I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine.
~~~~~~~~ Gladys Knight and the Pips, Midnight Train to Georgia
Hard to believe, but it's been 50 years since this song won the Grammy for Best R&B Vocal. It was written by a former Ole Miss QB, following a phone conversation with an old friend who was moving back to Houston, after a failed attempt to launch an entertainment career in LA. The song tells the story of a woman who does much the same thing. She leaves Georgia to go make her mark in LA, but the "him" to which the lyrics refer is the true love of her life, who chooses to stay behind. The woman eventually realizes that he is more important than her dreams of fame & fortune, so she hops aboard that midnight train, back to the certainty of his love.
Well, it doesn't take much imagination to change those lyrics ever so slightly, and make them a credo for living. Let's say we do nothing more than change "his" to "His," and "him" to "Him." He will always take us back. Grace always bats last.
God bless you all.
NT
2 John 1:3
In loving memory of Allen Jones, who learned which letters to capitalize