Who came up with that wacky idea anyway? You know…that whole “love” thang. Isn’t it just a waste of time? Doesn’t it always end up messing up people’s lives? Is it even real? I mean…you can’t see it, smell it, hear it, taste it, or touch it. So, who’s to say it isn’t just some made up notion to sell flowers and candy? And I don’t know if it would be any different if we saw a whole world of love. What do you think? Do you believe love is a real thing? If so, can you tell me what good purpose it serves?
I’d love to know your thoughts on love. But for this moment, I’ll share a couple of my thoughts and ideas. The real thoughts and ideas. Not those like I wrote in the first paragraph.
First…love IS real. Even though we can’t see it, smell it, hear it, taste it, or touch it. It has nothing to do with our 5 senses. And that’s an indicator of something much more important…where love originated…and why we experience it. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say we humans didn’t invent love. And stepping out even further on that limb I’ll say love didn’t evolve into us. And now to step out on the very end of that limb…I’ll say…love comes directly from our Creator.
Oh no! Now, I’ve gone and done it. I’ve just messed this whole love thang up by bringing God into it. But…I’m stickin’ with my hypothesis. It makes sense that love, for us, had a beginning because we had a beginning. And I believe love is in us from the moment we’re conceived in our mothers’ wombs. You only need to watch a tiny baby responding to his mother’s voice to know that’s true. But if love is in us from the moment we’re conceived…how in the world did it get there?
Well, it had nothing to do with the world. It had everything to do with the Creator of the world. Your Creator (His name is Jesus, by the way) is the source of life AND love. He wrote love and eternity on the tablet of your heart. And here’s the coolest part…that love inside you…the feeling you can’t see, smell, hear, taste, or touch…is proof that God exists. You certainly don’t have to agree with me or take my word for it. But if you disagree, I’d love to hear you explain how love got here and what possible evolutionary purpose it serves.
In the meantime, I’ll enjoy the feeling of love, the force of love, and the hope of love. I understand and accept it as a gift from God. And I look forward to a world of love that lasts forever…with Him. I hope you have that hope. Here are some lyrics I wrote way back in 1974, and I believe I’m gonna turn ’em into a love song. I know…mushy…but I’ll take that over dark and depressing any day.
The World Will Be Our Own
Drop into my heart sometime.
I’ll have a song for you.
I’ll teach you all the words I have,
And then, when we are through,
The world will be our own.
Let’s tie a knot that binds our wants
And let’s us sing the song
In harmony of harmony
Whenever two belong
To one another’s hearts.
All alone is a lost and lonely world.
Rest assured we’ll never be this way
For my eyes have seen inside of yours.
Now and then you’re gonna hear me say”
Drop into my heart sometime.
I’ll have a song for you.
I’ll teach you all the words I have,
And then, when we are through,
The world will be our own.
© 1974 Tony Funderburk
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