Here’s the second installment of the music I hand-picked to set the mood for Mt. Olive’s Art of Marriage retreat coming up at the end of the month. Forward these words to someone in your life that might need this encouragement in their relationship, or soak ‘em up yourself. The lyrics are so powerful and the songs are killer! Check them out:
Roll to the Middle – Sara Groves
We just had a World War III
here in our kitchen
We both thought the meanest things
And then we both said them
We shot at each other till we lost ammunition
This is how I know our love
This is when I feel it’s power
Here in the absence of it
This is my darkest hour
When both of us are hunkered down
And waiting for the truce
All the complicated wars
They end pretty simple
Here when the lights go out
We roll to the middle
All the complicated wars
They end pretty simple
Here when the lights go out
We roll to the middle
No matter how my pride resists
No matter how the wall feels true
No matter how I can’t be sure
That you’re gonna roll in, too
No matter what, no matter what
I’m going to reach for you
Love Is Not a Fight – Warren Barfield
Love is not a place
To come and go as we please
It’s a house we enter in
Then commit to never leave
So lock the door behind you
Throw away the key
We’ll work it out together
Let it bring us to our knees
Chorus:
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave,
may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it’s something worth fighting for
To some, love is a word
That they can fall into
But when they’re falling out
Keeping that word is hard to do
Chorus: Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave,
may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it’s something worth fighting for
Love will come to save us
If we’ll only call
He will ask nothing from us
But demand we give our all
Chorus:
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave,
may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it’s something worth fighting for
I will fight for you
Would you fight for me?
It’s worth fighting for, baby
To be clear, I am in no way condoning fighting with your spouse. But if you read the lyrics all the way to the end, you’ll see nobody’s throwing in the towel. I love that.
Quick aside, Troy gave me Duck Dynasty’s “Miss Kay’s Kitchen Cookbook” for Christmas. I LOVE IT – she has such a great way of telling stories, weaving scripture and sharing yummy recipes. But throughout her story section, she tells about some of the hurdles she has faced over the years. I hope you’ll agree, these words of wisdom from Miss Kay will help you feel stronger for reading:
“Phil had graduated from Louisiana Tech University and had begun a life of partying…I had hopes that his life would turn around. But I soon discovered our “smooth sailing years” would have to wait. Phil chose to hunt and party over being a husband and parent. His partying lifestyle got so bad that I thought our marriage was over, and if it wasn’t for hearing my Nanny’s voice in my head telling me, “One day you will have to fight for your marriage,” I might have gone the route of divorce. But I didn’t, and in time and with lots of prayer, Phil turned his life around and we began a new life living for Jesus.”
Fight – yes. But fight the good fight – the “we” fight, not the “me” fight. Not sure how? Just ask Jesus.
