Beforeword: This piece was commissioned by a bride who was renewing her wedding vows and wanted a piece to cover her walk down the aisle. It was to start with visualizing her love relationship with God, then the love relationship between her and her husband and culminate in imagining what it would be like to have a face-to-face encounter with God.

When a piece is commissioned I usually consult with the client to get the backstory to create a piece that is personal and reflective of the context the client wishes to convey. In this case the client gave me a song as muse. On the day, the piece was narrated to that song: “I Can Only Imagine”.

Although You have proven Yourself to be true

And there is nothing else You will ever have to do to show Your love, to prove Your faithfulness

To reassure me that You are love, you are faithful, that You hold nothing from my past against me—in You I’m forgiven, renewed

What manner of love is this?

A love that loves me, restores me, completes me

Now I stand at the beginning of a path to walk

To walk in whole-completeness

In His perfect love

Fear casted out perfectly

Perfect love remains resolutely

And me—I remain in Him

Whole—a state of being

I could only imagine

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And you, who are you?

Who is this man that I will walk to?

I see in you the embodiment of Christ

His on-earth love to me personified

A glimpse, a manifestation of His in-glory love for me

But I will not mistake His place for you

In my life, He comes first

For it is He who first loved me

Before you, He engraved me in the palm of His hands

Before you, He emptied Himself of everything

He gave Himself for me, for you

I walk in His love to recommit my life to you

Can you imagine?

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I imagine you, my arrival awaiting

Like the church, His bride, expecting His returning

I imagine you, me, wondering what we may feel, anticipating

Will our feet allow us to dance?

Or our voices allow us to speak?

Standing still or prostrate falling?

Dumbfounded or shouts of hallelujahs exclaiming?

What will our eyes see?

What will our thoughts be?

You and me, His majesty beholding

Nothing will compare

Check the reference, if you don’t believe me:

1st book to the Corinthians, in the 2nd chapter and the 9th verse you’ll read—

No eyes have seen, no ears have heard, nor has it even entered within any heart to conceive

In the splendor of His grace

We’ll stand together, husband and wife

To behold Him face to face

I can only imagine

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