Song #15: Give It Anyway

Someone once told me: "love is not 50-50; it's not even 100-100. It's 100-0." Maybe. It's certainly noble, and it's the very definition of unconditional love: I expect nothing in return. My loving you has nothing at all to do with me or my needs, it's all about the betterment of you. It's the giving - never in spite of or in injury towards self, but rather with any notion of return completely unconsidered.

A friend of mine asked me recently, "What is the fine line between being a devoted unconditional loving partner and a doormat?" I don't propose to fully know how to answer that question or want to unpack it here, but it has something to do with one's intention or motivation. In this song, a couple have been awarded wisdom after many years together doing what Andy Stanley calls "putting your deal before my deal." Everyone at their core is looking out for #1. What is the only way around that while still maintaining long-term relationships? The resolve of commitment and the decision of grace.

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LYRICS:

We're learning to live in grace
We're learning to give when it's all been given away
When the well has run dry, or the tank has no space
We give it anyway

Another year, a quicker pace
Another war, an older face
Have things our way and plead our case
Or serve and die to ourselves and finish the race

We're learning to live in grace
We're learning to give when it's all been given away
When the well has run dry, or the tank has no space
We give it anyway

Because we know; that we could love
and be loved by anyone
It's in our choice; we'll tie this knot
And decide to love, love the one we've got

We're learning to live in grace
We're learning to give when it's all been given away
When the well has run dry, or the tank has no space
We give it anyway

And though it often takes hard work to patch up all these holes and splintered cracks
There is a cement that holds, unbreakable that runs along the back

We're learning to live in grace
We're learning to give when it's all been given away
When the well has run dry, or the tank has no space
Give it anyway; give it anyway