Together, Me and You

 

I started singing a new melody on Monday morning that would unfold into my first real song in over a decade.

 

I’d written some event specific songs and some choruses here and there, but I’d not written a full-length song that could make it into my repertoire since 2010.

 

And then it happened.

 

Out of the blue. On my way to work. A melody. Then some lyrics. Then more melody. Then more lyrics. Then the piano part. Over the course of the entire day, bit by bit, piece by piece, a song came together.

 

And it’s the song I want to share with you today.

 

I don’t know where you are on your theological journey—where you’ve come from—what you believe. But I do know that writing down your beliefs as a marker is one of the most invaluable things you can ever do.

 

Here is my marker. Maybe you will find yourself in some of its words. I pray you will today.

 

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“Together, Me and You”

 

I’m on this road of life

This path to you

This journey with you now

With all its ups and downs

And twists and turns along the way

 

I’ve got more questions now

Than I did then

But that’s okay because you’re big

Enough to handle all the questions

And tension

 

There’s so much that I don’t know

And yet so much that knows me well

There’s so much that I can’t hold

And yet I’m learning to be held

 

You’re the God of all creation,

The beginning and the end

Still creating with us here upon the earth

Through our words and through our actions

We are making all things new

It’s together that we’re in this, me and you

 

I’m surrounded by a

Cloud of witnesses

You’ve sent my way

Some of have left their mark and gone

But some have stayed

 

You are teaching me to

Be present in every

Moment of the day

To feel the joy, the happiness

The sorry, pain

 

There’s so much that I don’t know

And yet so much that knows me well

There’s so much that I can’t hold

And yet I’m learning to be held

 

You’re the God of all creation,

The beginning and the end

Still creating with us here upon the earth

Through our words and through our actions

We are making all things new

It’s together that we’re in this, me and you