When I first heard the words and melody
Years ago, it moved me.
I guess anyone who has lost a loved one
Wonders what heaven will be like.
And the songwriter voiced my thoughts,
"I Can Only Imagine."
But now that I've seen the movie I
Know the poignant powerful story
Behind the song and I understand why it
Grips us so, why it's the best selling
Christian single ever written.
An abusive dad traumatized his son.
He was beyond redemption, his son thought,
Too monstrous to be forgiven.
But God transformed him.
Who but God?
He became the dad Bart had only dreamed
Of, and then he died.
"I wrote the song for my dad," the artist said.
It took 10 minutes.
It took a lifetime.
As the melody accompanied me all day I
Thought about the born again man,
The changed from the inside out father whose
Salvaged life has touched the world.
I can only imagine his reaction if he knew.