two people fell in love

Two People Fell in Love as sung by Brad Paisley

A baby's born in the middle of the night in a local delivery room
They grab his feet, smack him till he cries he goes home the next afternoon
'Fore you know it he's off to school and then he graduates in May
Goes out and gets a Ph.D. and then cures all sorts of things
Wins a Nobel Prize and saves a million different lives
The world's a better place for all he's done
It's funny when you think about the reason he's alive
It's all because two people fell in love

Right now at a picnic shelter down by Caney Creek
You'll find potato salad hot dogs and baked beans
The whole Wilson family's lined up fillin' their paper plates
They've drove or flown in here from fifteen different states
Well Stanley Wilson says that sixty years ago he knew
That Miss Emma Tucker was the one
Now five generations get together every June
All because two people fell in love

There ain't nothin' not affected
When two hearts get connected
All that is, will be, or ever was
Every single choice we make
Every breath we get to take
Is all because two people fell in love

Well, I recall a young man who was driftin' aimlessly
And a young waitress who seemed lonesome as could be
But in a little cafe right off of fourteenth avenue
With a whole lotta help from up above
We met and things sure turned around for me and you
And all because two people fell in love

Baby, there ain't nothin' not affected
When two hearts get connected
All that is, will be, or ever was
I'm glad your dad could not resist
Your mama's charms and you exist
All because two people fell in love

You know, to me it's all so clear
Every one of us is here
All because two people fell in love

A baby's born in the middle of the night in a local delivery room
They grab his feet, smack him till he cries he goes home the next afternoon

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I’ve been searching for a video of this song that will work on my blog and have been unsuccessful thus far, so I just gave up and decided to cut and paste the lyrics and say what was on my mind. If you’ve made it this far with me, please keep reading.

I simply love this song.

It's just sweet and so nicely puts into words a thought that just baffles my mind and sometimes moves me to tears. Not to mention, you just gotta love and laugh at the line - I'm glad your dad could not resist your mama's charms and you exist!

Each of our choices has some kind of result to it and choosing to love has many results. Children just happen to be one of them. :-) It amazes me how much our lives impact one another's and that love creates life in so many ways. By choosing to love, you can brighten someone's unhappy day, turn around the tide of an argument, deliver hope or encouragement, help to save someone's life, be a friend to someone who's never had a friend, make someone feel special, break down walls, feed someone who's hungry - so many things! By choosing to love, husbands and wives with God's help create life in their children and hopefully, raise them with and in love, thus creating more love and life to be shared in the world. And, you never know what any one person in Christ is capable of accomplishing just because we shared love with them! By choosing to love to the point of death, Christ gave us new life, and the very reason we're all alive is only because God loves us and wants the world to recognize and know His glory and love.

It amazes me to the point of silence and sometimes tears to think that because my parents fell in love and because God willed and planned it the way He did, my very life came about. What an incredible, awesome, and sometimes impossible thought to comprehend! The Psalmist surely says it best so allow me to remind you of the tender wonder and love that created you and I from the verses of Psalm 139, taken from the Message version –

Oh yes, You shaped me first inside, then out;
You formed me in my mother's womb.
I thank you, High God--you're breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration--what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
You know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day.
Your thoughts--how rare, how beautiful!
God, I'll never comprehend them!

And because of the care He took in fashioning everything about me, how can I not help but desire to live out the same love He's shown and given me?

I probably didn't explain this very well at all or perhaps idealized the singer's message. I can go so very far in my thought processes, but I hope you enjoyed the lyrics. I read these out loud once in book study and I couldn't help but laugh as I was reading them.

I'm interested to know your thoughts if you've never heard the song before or feel free to share any thoughts that come to your mind. As soon as I can find a good video of this song that will work on my blog, I’ll be sure to put it on here so you can hear it because the lyrics alone don’t do the song justice.


P.S. You have to know that I'm even more fascinated at the moment with how life comes about, the implications of our lives, the effects our choices make on those whose lives are entrusted to us, etc. I'm sure you'll be seeing many more similar posts on this subject in the months to come. Get ready.