I'm not a Christian so I don't interpret this song in the same way that a Christian would, but I still believe in its meaning. I know she wrote it for a friend's funeral but I think the message she was trying to get across was that we grow from our experiences and it changes us a little as a result, muh in the same way as the passing of a season. A new season represents a new start. Good things happen and bad things happen and it's all part of a bigger picture. It's the cycle of nature. The great balance of life.
One of the main reasons I enjoy Nichole Nordeman's music so much even though I'm not a Christian, is because she's kind of ambiguous in her lyrics. Yes, she makes Christian music, but her songs can still hold meaning outside of the boundaries of Christianity. Her songs examine the happenings of life and how the Divine Mystery ties it all together for her, specifically. But I can still listen to it and tie it all together in my own way.
In the following part of the lyrics, I interpret the word "You" as meaning Nature in its grander scale:
"So it is with You
And how You make me new
With every season's change
And so it will be as You are recreating me
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring"
I'm not a Christian so I don't interpret this song in the same way that a Christian would, but I still believe in its meaning. I know she wrote it for a friend's funeral but I think the message she was trying to get across was that we grow from our experiences and it changes us a little as a result, muh in the same way as the passing of a season. A new season represents a new start. Good things happen and bad things happen and it's all part of a bigger picture. It's the cycle of nature. The great balance of life.
One of the main reasons I enjoy Nichole Nordeman's music so much even though I'm not a Christian, is because she's kind of ambiguous in her lyrics. Yes, she makes Christian music, but her songs can still hold meaning outside of the boundaries of Christianity. Her songs examine the happenings of life and how the Divine Mystery ties it all together for her, specifically. But I can still listen to it and tie it all together in my own way.
In the following part of the lyrics, I interpret the word "You" as meaning Nature in its grander scale:
"So it is with You And how You make me new With every season's change And so it will be as You are recreating me Summer Autumn Winter Spring"