Forever

Cyd and I have been sick most of this week. We have been taking turns taking care of each other as the sickness ebbs and flows. Thursday and today I stayed home to rest and try to shake this nasty cold. As I was doing some work this afternoon I was listening to a Ben Harper CD. A song that captured my attention is entitled “Forever”. The message of love and marriage in this song captures the longing of so many people to find someone to be with forever, yet so many times even among Christians, marriage is only temporary. Sin enters the picture and marriages crumble. That was never God’s design or intention for the marriage covenant. His intention always has been and always will be…FOREVER!

“Forever”
Ben Harper

Not talkin’ ‘bout a year
No not three or four
I don’t want that kind of forever
In my life anymore
Forever always seems
To be around when it begins
But forever never seems
To be around when it ends
So give me your forever
Please your forever
Not a day less will do
From you

People spend so much time
Every single day
Runnin’ round all over town
Givin’ their forever away
But no not me
I won’t let my forever roam
And now I hope I can find
My forever a home
So give me your forever
Please your forever
Not a day less will do
From you

Like a handless clock with numbers
An infinite of time
No not the forever found
Only in the mind
Forever always seems
To be around when things begin
But forever never seems
To be around when things end
So give me your forever
Please your forever
Not a day less will do
From you

©1992 EMI Virgin Music, Inc./Innocent Criminal