If you are a song writer, or write poetry or have even sang spiritual songs (which are spontaneous moments in your private worship, and you DON’T have to be a worship leader to do this J) where you free flow with what you’re feeling, you have probably felt like I have many, many times. The feeling of wanting to say it where the words are really creative, different and will be revelatory to everyone who hears it, or reads it, can be a bit stressful. That was the case with these lyrics.
I wanted to write a song that said “I love You” and was praying. And in prayer I wanted to say what I wanted this song to say. Long story short, I became very frustrated with myself bc I wanted to say it better than just “I love You” and couldn’t get out much more. So when we actually started to put the ink to the pad, we came to the chorus and I said, “is there anything wrong with just leaving it plain and simple? Just say ‘I love You’?” As you see through the song, v3 is where I describe how I’m trying to get it out, but when it all boils down to it, as simple as it is, the message is one of the most powerful…I love You.
Try it today…just tell Him you love Him. More than once today…just randomly with no strings attached.
Psalm 18: 1-3 (The Message translation)
Psalm 101: 1
Psalm 116: 1-3
February 28th, 2009
This song is so simple that my tears will not stop. My heart shouts as I raise my hands towards Him who is worthy of much more than a simple word a simple song a simple line. “I love You!!!!”