I made an album of original songs called "Unvarnished Truth." It is, in a sense, a concept album. It is not praise and worship music. I helped form and was in a praise band at church for several years. I have played for years at retreats called "Walk to Emmaus." sharing just those kinds of songs. But, in my own walk with the Lord, I find that my experience has been less than the idyllic one presented in so many Christian songs. I have had my share of trials and times of honest doubt and so have a lot of my Christian brothers and sisters. I don't feel like I've arrived as a perfect Christian. So, could I glorify God by trying to portray the ups and downs of an authentic Christian journey in song in hopes the music would touch those who are still trying to find the Lord? This song epitomizes that theme. The jury is still out.
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(verse)
When I was just a schoolboy and still knew it all
Love was a smile from a pretty girl in my morning study hall
When I turned twenty-one and was a newlywed
Love was an apartment and a double bed
(pre-chorus)
Now that I’ve grown older, I’m not sure what I know
Love looks more like giving in and, sometimes, letting go
(chorus)
But the one thing that I know is Jesus loves me
And I’m not ashamed to tell you that I’m His
The little faith I have tells me God is Love
But I’m not sure what love is
(verse)
In my quiet times, I've considered Job
Sitting on an ash heap tearing his robe
And the crippled beggar Lazarus in the parable
The open sores and the hunger-- it just seems terrible
(pre-chorus)
How could a loving Father, sitting on His throne, up high
For a sorry bunch of rabble, let His own Son die?
(chorus)
But the one thing that I know is Jesus loves me
And I’m humbled and I’m grateful to be His
The little faith I have tells me God is Love
But I’m not sure what love is
(instrumental break)
(bridge)
Through the glass I see it darkly, but it won’t always be so
For the promise is we’ll be known and we’ll know
(chorus)
So for now I’m holding on to ‘Jesus Loves Me’
Come rain or shine, I’m happy that I’m His
And the little faith I have tells me God is Love
But I’m not sure what love is
(tag)
No, I’m not sure what love is
No, I’m not sure what love is.
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