Have you ever felt this?

I recently purchased Celtic Thunder's DVD and I am already a huge fan. Their performance is outstanding and I will be getting a copy of all their music. As I was watching the DVD, I saw their version of "A Bird Without Wings," and I knew exactly how the author felt. Let me encourage you to read over the entirety of the song, or even better ... read the words as you watch it on youtube (isn't technology wonderful?). Here are the lyrics:

Like a bird without wings
That longs to be flying,
Like a motherless child
Left lonely and crying.
Like a song without words,
Like a world without music,
I wouldn’t know what to do
I’d be lost without you
Watchin’ over me.

I get so lonely, when you’re away
I count every moment, I wait every day,
Until you’re home again
And hug me so tight
That’s when I know
Everything is alright.

Like a bird without wings
That longs to be flying,
Like a motherless child
Left lonely and crying.
Like a song without words
Like a world without music,
I wouldn’t know what to do
I’d be lost without you
Watchin’ over me.

You’re my guardian angel
My light and my guide
Your hand on my shoulder
And you by my side.
You make everything beautiful,
You make me complete.
Everything in my world
I lay at your feet.

Like a church with no steeple,
Where a bell never rings.
In a town without people,
Where no voice in the choir ever sings.
If a boat on the ocean
Would be lost with no sail,
Then without your devotion
Surely all that I dreamed of would fail.

Like a song without words
Like a world without music,
I wouldn’t know what to do
I’d be lost without you
Watchin’ over me

I wouldn’t know what to do
I’d be lost without you
Watchin’ over me

In answer to the above question, yes, I have definitely felt this. It is the most wonderful feeling in the entire world, second only to those special times when the Holy Spirit allows you to be close to Him. The author brings out the irony of "a bird without wings that longs to be flying" or "a song without words." These things should not be. In the same way, I think the author recognizes how lost he would be without his true love. 

"I get so lonely, when you’re away; I count every moment, I wait every day, Until you’re home again And hug me so tight; That’s when I know Everything is alright." Have you ever counted every moment you were apart from your one love? I know I have =). How sweet it is when she returns and suddenly everything is okay once more. 

And again, "You make everything beautiful, You make me complete. Everything in my world I lay at your feet." God is too good to His creatures to allow such bliss to exist in this fallen world. I know full well that this is not the greatest blessing that we, as Christians, receive from the Father's hand. More than salvific grace, the Lord of heaven and earth allows the blessing of such passionate love to come about in this life. 

I pray that God would continue to allow this blessing to exist in the universe, and I even pray this for myself. 

Thanks,

Rusty