The other day I heard the singer of this song on the Radio. His comment was that the song is about the classic falling in love again, and how we have the power in our relationships to "rekindle" what we had in the beginning. Here is the song.

Let's Just Fall In Love Again @ Yahoo! Video

Let's pretend baby

that you've just met me

and I've never seen you before

I'll tell all my friends

that I think you're staring

And you say the same

to yours

And Oh

We'll dance around it all night

and then I'll follow you outside

And try to open up my mouth

and nothing comes out right

Chorus:

And I wanna fall in love with you again

I don't have to try

It's so easy who needs to pretend

But because

It's so funny let's just think about it honey

Let's just fall in love again

I'll call you in three days

Not too soon not too late

And I'll ask your roommate if you're home

Oh

You'll call me on Thursday

And we'll hang out all day

Then fall asleep on the phone

And Oh

I'll hold your hand when we drive

And we'll lose track of all the time

And we'll tell everyone that we ain't never felt so alive

Chorus

We'll fall disgustingly fast

And we'll stop hanging out with friends

And they'll be so offended

Oh ooh oh

Chorus

Let's just fall in love again

So let's just fall in love again

I chuckled through the song since my wonderful wife (the keeper of this blog) and I are basically guilty of everything this song describes as "Falling in Love." Its a fun song, and catchy, but as I got to thinking about it, I started to ask myself, would I really want to go back to the days of awkwardness, exploration, and uncertainty over the real intimacy of who we are today. It did not take me long to decide.

I think in our culture, we have stopped celebrating love, and started focusing our celebration on a subset of love based around the intense feeling felt with the newness of a new person. Perhaps this is why so many of our marriages end in affairs. As a culture we have been told to expect that amazing take-over-every-thought-in-your-mind feeling all the time. If that is lost, then we must "fall in love again."

How unfortunate, because there is nothing as powerful and fulfilling as knowing and being so fully known as what comes with long enduring marriage.

The parallel spiritually is obvious. When we first come to Christ, everything is new. Everything is exciting. Spiritual truths seem to enthrall us each day. Some folks live for that feeling. They pursue new ways to create that spiritual high, and start to miss the power in coming into deeper knowledge of the One who knows them completely.

In marriage, and in Christ, falling in love does not look like this song would allude to. Instead it should look like two folks, so in tune with one another that they act and think alike. They feel completely at peace in each other's company. There is no need for a facade. There is no need to try to impress. There is no fear. There is simply perfect Love.

Lord help me to grow in my "perfect love" of You and my wife. If anything, my cry is that I could fall deeper in love with you again!

A Case for Early Marriage

I am hoping Google's servers crash and burn long before Norah or Avril have a chance to hold me to this, but I think this article, or at least its premise, is dead nuts on, and is something I have said for years.

I do not want to recap the whole article, as I would rather have you read it, even if it is a bit long. I will only say this. I find it against the character of God to PURPOSEFULLY build us with incredibly strong sex drives young only to say do not use it. It simply does not fit with the God I know. He does not design for no purpose. Instead, I think that sex drive is designed to unify two people, and to produce offspring, both of which are only possible under God's plan in the context of marriage. This does not minimize the directive to stay chaste if you are not married, but it is the only logical conclusion I can come up with to why sex drives are so strong so young.

Generation Gap

I have so many fond memories as a child playing Kings in the Corner at Grandmom Gerda's house. It was a highlight of our vacations to Florida. We played with a normal deck, on just a table, and scoring was based on how many cards you had in your hand.

Now that Norah is of age, we have started playing this version of Kings in the Corner. It has cool chips, and a stand in the middle to hold the different cards. I think that it says something of the generation gap where we now need devices to facilitate proper play, and so forth, but that's not the main point.

The main point is that children love to play games with people they love. I did, and it was pretty fantastic. Norah does, and I think its wonderful. Generation gaps change a lot of things, but the real foundational truths don't change with the fads.

First Post

As is customary in these endeavors, I begin with a first post.