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Jun '24
June 11, 2024
11
Jun '24
The second of Paul Simon’s “Seven Psalms” feels like it is inspired by the love poetry of the Song of Solomon. The Song of Solomon can be read completely as a rather steamy interchange between lovers. The Jews adopted it as a love story between Israel and Yahweh. Here, Simon may be speaking of his relationship with his wife and singer Edie Brickell. Or is he using that to describe the intimacy and security of a relationship with God?
I lived a life of pleasant sorrows
Until the real deal came
Broke me like a twig in a winter gale
Called me by my name
“A life of pleasant sorrows,” is an interesting description of life before or without faith. Not totally bad but totally empty until the “real deal” comes. Being broken “like a twig” can certainly be part of the experience of coming to faith yet we also remember the healing power of Jesus when he calls Mary Magdalene by name at the tomb. How has faith come to you and how does it feel to know he knows your name?
Pastor Andy