Erinnicole's Prayer: Bebo Norman's "How You Love Me"

the first thing that caught my attention with this song was hey i actually know this one! but then i was like...hm...i don't recognize these words. which is because ive never actually listened to the words before. i listened to it a few times and two things came to me. The first was immediate: it is awesome to me that Norman was able to capture all of these emotions and truths into a such a short and simple song. There is no hesitation or "what-if"s, just plain and simple that God loves us.

The other part didn't hit me so immediately. the line that says:

"words are weak, i don't know what to say."

was powerful to me because even though i am a writer and words are my main outlet of expression, i often can't find the words to pray with. I know what i want in life at this moment in time and i know what i should want and i sort of know what i need and putting them all into some sort of verbal order is almost impossible for me. I was just praying last night, after the end of a pretty bad week, "Jesus, i know i need you, but honestly i don't know where to begin or how to say it." so i just remained in His Presence and it was calming. so the song today was good because i realized two things. One, i'm not the only one with this problem - always a comforting thought, and two, words aren't the only form of prayer. somewhere in my mind, i knew that. but i completely forgot until today.

:)