“I wanna know what love is
I want You to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know You can show me”
–Foreigner
Now, before you jump to conclusions, look at those words as they are on the page, not as you might think of them in the context of a hit Foreigner song in the 1980s. I adjusted the “you” to be capitals for emphasis.
When I woke up this morning I actually had on my mind these words from Corinthians –
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:4
In thinking on those words from Paul, I can not help but wonder, what is love? That’s where those words from Foreigner popped into my head. And not so much just for me, but what about all those people out there who do not feel love, have never felt loved? If they have never felt loved, then how can they love? That’s what I wonder when I read things and see things in the news about the horrible things people do. Who modeled love for them? How am I modeling love for those around me? I am so thankful for my parents and how they love me, and for my many friends who live as examples of Godly love. Yet each of them is only a reflection of God, who is perfect love. So I must continually ask Him to show me.
Then I realize I need to keep reading on after verse 4 –
“It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
The song by Foreigner is so intriguing to me because as I read the entire song, it isn’t about that physical love, it is about that emptiness inside us all. That God-shaped vacuum. Their song gets to the core of what we all need to know, we need to know what love is. And only one person can show us — Jesus. If you read the lyrics as a conversation with Jesus, they are AMAZING.
I put the lyrics for the entire song below.
May you feel and give Godly love today.
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I Want To Know What Love Is
by Foreigner
I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I’m older
Aaaah woah-ah-aah
Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
And through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder
In my life there’s been heartache and pain
I don’t know if I can face it again
Can’t stop now, I’ve traveled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
Aaaah woah-oh-ooh
I’m gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me, oooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh oooh
I’ve got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me
In my life there’s been heartache and pain
I don’t know if I can face it again
I can’t stop now, I’ve traveled so far
To change this lonely life
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
And I wanna feel, I want to feel what love is
And I know, I know you can show me
Let’s talk about love
(I wanna know what love is) the love that you feel inside
(I want you to show me) I’m feeling so much love
(I wanna feel what love is) no, you just cannot hide
(I know you can show me) yeah, woah-oh-ooh
I wanna know what love is, let’s talk about love
(I want you to show me) I wanna feel it too
(I wanna feel what love is) I wanna feel it too
And I know, and I know, I know you can show me
Show me what is real, woah (woah), yeah I know
(I wanna know what love is) hey I wanna know what love
(I want you to show me), I wanna know, I wanna know, want know
(I wanna feel what love is), hey I wanna feel, love
I know you can show me, yeah