Most of the content on this blog has been rather heavy, but here’s a casual recording Ben and I made last night. Ben is a good old high school friend who’s visiting from Boston U (where he’s majoring in Vocal Performance). He’s as incredibly talented as his soul is incredibly warm and compassionate.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time, and though it was probably written as any other secular love song (but more awesome than most), it reminds me a lot of a Christian’s walk with God. It almost sounds like a dialogue between man and God.
Saying I love you \ Is not the words I want to hear from you \ It’s not that I want to \ Not to say, but if you only knew \ How easy it would be to show me how you feel \ More than words is all you have to do to make it real \ Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me \ ‘Cause I’d already know
Think how we’re called to be doers, not just hearers, of the Word (James 1:22-25). How Christ calls us to love another if we’re truly his followers (John 13:34-35). In Isaiah 58 God declares separates false, superficial worship from true worship, that is to break the chains of injustice and set the oppressed free.
And the second verse gets me really emotional, as it brings me back to the lowest point of my depression, of hopeless surrender, where I’d given up laying claim to all the things of this world, realizing that all I really needed was to know, for certain, that God really loved me as the Bible says he does.
Now that I’ve tried to talk to you and make you understand \ All you have to do is close your eyes \ And just reach out your hands and touch me \ Hold me close don’t ever let me go \ More than words is all I ever needed you to show \ Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me \ ‘Cause I’d already know
And he answered my cries spoke into the darkness to give me hope I couldn’t refuse. “In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye.” (Deuteronomy 32:10)
(Oops, was this a “heavy” post too?)
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Francis of Assisi once said that a man has only as much knowledge as he puts into action and a person is only as good a preacher as he puts into action. The only way to really follow Jesus is to do it mind, heart and hands. Not just words!! Love it!
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You both sing very well. Love this song, also! 🙂
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I love this song, too!! Here’s my recording of it. Hope you like it. http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_videos/377501
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You sing well, Karen. And your friend, Ben, is awesomely talented in the way he harmonize with you. You both should audition in a talent search TV program. 😉
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Thank you so much for your compliments! Yes, he’s a natural and is currently pursuing a formal degree in Vocal Performance. I wouldn’t be surprised if he becomes a classical music superstar in the near future. 😉
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Enjoyed the recording very much!
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Thank you! We really enjoyed recording it too. 🙂
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