A show of hands please. How many have ever utter the words, “Yes dear.” Now an honest answer here. who envisioned a snarky retort when thinking of the last time you uttered that phrase. And yes, I am making an assumption that every one of us has been on the giving end of those words, and the receiving end too.
But again, being honest about it, who hasn’t also said those words endearingly. You may have to think about when a little longer, but we’ve also all most probably given and received such a sentiment.
Words themselves mean little. They should mean little and rarely taken at face value. They are only there to convey feelings anyway. Sometimes, the feelings are strengthened by images. Sometimes, the images far exceed the feelings behind the word.
I discovered something like that a couple weeks ago. As I was preparing the New Year’s Day ROAMcare post when we associated 1960s ballads with daily resolution prompts to this year’s message, Live, Love, Share, I took a side trip to YouTube to refresh my memory of some of the music and lyrics. I ran across this version of “God Only Knows” put together by BBC Music from October of 2014. Although the song is a good one and the lyrics catchy, (and really do make a good daily living prompt because we really do know that God only knows what we’d do without each other, it’s the image of 32 artists and groups mingling their distinctive styles into a single beautiful performance that keeps playing over in my head.
I suppose I found a daily prompt for probably the rest of the year to encourage me to be a part of life and share my love. If the magic of the music doesn’t last, yesterday we suggested perhaps checking the obituaries for inspiration. Do whatever it takes to make it a year of love. God only knows what we’d do without it.
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Once again your wisdom shines through. Even the picture of the 32 artists singing together makes a harmony worth listening to. Loving one another–you’ve asked the question before, but why is it so hard? We’re all imperfect, and yet. in our imperfection we’re all still made in the image of God–and that’s not bad. Maybe it just has to start somewhere. Maybe that somewhere is us. Thanks for the reminder that it’s love that will make the difference, my friend. You do it well.
Thank you Dayle. You post some pretty powerful reminders also. I suppose that indeed “somewhere is us” and we should embrace that as much as we can.
Oh…wow. Thank you for all of this, Michael. Love the video, the version of the song…the mantra that it is. Such a great anthem. Far better than a sarcastic ‘yes, dear’ anytime. (Not that I’ve ever done that…lol!) 🥰
The funny thing is I wake up with that song in my head it seems every morning now for nearly 3 weeks and every day I think of someone different who fits those words. That’s a daily prompt I can live with!
I’m with you — I like it! A lot! 🥰😉🥰