I’m sure you all know that this song comes from ‘ West Side Story ’. In the film it comes very near the end when Tony is dying having been shot, but in the original musical it is sung much earlier when Tony and Maria are looking forward to being together, and somewhere safe.
“There’s a place for us, somewhere a place for us. Time together and time to share, time for us somewhere.”
We all long for that place where we can relax, be comfortable, be safe, and be loved and loving. We may search for it all our lives, and if we are fortunate we may find a special place somewhere. Or not. But do not despair. God has promised that he has saved a place for us, with him, in heaven. Because Jesus died for us and paid for the sins that we have, we are invited to live with him when our time on earth is done. So rejoice and do your best to live as God would wish us to, and look forward without fear to your place with him.
In the meantime it would be brilliant if we could go some way towards living as our Lord did here on earth. I know it’s not easy, we all make mistakes, but just to know that he loves each of us. Wow! Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Fire! Reach out, I’ll be there..
“Hold my hand and I’ll take you there, hold my hand and we’re almost there, somehow, sometime, somewhere.”
I’m sure all of you have favourite pieces of music, songs, classics, all sorts, that inspire you. There are quite a few that I have not included, some can reduce me to tears, because I still marvel that He could want me.
And who gave us music in the first place. He did.
Jim Finch
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