“Arms Wide Open” -Misty Edwards

“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been pondering. “What does love look like?”

“What does love look like?” is the question I’ve been asking of You.

I once believed that love was romance, just a chance.

I even thought love was for the lucky and the beautiful. 

I once believed that love was a momentary bliss, but love is more than this.

All You ever wanted was my attention. All You ever wanted was love from me.

All You ever wanted was my affections, to sit here at Your feet.

Then I sat down, a little frustrated and confused. If all of life comes down to love, then love has to be more than sentiment. More than selfishness and selfish gain.

Then I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me.

I saw Him there, hanging on a tree, looking at me.

He was looking at me, looking at Him, staring through me.

I could not escape those beautiful eyes and I began to weep and weep.

He had arms wide open, a heart exposed.

He had arms wide open, he was bleeding, bleeding.

Love’s definition, love’s definition was looking at me.

Looking at me, looking at Him, I began to weep and weep and weep.

This is how I know what love is, this is how I know what love is.

And as I sat there, weeping, crying, those beautiful eyes full of desire and love

He said to me, “You shall love Me, you shall love Me.”

If anybodys looking for love in all the wrong places

If you’ve been searching for love, come to Me, come to Me

Take up your cross, deny yourself, forget your father’s house and run, run with Me

You were made for abandonment, wholeheartedness

You were made for someone greater, someone bigger, so follow Me

And you’ll come alive when you learn to die