A Sloppy Wet Kiss

As I listen through worship songs month after month in my personal time, and think about the ones that I would like to share on Sunday morning, there are many things that I listen for, one of the most important of these details being the lyrics.

This being the case, I was particularly drawn to a song that we will be introducing this coming week in the worship service called “How He Loves.” You can view a video and listen to the song here:

This song has had such an impact on me. The first time I heard it, I was floored. Then, to hear my children singing it out in the car as we run errands around town is the sweetest sound.

There is a lyric in the song that may bear some explanation as it could throw you if you don’t take the time to really think about what it means. The lyric says, “Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss.”

Here is an excerpt from the songwriter’s blog explaining the thought behind the lyric:

///“HEAVEN meets EARTH like a sloppy wet kiss”
The idea behind the lyric is that the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of earth converge in a way that is both beautiful and awkwardly messy. Think about the birth of a child, or even the death of Jesus himself. These miracles are both incredibly beautiful and incredibly sloppy ("gory" may be more realistic, but “Heaven meets earth like a gory mess” didn’t seem to have the same ring). Why does the church have such a problem with things being sloppy? Do we really think we’re fooling anyone on Sunday morning, especially God? Are we going to offend him? I mean, he’s seen us naked in the shower all week and knows our worst thoughts, and still thinks we’re awesome. What if we took all the energy we spent faking and used that energy to enjoy the Lord instead? That could be revolutionary!///

You can read the rest of the blog here:

http://johnmarkmcmillan.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-he-loves-david-crowder-and-sloppy.html

I look forward to worshipping God with you this week and singing this new song together!

Julie