"You Put This Love In My Heart"

With all that's going on in my life right now I suppose it's time to get back to blogging a bit about some of it! Most pertinent to this post is that at present, Sue and I are preparing to adopt a 12 year old girl from NH whose mother irrevocably relinquished all parental rights last fall. We met at the beginning of February and are currently in the mode of visiting once midweek and then she spends the weekend with us. This in preparation for the newly settled move-in date of March 30! Our girl, whom I'll call KC, has been in 8 foster homes in the last 5-6 years.

So the latest very cool "God thing" is that last week we were bringing her home after our mid-week visit. I had been listening to an old CD in my car in recent days, but at the time did not have the player turned on. It had been so long since I had listened to the CD (a compilation of classic Christian songs) that I didn't really even remember what was on it. Well, about 2/3 of the way to her present foster home, I decided to put some music on. The following song was cued up (again, I didn't know!) and after only the first couple of lines KC said, "This is a really appropriate song!" And then after a few more lines, she said, "This should be OUR song!"

Without further comment I'll just post the lyrics to the song here, and I think you'll see why Sue and I got a bit choked up!

You Put This Love In My Heart

I found it hard to believe

Someone like You cared for me.
You put this love in my heart.

I tried but could not refuse,

You gave me no time to choose.

You put this love in my heart.

          I want to know where the bad feelings go

          When I'm depressed and I get down so low

          And then I see You coming to me and it's alright.

I want to tell You right now

I'm not afraid to say how

You put this love in my heart.

There are sometimes when I doubt,

But You always find me out.

You put this love in my heart.

          Cause when I see all that You've done for me

          It's hard to doubt, I just have to believe,

          Cause You followed up, provin’ all of Your love.

Well I know the loneliness I had before

Is gone now, I'll never feel it anymore.

‘Cause Your lovin’ has released me from all that's in my past.

And I know I can believe You when You say I'll never be forsaken,

Your love is gonna last.

There's so much more I should say
If I could just find a way.
You put this love in my heart.
Is all this real or a dream?
I feel so good I could scream!
You put this love in my heart.

by Keith Green, from the album, For Him Who Has Ears To Hear (Sparrow Records, 1977)