i’m always trying to find metaphor which expresses the love which God has for us, the love which He has demonstrated through Jesus. No metaphor is complete, as no words can fully capture the superlative degree of his great affection for the world. But here’s another try.

I worked at a YL camp with teenagers from around the country this past summer. You could tell, when they first arrived at camp and got off of the bus, which boy and which girl either belonged to each other or would likely fall for each other that week. The tall, dark, muscular handsome fellow, who looked like the school quarterback, and the very pretty, tan girl with the nice smile and the perfect figure, who looked like a cheerleader. They would surely find each other. But what if it didn’t quite work out that way? Consider this:

Love of a Different Kind

A beautiful princess, and a handsome prince
they look so good together, they make perfect sense
it’s a storybook romance, the kind we like to see
this is love, this is love, this is love, the way we’re told it should be

But what if the prince found a poor, ragged girl with a blemished face
a girl from the ghetto, crippled and bitter, from a different race
if he said I adore you, I will make you mine
we’d say this is love, this is love, this is love of a different kind

This is love from a different heart and a different mind
this is love from a different place and a different time

Beautiful kindness, almost seems bizarre
extravagant blindness sees beyond her scars
He holds up the chalice, she drinks the wine
This is love, this is love, this is love, of a different kind

She looks in the mirror now, without disgrace,
I am the girl, I’m the girl, I’m the girl with the blemished face … 

 

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