Proverbs 16:9
In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.
This song holds that tension - learning to trust the path God was shaping.
Song
Paris
A tender moment of dreams being reshaped - learning to choose what matters most over what we thought life would be.
Released June 3, 2023Acoustic worship / family recording
Anchored in Proverbs 16:9.
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Behind This Song
This song grew out of a real disappointment, but it did not stay there. It became a tender way of recognizing that some dreams get rearranged when love, calling, and real life ask for something deeper.
What matters in the song is not missing Paris. It is realizing that beauty was still unfolding right where we were - in faithfulness, in love, and in the life God was actually giving us.
It became a small testimony that delayed dreams do not always mean diminished goodness. Sometimes they just make room for a different kind of joy.
Lyrics
We didn’t get to Paris last year
But when you stood up tall and brave
And towered over me
And vowed to love me fiercely
And always fight for me
Nothing would divide our love
What a sight to see last year
We didn’t get to Paris this year
But our dreams are coming true in the darkest of times
Beauty more transcendent
Than Mona Lisa’s smile
And I’d rather write a love song
For the love of my life this year
Do you want to go to Paris next year?
Well, if the question is a chateau
Or maybe the Louvre
Or spend all my tomorrows
Changing the world with you,
Chasing down the old dreams
Or building the new
this year and next year, right here
Speaking French in small cafés can wait another day
Sipping coffees while we’re talking can wait another day
Sunrises over countrysides and fields that are in bloom can wait
Can wait a year or two.
Rooted in Scripture
From Writing to Release
- June32023
Release day
Released as a tender reminder that love can keep choosing what matters most, even when long-held hopes are still waiting.
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