John Mark McMillan | 4 years ago
Live acoustic version of "Pilgrim" from my basement studio in Charlotte, NC.
What does it mean “to love God” if not to be obsessed with the powers that led to your existence? And what does is mean to “love your neighbor” if not to see those powers at work in the magnificent beings who compose the fabric of your daily life?
Each, individual human creature is a galaxy of thought, experience, and emotion. You could dedicate your entire time here on earth to exploring just a fragment of one of these “galaxies” and your life would not be wasted. Understand, there is no normal life and there is no ordinary love. There are only phenomenons and miracles. Just because you think you can explain them away with science or religion doesn’t make this any less true. Human life is one of the least common things in the physical universe, and to have a real connection with anyone of these fascinating creatures is certainly a type of Divine experience. A heavenly city would certainly be made up of these organisms, and ironically we walk beside them each day. I have to keep telling myself: "Slow down. You really really really don’t want to miss this."
"𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦,
𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦"
- Pilgrim
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀. 𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼, 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 "𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲" 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲.
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Lyrics:
There is a heavenly city
That I'm compelled to find
Though I love the flowers and trees
And, the smell of the grinding sea
And all the, beautiful things here in life
I, I'm a pilgrim here
On this side of the great divide
I'm a pilgrim here
But I'll walk with you for a while
Nobodies ever quite ready
But they all take the ride
Many have died, with a promise inside
They never got, to see it in their time
I, I'm a pilgrim here
On this side of the great divide
I'm a pilgrim here
But I'll walk with you for a while
I'll love you here for awhile
I'll hold you, for awhile
I'll love you
I'll love you here for (A while)
I'll love you
I'll love you here for (A while)
I'll love you
I'll love you here for (A while)
I'll love you
I'll love you here for (A while)
I'll love you
I'll love you here for a while
