I totally adore this song. I have from the moment I heard it and it still stirs so much emotion in me. Admittedly, I fail it, but I love it.
I long for the shape of things to be true to their form
Love in a circle, hearts in a line
Suffice it to say that this makes very much sense to me. That things should be what they are. Maybe it is a programming thing or a web design thing. 'Links want to be links', 'Finger Pointers want to be Finger Pointers'. Love in a circle is love in its truest form. I don't much get hearts in a line, but hey, I understand.
Molded by sacred design
Wow, what a great way to put that. That is like the creation theory worded so much better than 'intelligent design'. Intelligence is something we all can have, but sacred is totally different. Excellent lyric.
But I see a diversity of opinion unfold
Uh-oh. Diversity of opinion. This longing for things to be a certain way, but could it be different people have different ways?
Discerning masons building a wall
What a great image! Discerning masons building a wall. Holy Majoley.
But I need help to stand, not to fall
There it is. That is my spiritual life right there. All the stuff that goes on with the Discerning masons doesn't help me stand. The discussions on infant baptism, predestination, and all the rest just wedges me.
I'm taking a road that I've never been down, I'm doing the best I can
Every day is a road that I have never been done, and I am doing the best I can. Every thought of doing better or being a certain way is a road that I have never been down.
I really believe I'm where I need to be now
I feel that. I am where I need to be. I have been places, even inside of spirituality, that I thought I needed to be, but I know I am not meant to be there. I cause causticness. If that is a word.
Tell me You understand
By itself, that doesn't sound right to me, I mean, it sounds like I am telling You to see it my way.
I'm following a voice in faithful pursuit
Yes! I am not standing there building the wall that the Discerning masons are building. I am following the voice! Well, when I want to anyway...
I'm searching my soul to do what I'm called to do
In as much as I want to actually DO what I am called to do, I guess, but this is good. Rather than searching the church bulletin board, I search my soul.
I need Your benediction, where's Your benediction
Ah, the meat. The name of the song. To me, this is like a blessing or a 'sending out'. It is the vocalist saying this is how I feel, and I am going to move on it, but give me that head nod that answers my 'should I?'
I'm battling the odds through faces of doubt
My faces, their faces... lots of faces.
And it would mean so much if You could send me out
There it is. This is the unsure 'Here am I, Send me' + 'But tell me if I am going the right way.'
With Your benediction, I need Your benediction
...
Don't turn and close Your eyes to the vision I see, Don't leave me defenseless in fields of reproach
In my going out, I need the benediction, don't leave me out there without it.
Now, when I need You the most
The most.