Too Bountiful

October 2, 2008

As the calendar turns to October the leaves are starting to turn, but many of them are already falling. I begin to wonder will there be any leaves left for Fall Colors? The campground road is practically covered in leaves. And yet, there remain many more on the trees. Is bountiful a word that applies to how you view God? It seems like I remember Jesus telling many parables to describe God’s love and grace as bountiful, indeed too bountiful for many of His listeners. The leaves which remain and will show us bountiful colors, might serve to remind us of God’s bountiful love.

Speaking of bountiful, I guess my words are too bountiful to bring to music. I must figure a way to use fewer words, and still convey texture and meaning and then add music. I’m sure someone might say to me, “Hey, if you can figure out how to convey meaning and texture of feelings with fewer words, your sermons might be better.” One songwriter told me that the process is similar to writing a sermon, just using fewer words and being more precise.

I’ve been told that there is bad financial news all over the world. It is convenient to be without television news right now. Life is simpler without so much input, especially the campaign rhetoric. But if I’m right about the bountiful leaves representing the bountiful God, then sooner or later we might set aright our economy by living as true stewards of all that God has bountifully given us.

Grace and peace with a song in my heart,
SongWriter