Wayfarer's window!

Sea-green, the colour of your dress that day, When coyly you looked at me, in hope and joy Knowing we had a long way to go together. Yellow, like the first mangoes we shared In our new house, in the new town, When we had nothing else to Cook or eat! White, like our first Christmas No snow, but all would turn Their eyes to look at you, in your glorious white And I would be proud to have you beside! Red, like the colour of our first-born And like the color of the blood you lost Almost to go away and leave me alone. Tonight, every colour reminds me of you, And the times we have spent together, And I am glad I have you always, By my side.

Old song but my current favourite: with three interpretations. I  loved them all! I have come across each of these versions during different periods of my life. The original, during my early teens. The third (bottom, above), on a visit to the city of Kathmandu in 1992 and I brought back a collection of songs called the newa bealtles. I recently came across a video by "jars of clay" and was reminded of the other two, and that's the one in the center, above. So long, life goes on!

This is one of those unusual blogs for an unusual song! It is a song that has caught my attention from the very first time I heard it. Now, I feel like sharing it with you. Let us go with the Lyrics first! weather came and caught us off our guard we were just laughing and feelin' alright had such a great time just last night we walked into a minefield undetected you took a tone and I took offense anger replacing all common sense oh run for you life all tenderness is gone in the blink of an eye all good will has withdrawn and we mark out our paces and stare out from our faces but baby you and I are gone gone gone incomprehensible layers of isolation now your the man with a heart of stone making me pay here by being alone seemingly justified righteous indignation now I'm the woman who holds all her pain looking for somebody else to blame we hold all the keys to our undoing cutting me down in small degrees you know my worst insecurities I'm making no ...

This space had a different post earlier, until I heard this song by Sarah Groves. She aptly describes this strange feeling that I too get sometimes. A feeling of restlessness yet sometimes a feeling of unusual peace and certainty. The other day, I was requested to conduct a memorial service of a young girl who had died in an accident. The service began with an air of loss and uncertainty and a feeling of something that had gone immensely wrong. But, as we started looking at the words of assurance of our our final home...and started affirming our faith in this fact...and the price that Jesus had paid so that we might not perish...the feeling within the room changed to that of peace and hope. A hope of life beyond...a hope that we will meet again and most importantly, Jesus has prepared an everlasting place for peace and rest after our journeys here. Here's the lyrics to Sarah's song: Going Home "Inspired by that intense longing for another place" I've been ...