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| Feelin' The Love at the UT-Chattanooga Homecoming |
I used to think the best compliment I ever
heard was in the movie “As Good As It Gets, when Jack Nicholson tells Helen
Hunt, “You make me want to be a better man.” A close second is a
headstone which reads, “Here lies John Doe. Although he is dead, it can
be truthfully said, ‘His sins were scarlet and his books were read.’”
However, not long ago I heard an even better one. To share this new one, I must
“come out of the closet” to reveal that after 33 years of living in Memphis, I
have become a country music fan! I am not sure; maybe it’s Memphis’ proximity
to Nashville, or just great lyrics like “My eyes are the only things I don’t
want to take off of you,” or the fact that no matter where you are you can
always seem to tune in a country music station on the radio. I bet you
can tune one in on the far side of the moon.
Well now that it’s out, I can come clean and
say that the best compliment I have ever heard comes from Eric Church in
his song entitled, “Like Jesus Does. Church (no pun intended) sings in
the chorus:
All
the crazy in my dreams,
And both my broken wings,
Every single piece of who I am,
Yeah, she knows the man I ain't,
She forgives me when I can't,
And the devil, man, no, he don't have a prayer,
'Cause she loves me like Jesus does.
When I first I heard those words, “she loves
me like Jesus does,” I immediately thought, “Wow, that is not only the best way
to feel, but it is the best thing to think and/or feel about someone
else.” I thought about these words and this sentiment in church on Easter
Sunday. I know I have crazy dreams, I can feel my broken wings, I
have done things I cannot forgive myself for, and I could always be a better
man; but fortunately I have someone (in fact a whole family) in my life
that make this earth like heaven by loving me like he does. If I
truly believe that Jesus’ life, death and resurrection is the epitome of
love, then I have no choice, but to be that someone for others –
I must love all of the other crazy dreamers with broken wings, unrealized
potential and unforgiven sins – just like Jesus does.And both my broken wings,
Every single piece of who I am,
Yeah, she knows the man I ain't,
She forgives me when I can't,
And the devil, man, no, he don't have a prayer,
'Cause she loves me like Jesus does.
Gotta go, time to tune in to a new station.
