• Something Joyful

  17/04/2013

  Watch this video if you’ve not seen it already to see the power of song.

  Actually, if you’ve watched it already, watch it again.

  A big joyful shout out to New Zealand and all the New Zealanders that I know.

  Rejoice. New life comes. And it comes singing.

  As I listen to this, and I’ve heard it over a few times today, I find myself hearing the Great Music behind the singing. It is the sound of Love singing harmonies with Justice – something that is not merely promised in scripture but is also part of what inspires scripture in the first place.

  Arise, my love, my fair one,
  and come away;
  for now the winter is past,
  the rain is over and gone.
  The flowers appear on the earth;
  the time of singing has come,
  and the voice of the turtle-dove
  is heard in our land.
  The fig tree puts forth its figs,
  and the vines are in blossom;
  they give forth fragrance.
  Arise, my love, my fair one,
  and come away.

  (From Song of Songs 2)

  As I listen to that singing from New Zealand, I realise afresh that I don’t just want to change the law on marriage. I want to change the world so that that singing is heard day after day after day.

  equal marriage, New Zealand

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