Today i realised something. When i was a young teenager, I was primarily into gay music. I loved Frankie Goes To Hollywood and their music blatantly promotes gayness. Although i didn't realise that at the time. It was all innocent to me.
About two years ago i bought the Frankie "best of" CD, and even though I'm now aware of the lyrical gayness, i still hear it as i did when i was 13-15, all about innocent stuff.
I also liked Bronski Beat a lot. I wore the cassette tape out and it was only recently that i decided to buy it again, on CD.
It arrived this morning [eBay transaction] and of course i put it straight in the CD player. Well i don't remember them being so blatantly gay in their music either! But i still heard what i did when i first listened to them.
However, that's not the reason for this post. The reason is:
I realised that it was Bronski Beats song, "It ain't necessarily so" that raised the very first spark of curiosity about the bible in my life.
Funnily enough, the song questions the bibles content, so, Eh?
It's an awesome thing when God can use my love of an openly gay band, and a song that defies his very word, to plant a seed that would eventually lead me to him.
It would be another 13 years before i gave Jesus my heart.
It was awesome to hear that song and realise that, that's what started it. And even though the song isn't a good one to listen to in a Christian walk, I'll always appreciate it :o)