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I've been studying my cover photo for a while now, and it seems to me that it is more than just a photo of what is there that can be seen, more than just three white rocks stacked on a beach. It contains an important question about the future, about what happens long after the photographer has gone. What will happen to our pile of stones when the tide comes in? Will it topple or has the architect built this structure at a safe distance? I don't know what will happen to these words that I stack here on the sand. They may prove safely distant, or they may be swallowed up by a rush of self-doubt. They may be here for a season. They may lose their balance and be scattered by the shoreline, or be hidden away under shifting sands. Perhaps someday, the tides of life will reclaim them. Or maybe that's just a bunch of poetic, romantic nonsense. After all, this is just a blog. |
This song is bound to become THE wedding song of the year. It touts traditional fidelity and optimism about the married state. The line about not being afraid to say “I do” is going to be very popular with about-to-be brides as they plan the music for the big day. Of course, the culture has told us for years that men fear marriage, but I am not sure that is true. After all, for every woman who marries a man, there’s a man willingly marrying a woman. The title “Carry You Home” and the sentiment behind it says everything about a relationship. “I will carry you home”. Home becomes where you are together. Home is now a place you find in your partner. Home is in your love's eyes. Home is the way your hand reaches for your spouse’s hand in the middle of the night for that brief moment when you both wake slightly, then finding comfort in each other’s presence, fall back into a secure rest. There’s one line in this song though that says more than all the others. “I choose us every time”. There are lots of people and influences that can divide loyalties in a marriage - parents, kids, culture, careers - but the successful couples put the marriage first. It’s going to sound really unreasonable in this age of self-love, self-sufficiency and selfies, but it means preferring your spouse above everything, including yourself. I hear you say “Wait a minute! What about my needs? “. Here’s the crazy thing - if both partners are putting the best interests of the other person above their own in love and honor and respect, then both partners have a strong ally and all their needs met. Choose each other, every time. |
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