It's a terribly tragic song, sung by a husband to a wife who has abandoned her family to pursue her dreams.  How many people got a good laugh from that radio segment?

Thinking back..........I have to do a lot of that.... I realize that I allowed someone else to dictate the song in my heart.

Wow was I silly.  I don't do that now do I?

I don't allow the rhythm of the world to impose it's verses.

I don't sing to a tune that follows the melody in someone else's song-just to belong.                   Do I?

Frankly, I don't want the world or anyone in it to be the composer of my heart's song.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. 

  -Zephaniah 3:17

There are many songs out there; each competing for my heart's affection.  Will I choose a song like the one chosen for my boyfriend; foreign and meaningless?  Or will I listen for the anthem sang over me by my creator? No more excuses, it's me who decides.