It’s so funny to me when a certain line from a song is what sticks with me. Actually, it happens a lot and I’m guessing maybe it happens to you, too. This week, because of certain circumstances, the lyrics I keep coming back to are “Someday when we meet up yonder, we’ll stroll hand in hand again.” Can you guess which song it is? Hint: It was made famous by Willie Nelson.
It was also on this list of lesser known (if that’s even possible) Elvis performances.
But this week has been a hard one, something I didn’t see coming. A family at the church I attend is in the midst of incredible loss and, honestly, I’m barely connected to them and yet I feel deeply about what they’re facing. So the line from this song about walking hand in hand again just makes me so emotional even though I cannot really relate at all to what this family is feeling. A bitter loss with a lot more questions than answers. It’s easy to say God is in control, and I believe that they believe that, but what’s happening still really, really sucks. I’ve had on repeat the version from UB40 (because of my recent UB40 binge) and I’ll be playing it over and over the for the near-future.
Looking forward to that land that knows no parting…
-Out of the Wilderness
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