Deeper Still

Deeper Still

In the tears you gave to me


I found a river to an ocean


A concrete sky and a stone cold sea


That came to where the emptiness cracked open


And all my fears came crashing through


And met the fire of my sorrow


But I found my strength in forgiving you


I never even dreamed how far my heart could go



To give my life beyond each death


From this deeper well of trust


To know that when there's nothing left


You will always have what you gave to love



In this life, the love you give becomes

the only lasting treasure


And what you lose will be what you win


A well that echoes down too deep to measure



A silver coin rings down that well


You could never spend too much, a diamond echoes deeper still


And you'll always have what you gave to love,


You will always have what you gave to love


David Wilcox & Beth Nielsen Chapman, What You Whispered CD

David Wilcox gets something here about marriage. There is goodness in the struggle; the good marriage isn't primarily about joy and happiness and mutual pleasure, not that those things don't happen. But that's not the measure of a good marriage. He sees that we become fuller people as we give because we love. We are stretched beyond what we thought possible, even though there is a cost, and that it's worth it. Reread the lyrics again, thinking about marriage...