http://www.ilike.com/artist/Matthew+West/track/The+Last+Ones
I was searching and searching... and they dont have this on youtube! so i found a website where you can listen to it for free... just click "The Last Ones" under Song Clip...(idk if you can listen for more than 25 times, sorry... if i find another link, i'll put it in the comments or edit the blog...)
So... i heard this a long time ago too... it's called "The Last Ones" by Matthew West. This song is really powerful... Everytime i listen to it, it always hits me and means so much. and now...we have a blog to share it on! yay.
Listening to the verses is like listening to a beautiful story being told. About a girl who is mentally disabled, but who is so content with how God made her. "And I confess when I first saw her, I was thinking 'Life's not fair', then she wrapped her arms around my neck, and it all became so clear... God bless the last ones".
Maybe the last ones are the lucky ones
The ones who got this whole thing figured out
'Cause when they go looking for something beautiful
They start looking from the inside out
Sometimes I think we believe that we know so much because maybe we're physically and/or mentally sound. We believe that we know what is happening in this world.. Or maybe, some of us feel like the world is crashing down on us, and we can't see anything in this world that might be worth living for. This chorus, to me, is so wonderful and so hopeful... "cause when they go looking for something beautiful, they start looking from the inside out..." Also, in the 2nd chorus...
I wish we could all be the lucky ones
The ones who've got this whole thing figured out
Maybe the next time we go looking for beautiful we'll try looking from the inside out
There's a message here for all of us, in the last line... See, God has blessed every one of us.. maybe you feel like you're so blessed, and maybe you feel like you're not worth a dime. But here, there's hope, in the presence of God. We all have "beautiful" inside of us, and we all need to search for that beauty inside each other. Our eyes may have a film over them, but we dont need our eyes to have a heart. We dont need our eyes to know God. That's what faith is... that's what love is...that's what beautiful is...
God bless the last ones...
1 comment:
wow Abi!
This is a really good post. I agree with your statement that the reason we think so highly of our knowledge or capabilities is due to the fact that we are inclined to the idea that there is no limit to how far we can take ourselves....... Or your other statement about having so much clutter from the physical world leading to the lost sight of what truly matters.
the last portion of your post "that's what beautiful is...." is so wow.....like it is simple, yet it says soo much. faith and love are things that we can't physically grasp.....they are within our grasp. What makes it beautiful is that we are not capable of literally and physically grasping that beauty.To attain it is to spiritually let our hearts reach out for it. Our body can't do anything about it, only our soul can. So i guess it doesn't matter whether or not your physical functions are in tact or not because anyone can have a body that functions to a certain extent.....the hard thing to gain is the heart. ......at least that is what i think?
anyways, thank you for your beautiful post...it was a joy to read =D
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