sometimes a song comes along

And it says so much about something meaningful. I don't know much about the artist Andrew Peterson, but I love this new song of his "Dancing in the Minefields". It is about marriage and beautiful describes the tenderness of how vulnerable marriage is and how Christ's promises and love for us are the things allowing our marriages to survive life's minefields and flourish.

I have been thinking a bit lately on what it means to be married 5 years. I am always proud to be connected with my husband and as we continue to progress on life's journey together I find myself realizing just what a gem he is. Sometimes it's hard, being a person with strong convictions and independence, being paired with someone with equal and vocal convictions. It used to be a lot easier to do our own thing, side-by-side. But we are learning, year by year, to respect one another's growth and process and asking God to intertwine those thing so we are less side-by-side and more interwoven. It seems especially important right now, as we pray through the decisions of the days and school visits and prepare things to share with the youth group students we hang out with, and as he has opportunities to teach. So I leave you with this, the video and the lyrics and hope you are blessed by it as well!




Well I was 19 you were 21
The year we got engaged
Everyone said we were much to young
But we did it anyway
We got the rings for 40 each from a pawnshop down the road
We said our vows and took the leap now 15 years ago

Chorus:
We went dancing in the minefields
We went sailing in the storm
And it was harder than we dreamed
But I believe that’s what the promise was for

Well ‘I do’ are the two most famous last words
The beginning of the end
But to lose your life for another I’ve heard is a good place to begin
Cause the only way to find your life is to lay your own life down
And I believe it’s an easy price for the life that we have found

Chorus:
And we’re dancing in the minefields
We’re went sailing in the storm
And it was harder than we dreamed
But I believe that’s what the promise was for
That’s what the promise is for

Bridge:
So when I lose my way, find me
When I lose loves chains, bind me
At the end of all my faith
to the end of all my days
when I forget my name, remind me

Cause we bear the light of the son of man
So there’s nothing left to fear
So I’ll walk with you in the shadow lands
Till the shadows disappear
Cause he promised not to leave us
And his promises are true
So in the face of this chaos baby
I can dance with you

Chorus:
So lets go dancing in the minefields
Lets go sailing in the storms
Oh lets go dancing in the minefields
And kicking down the doors
Oh lets go dancing in the minefields
And sailing in the storms
Oh this is harder than we dreamed
But I believe that’s what the promise if for
That’s what the promise is for