23

Man:

"I felt for sure last night
At once we said goodbye
No one else will know these lonely dreams
No one else will know that part of me
Im still driving away
And Im sorry every day
I wont always love these selfish things
I wont always live...
Stop it...

It was my turn to decide
I knew this was our time
No one else will have me like you do
No one else will have me, only you"

God:

"Youll sit alone forever
If you wait for the right time
What are you hoping for?
Im here and now Im ready
Holding on tight
Dont give away the end
The one thing that stays mine"

Man:

"Amazing still it seems
Ill be 23
I wont always love what Ill never have
I wont always live in my regrets"

God: "

Youll sit alone forever
If you wait for the right time
What are you hoping for?
Im here and now Im ready
Holding on tight
Dont give away the end
The one thing that stays mine

Youll sit alone forever
If you wait for the right time
What are you hoping for?
Im here and now Im ready
Holding on tight
Dont give away the end
The one thing that stays mine... "

I was driving home today, and I put this song on because it sounds pretty, but I was listening to the lyrics and things kept standing out. I decided I might be able to commandeer it into a good worship song. I got home and looked up the full lyrics and was floored. These lines:

Im here and now Im ready
Holding on tight

just hit me so hard. It portrays the sheer tenderness that God has for us. This idea came up in a book called Abba's Child by Brennan Manning, and it talks about how God is tender for us. Manning uses the example of a child who brings their mother a bouquet of dandelions: Even though the gift is actually worthless, the parent adores it because of who it's from and what it represents.

I just love that so much. The best we can bring God is wilted dandelions, but he loves it and us.

mind. blown.