Oh seven.

Monique Tute's "When It's All Said and Done" is one of those classic church songs for me. Perhaps you can say otherwise, but it is a country song and that's probably why I like it so much. It is a song that sings of the joy that comes when life reaches its final and glorious culmination. But that cannot happen without all the intense and beautiful parts that bring you to that place.

Here are the lyrics:

When it's all said and done
I will breathe the breath of worship
When my journey is through
I will bend my knee in awe
When the song fills my heart
Joining voice with all creation
I will sing when it's all said and done

When it's all said and done
And my questions have been answered
When the chords fade away
From the song of grief and pain
When the pull at this flesh
Has no power in my tomorrows
I will sing when it's all been said and done

When it's all said and done
And my final step is taken
When I stand face to face
With the One I long to know
When my heart understands
With convicting revelation
I will bow when it's all said and done

So as I heard this song being sung in church on Sunday, my body and spirit felt at once all my experiences. When I take the time to sit and be still, I can feel the weight of this year. In fact, I feel the weight of my entire life. And it has become something of a heaviness that brings humility and the greatest sense of living. 2007 was amazing. It was painful, romantic, comical, revealing and grace-filled. I cried for the first time in months as I came to this really beautiful understanding that everything we go through brings us closer to being known by love and to know love. The kind that defines the worth of the journey that everything else is incomparable to.