When we sing
Hear our songs to You
When we dance
Feel us move to You
When we laugh
Fill our smiles with You
When we lift our voices
Louder still
Can You hear us?
Can You feel?
We love You, Lord
We love You
We love You
We love You, Lord
We love You
We love You
When we sing loud
Hear our songs to You
When we dance ‘round
Feel us move to You
When we laugh aloud
Fill our smiles with You
When we lift our voices
Louder still
Can You hear us?
Can You feel?
And our love is big
Our love is loud
Fill this place (fill our lungs)
With this love now (to sing it now)
We lift our voices louder still
Our God is near
Our God is here
Hear our songs to You
When we dance
Feel us move to You
When we laugh
Fill our smiles with You
When we lift our voices
Louder still
Can You hear us?
Can You feel?
We love You, Lord
We love You
We love You
We love You, Lord
We love You
We love You
When we sing loud
Hear our songs to You
When we dance ‘round
Feel us move to You
When we laugh aloud
Fill our smiles with You
When we lift our voices
Louder still
Can You hear us?
Can You feel?
And our love is big
Our love is loud
Fill this place (fill our lungs)
With this love now (to sing it now)
We lift our voices louder still
Our God is near
Our God is here
This song, "Our Love is Loud" by David Crowder is a staple for pretty much any praise and worship session anyone has ever been to, at least, it has been in my experience. The lines that catch me goes, "And our love is big, our love is loud" what does that really mean?
What if our love was big? What if our love was loud? How would our lives and the lives of those around us change? It's one thing to say that "we love You, Lord" in a praise and worship setting, but, does that attitude of praise and thanksgiving transmit to every part of our lives? Our love should be so loud that people have to pay attention, it is inclusive! They will know that we are Christians by our love, right? That love has to be loud. It has to, it has to be the one clear note to cut through all the static and mess of the world. Without our love being loud, what is it? Just another empty sound added to the endless cling and clatter. St. Paul said, "If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing symbol (1 Corinthians 13:1)." An empty sound! If our love is big, and our love is loud, then we need to fill this place with this love now. I have been so blessed to be able to partake in Totus Tuus because all that I've had to do, is just... love. Love the kids, love the parents, love the parishes, love the host families, love my teammates, love until I have nothing left to give... but... it's made my love loud. With a love this big, a love this loud, it's time to fill this place with this love now.
What if our love was big? What if our love was loud? How would our lives and the lives of those around us change? It's one thing to say that "we love You, Lord" in a praise and worship setting, but, does that attitude of praise and thanksgiving transmit to every part of our lives? Our love should be so loud that people have to pay attention, it is inclusive! They will know that we are Christians by our love, right? That love has to be loud. It has to, it has to be the one clear note to cut through all the static and mess of the world. Without our love being loud, what is it? Just another empty sound added to the endless cling and clatter. St. Paul said, "If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing symbol (1 Corinthians 13:1)." An empty sound! If our love is big, and our love is loud, then we need to fill this place with this love now. I have been so blessed to be able to partake in Totus Tuus because all that I've had to do, is just... love. Love the kids, love the parents, love the parishes, love the host families, love my teammates, love until I have nothing left to give... but... it's made my love loud. With a love this big, a love this loud, it's time to fill this place with this love now.
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