So, I decided to post the words to a song, by my new favorite band, Tenth Avenue North. You definitely need to check them out. Anyway, he pretty much explains why they wrote the song at the beginning. The one part of the bridge that I want to point out is, "Chasing lovers that won’t satisfy." How many times do we chase the things that won't satisfy us? We search for fulfillment, but we don't find it? Why? I think it's because most of the time we haven't been on our knees asking for the lover of our soul to reveal to us what we are supposed to do or what we need. I've been guilty of that.
Beloved
Mike Donehey
“The Bible is filled with wedding metaphors. When it talks about Christ and his church, it uses the analogy of a husband and a wife. In fact you could even argue that the reason marriage exists is to point to the greater reality of Christ. Over and over and over again, Christ calls the church, not just his wife, but his wayward wife. I was thinking one day, I wondered what it would sound like if Christ gave his wedding vows to me, as his church, as his bride and what those would sound like. So ‘Beloved’ is Jesus making vows to a wayward wife and the beautiful thing about Jesus is that when you’re his bride, divorce is not an option.”
Love of my life, Look deep in my eyes, There you will find what you need
Give me your life, The lust and the lies, And the past you’re afraid I might see, You’ve been running away from me
Chorus:
You’re my beloved
lover I’m yours
Death shall not part us
It’s you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we’ll be
My love it unites us and it binds you to me
It’s a mystery
Love of my life, Look deep in my eyes, There you will find what you need
I'm the giver of life, I’ll clothe you in white, My immaculate bride you will be, Come running home to me
Bridge:
You’ve been a mistress, my wife
Chasing lovers that won’t satisfy
Won’t you let me make you my bride
You will drink of my lips and you’ll taste new life
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You know I was just thinking about this recently...or a similar topic, I guess!
I was holding Grace and kisssing her and squeezing her and thinking, "This just doesn't satisfy! I can't hold her close enough or kiss her enough." I think it's interesting to note however wonderful a baby is, they still can't satisfy you. Only God...
Love ya, friend!
P.S. Mary...how did you change your blog page format? I have been trying to figure this out for ages....
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