Jonathan sang one of my favorite Sara Groves songs last month entitled “Loving a Person.” The lyrics of this song just speak such truth about relationships. Relationships are hard. There is pain and hurt that comes with with the joy and community that relationships bring. My friends and family will hurt me and I will hurt them. I just wanted to point out a couple of lyrics that I especially like from this song.
“Sometimes things change, sometimes we’re waiting /We need grace either way:” Sometimes relationships are not happy or easy. We have to forgive and work through pain. This is a hard and slow process that is only possible through grace.
“Love and pride can’t occupy the same spaces baby / Only one makes you free.” Recently when I was listening to this song in the car, it struck me that I put limitations on my love. I think that I don’t have to love people unless they love me the way that I want them to. This is wrong. I am called to love the people around me whether I want to or not. And I have found that the harder it is, the more I have to rely on God to have the strength and grace to offer to that other person. I think that God would rather have it this way, that I am completely clueless about how to handle situations and I have to rely on him.
Even though relationships are hard, they are what we as humans were made for and they are so worth it.
“Let’s find out, the beauty of seeing things through”
