This morning, I woke up early and turned on CMT for some background noise while I caffienated my brain into life. Three songs made me smile and I thought I'd share them with you...
First up was Rodney Atkins' song, "These Are My People," from his album, If You're Going Through Hell. It's a little slice of life, and it celebrates the wonderful joy to be found in just being normal people in America...
These are my people
This is where I come from
Were givin' this life everything we got and then some
It ain't always pretty
But its real
It's the way we were made
Wouldn't have it any other way
These are my people
Well We take it all week on the chin with a grin
'til we make it to a Friday night
And it's church league softball
holler about a bad call
preacher breaking up the fight
Then later on at the Green Light Tavern
Well everybody is gathered as friends
And the beers a pourin'
'til Monday mornin'
and we start it all over again
Then Bucky Covington's sang "A Different World," from his self titled album. I hadn't realized - since I never watch it - that he was an American Idol finalist!
We were born to mothers who smoked and drank
Our cribs were covered in lead based paint
No child proof lids no seat belts in cars
Rode bikes with no helmets and still here we are, still here we are
We got daddy’s belt when we misbehaved
Had three TV channels you got up to change
No video games and no satellite
All we had were friends and they were outside, playin’ outside
Chorus
It was a different life
When we were boys and girls
Not just a different time
It was a different world
School always started the same every day
The pledge of allegiance then someone would pray
Not every kid made the team when they tried
We got disappointed and that was all right, we turned out all right
Finally, Brooks & Dunn's video for "My Heart is Lost to You" from Steers and Stripes. You can go watch the video here (*I* didn't know Brooks & Dunn had their own YouTube channel!) Look at that beautiful sensuality the dancers display!
As I watched the dancers twist and slide around each other, twin comets caught up in each others' wake, it made me think of how sex might have been if Adam and Eve hadn't sinned against God.
In the perfect world which would have followed, I believe that the delight and joy which each husband and wife would have had in each other would have been evident. A mated pair would have danced together like this, and onlookers would have delighted in their love without any trace of lust or covetousness or jealousy. The couple would have eyes only for each other, absolutely confident in the love and fidelity or their partner, rejoicing in the gift God had given them.
How far we have fallen, and how terribly scarred by sin we have become! Yet, when God finally brings history to a close and takes us in to Eternity, the perfection He intended will be restored... and I can hardly wait!
