Monday, June 19, 2006

Where's the road end?

RASCAL FLATTS LYRICS

"Bless The Broken Road"
I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you

Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true

Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

Now I'm just rolling home
Into my lover's arms

This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.

So, for the past few weeks...months...or so, that song totally made me bawl my eyes out. I had always associated it with men...especially with my last boyfriend...or rather, I'd always associated it with "the one" and had hoped that I would be able to say that I was with him and that the lonesome part of my journey was over...However, I was deceiving myself. My lover is Christ. The one that I was traveling towards for 17 years was Christ. It is true that I may one day get married, and I will wish that I could give that man all the years I spent chasing after other men instead of patiently waiting for him, but that feeling will be so much like the way I feel toward Christ right now except on a human scale...you know...smaller than God, that it would be safe to say that Christ is the subject of this song. I wish I could give God all the years I wasted chasing after things that could never truly make me happy. Luckily, He just smiles because He understands that it's all part of a grander plan that is coming true. ;) I love Him so!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I really do like that song. I never used to be a real fan of country music, but it has kind of grown on me over the years.
I am very glad to hear you have taken this new view of the song and given it a more personal meaning. It makes me wish more people thought of it that way.
No matter what we may go through or how we may stray from Him and his path for us, God is always there for us. Sometimes we take his love for us for granted, and it is good to be reminded of how He will always love us and protect us.
Never fear about the future and finding somebody who will love you. You are a wonderful person, and God will lead you to somebody who will always cherish you and love you for who you are. Any man would be blessed to be blessed to be with a woman like you. I hope that God leads me to somebody like you down the road. You have always been somebody I can respect and learn from.