Simply Put

The Nails

The nails in your hands
The nail in your feet,
they tell me how much you love me
The thorns in your brow,
they tell me how, you bore so much pain to love me.

And when the heavens pass away,
all your scars will still remain,
and forever they will say,
how much you love me.
Forever my love, Forever my heart
Forever my life, it's yours, it's yours.

I've always liked this song.  It describes in detail the way christ died to set us free.  Songs like these are the reason I started to take up guitar and piano.  I always just wanted the ability to play worship music.  I ended up picking up guitar on my on and then piano.  The Nails is one of the only songs i can play on the piano.

One afternoon I was practicing my piano.  After doing my scales, reading exercises and chord progressions, I started playing some worship songs.  And after playing The Nails my dad stopped on the stairs and simply said "Isn't it interesting to think that Jesus' love is so great that when the heavens pass away his scars will still be there."

That's all he said.  Nothing to profound, really he just repeated the lyrics to me. However, for some reason those words hit me in a way they never had before.  And i'll never forget it.  When the heavens pass away jesus's love is so great that his sacrifice for us will never be tarnished.

-KTC