A Song in my Heart

Daily Gratitude Year 13 - Day 298: Today, I am grateful for a song in my heart. 

I often refer to my Earworm. He sings the songs stuck in my head. I love my Earworm. Earworm drives me nuts. Both things can be true in a love relationship... at least that is what I tell the Love-of-my-Life. 

This scripture was my verse of the day: 

"singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." -Ephesians 5:19-20

Guess what Earworm is singing? The chorus to Rod Stewart's "You're In My Heart." Now, you may want to stop reading, but before you do, I want to remind you that there is an old hymn called "Jesus, Lover of my Soul" as well as a modern worship song by the same name. 

I must confess that I am a sucker for a rock ballad. Rod's voice is soothing and ruff at the same time. Then I pulled it up and listened to the whole song. He is singing about a girl. Remember,  God created man. Then he made a woman to be a partner and companion for the man. The song puts intimacy in words. Many of the lyrics could be woven into a modern worship song. 

"You're in my heart. You're in my soul. You'll be my breath should I grow old. You are my lover and my best friend. You're in my soul." 

In the lyrics, the man is unfaithful. In his betrayal, he finds himself cold, lost, longing, and incomplete. How often do we experience the same thing when we drift away from the heart of the Father, ignore the sacrifice and redemption purchased by the Son on a cross, and attempt to ignore the Holy Spirit?

Then the lyrics say this: 

"My love for you is immeasurable
My respect for you immense
You're ageless, timeless, lace, and fineness
You're beauty and elegance
You're a rhapsody, a comedy
You're a symphony and a play
You're every love song ever written
But, honey, what do you see in me?" 

Our God is all of these things. Even the lace found in a spider's web as the dew settles on it at daybreak. Nature is full of timeless, lace, and fineness. 

This part of the lyric is like an arrow to the heart:

"And there have been many affairs

Many times I've thought to leave

But I bite my lip and turn around

'Cause you're the warmest thing I've ever found 

The soul of our nation is hurting. We have affairs with money, sports, fashion, and power. None of them... not one... can satisfy the soul like Jesus. Those "habits that are hard to accept," are sometimes called a moral compass. 

God's holiness cannot tolerate the sins that destroy our souls. We never go "unnoticed," but He gifted us... and only us... with free will. We can put our human nature aside and choose Him... choose each other... and choose to do what is good, true, and at times, inconvenient. 

"You're in my heart. You're in my soul. You'll be my breath should I grow old. You are my lover and my best friend. You're in my soul." 

A relationship and intimacy with Him makes all of our other relationships better. Oh, Earworm, I guess you had something good after all. 

Today, I am grateful for a song in my heart.