as i’m contemplating worshipping in spirit and in truth, i can’t help but hear the lyrics of a completely non-christian band flow through my mind:

“sing with your head up
with your eyes closed
not because you love the song
because you love to sing
because you love to sing”

without realizing it, i think the band has hit on how we need to worship the Lord:
sing with our heads up [above the thoughts and emotions and hurt and disappointment and distractions of this world]
with our eyes closed [fully focused without letting the outside get in or steal away our quiet time]
not because you love the song [not because the specific, temporary situation is great; the temporary may suck, but that’s not the point, and that’s not why you worship the Lord]
because you love to sing [because you love to love the Lord your God and because He alone is worthy of praise and worship]
because you love to sing [and you love it, the whole thing–the good, the bad, the ugly, the holy–you love life because yours belongs to Jesus]

i’m trying to remember this in worshipping the One True God.
other thoughts on finding non-christian inspiration that points directly to the divine?