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52.16 ~ not yet (pas encore)

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Isn’t it hard to live in the present?  There is so much that follows us from the past, and there is so much to look forward to.  The air that surrounds us in the moment seems to escape us with all that we carry in our minds.

In a new relationship, it can be incredibly challenging to not get ahead of yourself.  To dream about travels, commitment, children, retirement.   Despite knowing that there will be storms, and that we’ll fall short, and that this earthly journey will literally end, there really is so much good on the horizon.  It’s certainly not bad to dream or to plan for the future – in fact it’s necessary, but what about today?  If we are always looking ahead, today will always be lost, and we can’t get it back.

This final song from “Reach For Me” is called “Not Yet.”  I wrote it especially for Adam, my love, but I know you’ll relate in some way.  I’m so grateful to have this person in my life today and I’m so excited for all that might be in store, but not yet.  “The only truth that we know is the moment that we hold.”

NOT YET

Can’t wait to see you tomorrow
To laugh with you next week
Can’t wait to pack a bag
Look back on all we’ve had
Can’t imagine what we’ll see

Can’t wait to make a plan
Look in your eyes, take your hands
I can’t wait til then
But not yet
Not yet

Can’t wait to write our story
To make right when I am wrong
Try out a melody
Embrace your harmony
Til the dream becomes our song

Can’t wait to hear it play
By your side, all the way
I can’t wait til then
But not yet

The only truth we know
Is the moment that we hold
O! I can’t wait until that day
But not yet
Not yet

Can’t wait to count little fingers
Adore little toes
Compose a lullaby
Count all the reasons why
This is the life that God intended

Can’t wait to watch them grow
To watch them go
But not yet
Not yet
Not yet

52.6 ~ love will be yours (amour sera la vôtre)

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Oh Valentine’s Day…

Everyone’s favorite holiday when, if you have a significant other, you are expected to lavish them with chocolate and flowers, and if you don’t, then you get to sulk about the fact that you’re alone.  I think it perhaps perpetuates the fears that so many single people have about what love is, and what it means to be alone.  Are we ever really alone though?

In this week’s song, Love Will Be Yours, I’m writing from the perspective of someone so afraid of love that they’ve separated themselves from it by a thousand miles and are suspended precariously looking over everything that they are missing.  A voice interjects to encourage this fear laden friend to be released into the unknown.

In my own faith journey, it seems that every time I try to prepare myself for love or peace or (insert what you’re seeking here), it never goes as planned and often doesn’t quite work out at all.  When I surrender, give in to the mystery, I’m always pleasantly surprised.

So, this song is a challenge this Valentine’s Day to look at love in a different way.  It’s not something that we can plan or manipulate, but rather something that we must trust and fall into.  And, despite what Hallmark movies tell us, it won’t always be pretty or sweet, but requires ongoing perseverance and patience even once we think we’ve obtained it.  And love might not be found in someone else, in fact it might just always be found somewhere else first.

LOVE WILL BE YOURS

I was on the brink
Balancing
On just a thread

Love was passing by
A thousand miles
Beneath my trembling tread

You said why are you afraid?
You said…

Your fears will only rise
The more you try to hide them
Cut the string
Cut the string
And as you fall
Into the unknown
Hope will restore
And love will be yours

I was a child
Reaching for a knife
Just out of reach

Suddenly I’d grown
And the world below
Had cut me

You said…

Your fears will only rise
The more you try to hide them
Cut the string
Cut the string
And as you fall
Into the unknown
Hope will restore
And love will be yours

Even if you could stay forever
Hanging from this tight rope over
Everything created for you
Why would you?

Your fears will only rise
The more you try to hide them
Cut the string
Cut the string
And as you fall
Into the unknown
Hope will restore
And love will be yours