it's you i love

On a sunny winter afternoon in August of 2011, I walked down the aisle at my twin sister's wedding to a song I wrote for her and her groom. Everyone knows how emotional it can be for the bride and groom on their wedding day but no one tells you how emotional it can be to give away a sister. Surprisingly, it was in that moment of walking down the aisle before my sister's entrance that I felt the overwhelming sadness that came with saying goodbye. But I also felt the overwhelming happiness that came with seeing her start a new life with the man standing at the altar with tears in his eyes; the man who had won her heart; the man who had waited just for her.

In the midst of their ceremony in that small stone chapel there was one quote that rang true in my soul: It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love (Dietrich Bonhoeffer - 1943). I wonder if more people entered into marriage with this way of thinking, would we see more marriages that are thriving? More families kept intact? More children who feel loved and significant? More peace in our world?

How can I, a woman who has been single for all of her twenties, profess to know anything about love of the romantic kind? Well, just like the couple who pledged their lives to one another on that sunny winter afternoon, I too am waiting. The wise King Solomon writes, "I adjure you... that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases" (Song of Solomon 2:7). You see, love waits. It waits for the right time and it waits for the right person.

I am waiting. But I am not alone. He is waiting too. And at the right time, God will write my love song.

It's You I Love

Music & Lyrics by Brooke Kimberley 

I prayed for you in the darkest night
I dreamt about you in my slumber
I realised that you were the one for me
I waited for you and moved closer

I know God He writes our love song
I'll sing in harmony with you

Sing me the melody of our love
Play me the soundtrack of our life
Let the song resonate in our hearts
It's you I love

You stayed in step now we dance in time
You part the crowd just with your presence
You hold my heart; I'm so blessed to call you mine
You waited for me then gave your yes

I know God He writes our love song
I'll sing in harmony with you

Sing me the melody of our love
Play me the soundtrack of our life
Let the song resonate in our hearts
It's you I love

I am better for knowing you
And I won't turn away
All of my dreams they live in you
I pledge my life this day

Sing me the melody of our love
Play me the soundtrack of our life
Let the song resonate in our hearts
It's you I love

It's you I love
It's you I love
It's you I love