I've begun a process, a difficult one for me.  Since music has always been one of the centers in my life, getting rid of all the music I have is equivalent to ripping out a piece of my heart; but the further I get into to doing this purge (so to speak), the better it feels to me to do it.

I don't feel that the music I've listened to is necessarily bad altogether for everyone: please don't misunderstand that point.  Metal, however, has been such a focus in my life that I feel it has consumed time away from God.  In doing these things such as trashing music magazines and cds and such the like, I feel like I can release all these things to God.  I'm not getting rid of my guitar, but if God wants me to, I will have to do it.

Furthermore, I don't expect people to understand why this must be, but I believe it's a part God has wanted to do in my life for a long time.