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Friday, September 16, 2011

God's with you...always

I noticed years ago that there were some secular songs that just sang my heart for God. One day, a young friend showed me how God sang to him through songs in the same way...but where the lyrics were actually the dialog between them. It was nothing like what the recording artist had in mind, but it surely did capture God's love for this wonderful young man.

A year or so later, I noticed this one. I always did like this song...maybe, even then, I was hearing a hint of the Great Musician's voice. Here, the plain text is me in one of those dark nights of the soul, and the italics are God. The left column is the lyrics from Cheap Trick; the right is what my heart is singing, almost in chorus. And Brandon...this one's for you.


The Flame, by Cheap Trick

Another night slowly closes in,
It’s 2 AM…
And I feel so lonely.
     …I can’t feel you…
Touching heat freezing on my skin,

I pretend you still hold me.
…like in the good times…
I’m going crazy, I’m losing sleep.
     …but I can’t quite make it…
I’m in too far, I’m in way too deep over you.
“To whom shall I go?” [1]
I can’t believe you’re gone.
My head knows you’re here,
You were the first, you’ll be the last.
     you promised you were Alpha & Omega.


Wherever you go, I’ll be with you.
Everywhere, always.
Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.
“…ask your Father in heaven…”  [2]
Whenever you need someone to lay your heart and head upon.
In your pain and aloneness,
Remember: after the fire, after all the rain,
     I was there, then; I am here now…
I will be the flame.
My love for you is eternal.
I will be the flame.
I will burn!  [3]


Watching shadows move across the wall,
Time crawls by when I’m alone
I feel so frightened.
Is there anyone who can take away the fear?
I wanna run to you, I wanna call,
I want you…
But I’ve been hit by lightning.
     …but my feet seem frozen.
Just can’t stand up for fallin’ apart.
Helpless…
Can’t see through this veil across my heart, over you.
     …marred and broken-hearted.
You’ll always be the one.
But I still declare it…
You were the first, you’ll be the last.
Forever!


Wherever you go, I’ll be with you.
Always
Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.
Remember?
Whenever you need someone to lay your heart and head upon.
Remember?!
Remember: after the fire, after all the rain,
Then, and now…and always…
I will be the flame.

I will be the flame.



I’m going crazy, I’m losing sleep.
I can’t sleep either; I’m dying for you
I’m in too far, I’m in way too deep over you.
The cross was just the beginning of me for you
You’ll always be the one.
I can’t get over you
You were the first, you’ll be the last.
I knew you before the beginning, and we’ll be together through the end, and beyond. [4]

So remember…
Wherever you go, I’ll be with you.

Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.

 

[1]  John 6:68-69 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.  We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."
[2]  Matthew 7:11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!  Matthew 18:19 "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.  Luke 11:13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
[3] Hebrews 12:28-29  Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire."
[4]  Ephesians 1:3-5, Hebrews 13:5, John 3:15-17, Matthew 28:20, Jeremiah 31:3: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness." and Isaiah 49:16: "I have engraved you on the palms of my hands..."
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