never stop

just wanted to share this song with you, girls.  do you have some tissues handy?

if you scroll through my previous posts, you will find more posts about books than about boys or my love life.  one, because it is essentially non-existent (and cue end of pity party). two, because that just typically has never been me to ramble on about mushy gushy love stories, at least not here on my blog.

however, this little song popped up on pandora the other week, and it came to my attention again today.  it may not have the same romance-inspired lyrics of say frank sinatra's the way you look tonight, but there is just something that catches me about the realness in the modern lyrics.  there's realness about the modern, relevant lyrics.  for the full effect, i recommend the acoustic, wedding version.

ladies, does this not describe the insecurities many of us face in a relationship?:

he describes our worry, our insecurity:  "you always want to keep my gaze." 
he responds: "you're the only one i see, love.  and that's the one thing that won't change." 

i also find that this little phrase reflects such a factor of relationships that gets lost or overlooked in today's media and even in our day to day lives:

"i will never stop trying.  i will never stop choosing you, babe."

i know very little about this band, but even from what is likely a secular perspective on relationships, have they not hit the nail on the head?  this is what we hear over and over again from christians about what makes a healthy marriage, a healthy relationship?  there are some days that will likely not be easy to love or to choose (or prioritize seems to also stand out here to me) your committed one.  but it is a choice that can should be made.

my initial thoughts were, "oh, let me share this sweet, little love song with my girls because isn't it so sweet?!?!?"  i apologize now as this is turning into more of a spiritual post than i had originally intended, but i am going to go with it, because maybe someone needs these words (or maybe i just need to fill up a little more of the interwebs). 

as i continue down this path this very scattered, crooked path, perhaps, i remember a story shared by one of the speakers at a women's conference i was at this weekend.  a speaker was sharing her testimony about how her husband responded so gracefully to her after her three year affair with another man was revealed.  he responded with this (or at least something close to it), "honey, i don't understand why i am saying this, but i don't know how to not love you."  what an incredible testimony of love.  that to me sounds like a husband who hasn't stopped trying, who hasn't stopped choosing his babe.

and to draw it to a super spiritual close, that is redemptive love, my friends.  listen to your god whispering those same promises, those same declarations to you..."i will never stop trying.  i will never stop choosing you, my child...i don't know how to not love you."

...part of me keeps reading this thinking it sounds so cheesy. and part of me keeps saying, just click 'publish'. sometimes i give up on my blogging because i struggle with formulating my thoughts into words.  everything sounds so much better and more intelligent in my head.  so, thanks for bearing with me...as i click 'publish'.