The background behind the song wasn't an easy story for him to tell, nor is it an easy song for him to sing. It tells the story of a very dark time in their lives. The song came about as his marriage fell apart. He tells the story of the pretzel. It basically is a prime example of how something very trivial, very small, and very insignificant can grow to be so large that it spirals so out of control that is destroys. What started out as a trivial incident quickly escalated to a broken marriage. A line was crossed where words couldn't be taken back and feelings couldn't be erased. Divorce was their "way out".
However, God intervened. Their marriage was restored and now a beautiful testimony of reconciliation and forgiveness. The song was written during the time of counseling and rebuilding. He sang it to his wife on the porch of her parents house. It was his way of telling her that she was worth fighting for. He was asking her if she still felt he was worth fighting for. The word are powerful.
Basically, he spoke about fighting. JUST KEEP FIGHTING. Love isn't a fight, but it's worth fighting for. As long as you are fighting, there is a victory possible. It's the leaving and giving up that destroys beyond repair. Sometimes in life the greater the battle is the greater the victory.
So many marriages are falling apart. Instead of fighting for each other, they just leave each other. Learning to fight FOR each other as much as you fight AGAINST each other eventually leads to a successful marriage.
I'm currently stunned with the number of marriages that are crumbling. It seems as if in the past few weeks, not a few days hasn't gone by that I haven't heard about someone leaving, wanting to leave, or finalizing a divorce. In many cases, those marriages could have been saved with the right tools and extreme commitment to "fight". My heart also breaks for those that want to fight and their partner is unwilling. My heart breaks for those that are suffering abuse and have NO choice but to seek refuge outside of the marriage. It's an epidemic and I'm searching. Searching for the right words to say to those that are breaking. Searching for how to best help the broken. Searching for ways to help others keep fighting because they have marriages worth fighting for. I love the part about "if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door!"
Let's face it, many of us have had times that leaving would have been the easiest option. I'm thankful for those times that Kevin and I kept fighting. It was worth it. It felt impossible to overcome at the time and the pain was unspeakable. The rewards of the not giving up are unmeasurable. The beauty of our God centered marriage today is the result of NEVER giving up. Love can't keep a record of wrongs or it will destroy yourselves and your marriage. It is HARD to not keep those "lists", but is necessary!!
Lyrics (and oh my....they are so moving!)
Love is not a place
To come and go as we please
It's a house we enter in
Then commit to never leave
So lock the door behind you
Throw away the key
We'll work it out together
Let it bring us to our knees
Chorus:
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for
To some, love is a word
That they can fall into
But when they're falling out
Keeping that word is hard to do
Chorus:
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for
Love will come to save us
If we'll only call
He will ask nothing from us
But demand we give our all
Chorus:
Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
And if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it's something worth fighting for
I will fight for you
Would you fight for me?
It's worth fighting for
On a side note: Warren previewed a new song and it was amazing. I can't wait until it is in the main stream Christian radio world. It talks about how we can get stuck in praying, but not DOING mode. It was about how sometimes we have to step out in faith. "Praying, not doing. Not living your life is spending your time waiting for the right time." I've been thinking so much lately about how often that happens in my life. How many opportunities have I missed because I was waiting for a situation to be "perfect" before acting? Sometimes God just needs us to MOVE IN FAITH and allow Him to do the rest!
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