Romance Songs to the Lord

[n david]

There's a song which has been out a few years, "How He Loves." I've heard a couple versions - one by Jesus Culture and one by Dave Crowder Band. The JC version has "Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss," while every other version I've heard has "Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss." Needless to say, we don't sing the sloppy, wet version.

The reason I mention this song is because I've heard it frequently grouped in with what I've heard termed, "Jesus is my Boyfriend" songs.

The songwriter, John Mark McMillan says this about the song: "the love that he's singing about in 'How He Loves' is not a pretty, 'Hollywood hot-pink' love. It is a kind of love that is willing to love even when things are difficult and messy. He says, 'This song isn't a celebration of weakness and anger. It's a celebration of a God who would want to hang with us through those things, who would want to be a part of our lives through those things, and, despite who we are, He would want to be a part of us, our community, and our family.'"

"Wrap me in Your arms," and "Draw Me Close" are a couple others I've heard criticized. I like and sing both songs without feeling weird about the words. But I understand some are a bit uncomfortable with them.

Read the Psalms and you'll see David writing words like as what's written in these lyrics.