The word “conversation” has changed in nuance over the centuries. Today it usually refers to “a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged.” It once carried a deeper meaning: living together, being familiar with, keeping company.
For example, in a passage of Scripture from the King James Version that says, “Let your conversation be seasoned with salt,” the meaning leans more toward letting our lifestyle be seasoned with salt—not just our words.
A couple of years ago, Trailand set up a camera and we made a simple recording on an old piano. I was wearing an old sweater, singing with my old voice, telling an old story of an old “conversation” that God has been having with us throughout the millennia—a conversation of engagement, of God expressing His desire to live among us. And no greater clarity of that desire was ever articulated than through God’s expression in the Word—Jesus.
Hopefully, this song, “The Conversation,” helps tell that ongoing story.
Enjoy!
— Doug
The Conversation | Lyrics
Words and music by Douglas C. Eltzroth
Verse 1
There was a movement in the heart within the Father up in Heaven
It caused a movement in the womb within a woman on the earth
It was a conversation filled with every word that God had spoken
And the words were wrapped in flesh through human birth
Chorus 1
And the Child grew so we could know the letter of the Law
And the Children grew so we could know the spirit of it all
The conversation filled with every word that God had spoken
The words were wrapped in flesh through human birth
Verse 2
There is a movement in the heart within the Savior up in Heaven
That causes movement in the souls within Believers in this room
It is a conversation filled with every word that God is speaking
Of the manger, of the cross, and the empty tomb
Chorus 2
Yes, the Child died so we could know the letter of the Law
And then the Child rose so we could know the spirit of it all
This conversation filled with every word that God is speaking
Of the manger, of the cross, and the empty tomb
Bridge
Hear the intonations of Creator’s favorite songs
When the Angels and all creation go out caroling along
Believers and the Savior are remembering the day
When God dialogued with man, walked and talked upon this land
You could hear the love spoken through inflections of each and every phrase
Ending Chorus
It was a conversation filled with every word that God has spoken
The words are wrapped in flesh,
Delivered to us fresh
The Word wrapped up in flesh through human birth
© 1995 Douglas C. Eltzroth c/o http://www.collage.org
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