I was thinking my Valentine’s Day post would mostly revolve around telling you about my new love of Ben Harper’s cover of Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You” but truth is there has been a song that has pierced my heart and followed me around the last few days. And as I was listening to it again today, I realized it maybe wasn’t a coincidence that God would be using this simple song so close to a day that celebrates love, in a time where there seems to be tense conversations happening left and right, and life seems to be racing by and I often feel like I’m struggling to keep up.

I was at work, at my desk which is out in the open, and trying to focus, trying to catch up on what seems to be an never-ending, always-growing, insurmountable list of things to do. I was listening to music mostly to cancel out the noise around me, when this song stopped me, stopped the world from spinning for a few moments. I tried to work while listening, but quickly felt God say to just stop. . .to let this song be my prayer.

This song, this prayer has followed me every day since . . .echoing in the halls of my heart. So this is my Valentine’s day prayer . . .

I don’t want to have feet of stone
I don’t want to have feet of stone
I want to follow this river of life where
It will have me go
I don’t want to have feet of stone

I don’t want to have a dagger tongue
I don’t want to have a dagger tongue
I don’t want my words to be a weapon
But a healing balm
I don’t want to have a dagger tongue

I don’t want to have a heavy mind
I don’t want to have a heavy mind
I don’t want to hold these thoughts
That are chains of iron
I don’t want to have a heavy mind

I want to have eyes of love
I want to have eyes of love
Count the beggar mans life precious as my own
Offer my back for my brother’s load
I want to have eyes of love
I want to have eyes of love