A Place Only You Can Go

I am embarrassingly out of touch with the music of today.  Unless it is sung by a vegetable or pirate, I don't know it.  But thankfully my younger siblings are sweet enough to introduce me to more current music, and on occasion my little bosses in backseat will let me chose the songs.  And this week I came across this one . . .

When I find a song I like, I get obsessive and listen to it over and over again.  At first I texted the lyrics to Michael because it felt like a very romantic song.

In my heart you'll always know 
There is a place only love can go 
There is a place only you can go 

But the more I listened, I started thinking about the little baby we lost.  I only carried her in my body for a short while, and now I carry her in my heart.  A little place that is only for her.  Then the lyrics in the very beginning of the song led me to another thought. 

Pain is alive in a broken heart 
The past never does go away 
We were born to love 
And we're born to pay 
The price for our mistakes 

Losing our baby was not a mistake.  But there are a many women who do lose their unborn because of a mistake.  I re-started the track from the beginning, thinking about the lyrics from that perspective, and the tears were pouring out of my eyes.  I always pray for the unborn babies, for an end to abortion and for those who are contemplating having one.   But for the first time, God invited me to truly reflect on what women go through on a deeper level.  The agony they must feel, no matter what their situation.  Maybe they are extremely confident in their decision, maybe they are a scared young girl who is terrified to tell her parents, an older women in a happy marriage who doesn't feel she can handle another,  someone caught in a bad relationship who is forced to go through with it against her will.  Or a mother chose to have her baby, but lives with the knowledge that she considered not bringing her son or daughter into this world.  There are endless stories, countless unique situations, with a common ground of underlying sorrow.  I know that Jesus must weep for his precious, beautiful daughters, as this grief was not what he intended for the crown jewel of his creation.  

I have never been faced with this decision, so I cannot pretend to know what it feels like.  And maybe this is only my view point because I am pro-life.  But political agendas and any trace of judgement aside, I am just overwhelmingly sad for any person that is faced with the option of abortion in any way.

And to my children, I pray that God will always open your heart to the suffering of people.  All people.  In every situation.  It is so difficult to see life through another person's eyes, and all we can ask is that He gives us the grace to do so, so that we may have a heart that is more like His.  Please try to fight the urge to judge other people.  Keep your hearts clean, and your intentions pure so that you can leave a mark of His love on this world.

Pain is alive in a broken heart 
The past never does go away 
We were born to love 
And we're born to pay 
The price for our mistakes 

Grace, she comes with a heavy load 
Memories, they can't be erased 
Like a pill I swallow, he makes me well 
And leaves an awful taste 

Oh I know this song won't do 
Enough to prove my love to you 
In my heart you'll always know 
There is a place only love can go 
There is a place only you can go 

Take my notions and words to heart 
This is the cry of a man 
I can't bring you fortune or noble life 
But I'll love you all I can 

Oh I know this song won't do 
Enough to prove my love to you 
In my heart you'll always know 
There is a place only you can go 

Oh I know this song won't do 
Enough to prove my love to you 
In my heart you'll always know 
There is a place only love can go 
There is a place only you can go