My good friend Ronald asked me the following question today about the song "Above All".
In the song "Above All" there is a comparison of Jesus with a rose. Do you
understand it? A rose certainly doesn't think about anybody, and I'm not
sure what they mean by "took the fall."
Great question...here goes...
A beautiful, perhaps the globally recognized most beautiful flower...with the most highly regarded aroma...and the highest demand for flower arrangements...a ROSE. Imagine it being trampled underfoot. That's what happened to our Rose of Sharon. (Song of Solomon 2:1) He, the most beautiful person (on the inside) was cast down and trampled by mankind. He embraced the fall of man...our decision to disobey God. Thus, he took, he assumed, he owned the fall. We should have taken the fall, instead we simply fell, but didn't have to pay the ultimate price.
Now, the song continues on "you took the fall, and thought of me above all." You might could argue that instead of thinking of US, he was thinking of "who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame" (Hebrews 12:2). I'm not sure we, the people He died for, are truly the JOY...or is HEAVEN, BEING WITH GOD the joy set before Him. But I'm quite confident that the love Jesus had for the sinners who were crucifying him was one of his motivators for going to/staying on the cross.
Anyone want to weigh in? It's great to think through song lyrics.
(Speaking of roses, as I write, there are 20 beautiful red roses on our kitchen table. Yes, Jaime & I celebrated our 20 month anniversary last Friday. I don't usually spring for roses on the monthlies, but this time, I went for it. It's the last time I'll give Jaime roses prior to our having a child. It's so funny, all of these "this is the last time we'll go through Halloween without a child" moments. Babies change everything, or so I'm told.)
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4 comments:
brent and i notice the same thing... like we just took our last vacation without the baby. things are definitely going to change... more than we can realize i think. :)
and i love to think of song lyrics. they definitely make the meaning of the song stronger. after hearing the story behind "it is well with my soul," the words touch me so much more.
Get a grip Murray.
I love to watch and listen to newly married people having their first child. Everything is so sweet and beautiful now.
Just you wait!
Here are some first to think about.
First time you change a well utilized diaper.
First time you are up at 3 in the morning with a sick kid and can't go to bed (even though there is nothing you can do) because your wife can't and if you do, you'll pay for it later.
First time you take a trip and get stuck in the middle seat of a packed plane and the baby starts losing it cause his ear drums are bursting.
I'd like to see how many roses your giving six months from now.
I'm just ribbing you Murray. I hope I didn't make you mad.
I hope your excitment and love for your family holds through always with God's help.
God bless you, your wife and all those litlle guys and gals to come:)
My thoughts are.....keep sending roses and keep celebrating! Two kids later, I can say that date nights are still good and flowers always hit the spot! But, enjoy the couple time while you can and Jaime, you don't know it now, but you'll never be as rested as you are right now. It's all downhill from here! Sleep as much as you can!!
"Took the fall" - a slang way of saying that Jesus suffered in our place. When a member of a criminal gang "takes the fall", it means they go to jail, but refuse to implicate the other members of the gang. They pay the penalty and the others go free.
That is my understanding of the phrase in the song.
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