Trinitarian Country Love Ballad

Here’s something I heard on the radio today that I found rather interesting. I’m always game for a new Tim and Faith duet, but the chorus for this one caught my attention. Here we have it, a country music love ballad that uses the Trinitarian relationship as paradigmatic of the romantic feelings between a man and a woman.

Like a needle needs a vein
Like my Uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs the rain
I need you like a lighthouse on the coast
Like the Father and the Son need the Holy Ghost
I need you . . .

Who woulda thought. I suppose I should take a moment and ask the obligatory question: Do the Father and Son “need” the Holy Ghost? I would say yes, they do. Not in the sense that we as creatures need, of course. But the triune nature of God is definitive of His very being. The relationship of the three with one another is the very essence of perfect covenant union. Without it, perfection would be lost and He would cease to be God.

Because God is three, He is a relational being, and hence covenantal. Because we are made in his image, we are also relational and designed to be covenantal. All of our relationships derive from the paradigm of the Triune God, and the relationship of man and woman joined in the covenant of marriage is the deepest and most intimate of all human relationships. In this sense, the words of this chorus are probably much more apt and profound than Tim and Faith could possibly imagine.

I’ve uploaded the song onto my blog media player, so go ahead and take a listen if you like.  And I just remembered that sometimes the Mac has problems viewing my flash player.  So here’s a direct link.