Earlier this week I was playing on facebook and went on my Evan Frerich's page. Evan and I played in our band Product 6 with Luke and John. we sure had a blast practicing and travelling the midwest. We played at camps, retreats, revivals, and concerts. John and Evan used to climb on the top of his church's roof. I could tell tons of awesome stories from the P6 days, but i am not writing about that. E has always been a musical guy and a musically connected one. I saw a link for www.thesixtyone.com. so I checked it out. The website is pretty awesome. It allows free listening to thousands of songs. It helped me remember that I truly love music. I also love being in the know when it comes to new music. As a result have found quite a few bands that are worth checking out. I recommend House of Heroes and The Rescues. while all this is awesome, Sleeping at Last is what prompted this entry. They are a band that I have loved in the past, but I have forgotten about them. I found them again, and I love it.
Their song Needle and thread is particularly beautiful. The chorus of the song is
We are made of love,
And all the beauty stemming from it.
We are made of love,
And every fracture caused by the lack of love.
Caused by the lack of love
This describes both the ideal and failure of humans. We are made of love by the creator of love and our purpose is to love. We fail whenever we do not love perfectly. Fractures are caused by a lack of love, and no human loves perfectly, therefore we are all fractured. Lesslie Newbigin described the human position as one of contradiction. Contradiction is quite similar to fractured. we are. I think St. Paul was the most blunt in his description of us. He said "all have sinned." For some reason Paul's words offend us, but if we think about it, it is true. We all sin because none of us lives up to the standard perfect love. And we are made of love. I hope one day I can live up to that love. Love is beautiful, and anything that embodies beauty is a result of love. What a poetic way to explain our fault, but also our potential. Thanks sleeping at last. Your epic music fits the profundity of these lyrics. i hope everyone can agree and come to recognize their own lack. In doing so they can find a way to heal those fractures. the way to heal a fracture is with the triune God who is love. to this God be the glory forever.
This describes both the ideal and failure of humans. We are made of love by the creator of love and our purpose is to love. We fail whenever we do not love perfectly. Fractures are caused by a lack of love, and no human loves perfectly, therefore we are all fractured. Lesslie Newbigin described the human position as one of contradiction. Contradiction is quite similar to fractured. we are. I think St. Paul was the most blunt in his description of us. He said "all have sinned." For some reason Paul's words offend us, but if we think about it, it is true. We all sin because none of us lives up to the standard perfect love. And we are made of love. I hope one day I can live up to that love. Love is beautiful, and anything that embodies beauty is a result of love. What a poetic way to explain our fault, but also our potential. Thanks sleeping at last. Your epic music fits the profundity of these lyrics. i hope everyone can agree and come to recognize their own lack. In doing so they can find a way to heal those fractures. the way to heal a fracture is with the triune God who is love. to this God be the glory forever.
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