“Justified, till we die. U2 and I will magnify…” I didn’t have a choice.

“Justified, till we die. U2 and I will magnify…” I didn’t have a choice.

Megaluno– to make (or declare) great, to extol – to magnify.

Alright.  Sometimes you think…Darn it.

I missed an opportunity because I am a mother of three, wife, friend. One who tries to keep house clean, get laundry done, write at least two pages, exercise, spends entirely too much money at Walmart, goes to son’s soccer (which thank God I am not coaching this session), transports daughter to and from to piano, attempts to remember what time football practice ends today…and so on and so on…..

The same goes for you. I know. I read your blogs, Facebook and Twitter updates. Sometimes in the business of life we miss out on things we would like to do – hearing of them after the fact. It’s like darn it, I missed out on that. Then there are the occasional…

D*mn its!

Finding out that U2 played Atlanta on October 6, the night that they played Atlanta was a lot more frustrating than “Oh well, another missed opportunity caused by my clueless bumbling through life.”

And truth be told, my utter lack of finances to spring for such a venture would have prohibited attendance at concert if I had known about it in the first place. So stop looking for me in the picture. 🙁

But how Magnificent it would have been there to hear Bono sing Magnificat..or Magnificent – his song based on Luke 2:46 – 55. Mary’s Song of Praise.

In a Rolling Stone interview Brian Hiatt quotes Bono as saying “Magnificent was inspired by the Magnificat, a passage from the Gospel of Luke in the voice of the Virgin Mary that was previously set to music by Bach. “There’s this theme running through the album of surrender and devotion and all the things I find really difficult,” Bono says. “All music for me is worship of one kind or another.”  www.ministryvalues.com

“I was born, I was born to sing for you
I didn’t have a choice but to lift you up
And sing whatever song you wanted me to
I give you back my voice from the womb
My first cry, it was a joyful noise, oh, oh”

 “Only love, only love can leave such a mark
But only love, only love unites our hearts
Justified, till we die you and I will magnify, oh, oh
Magnificent, magnificent, magnificent”

 Justified, till we die you and I will magnify…

If you think this is just another powerful love song then you can enjoy the poetic lyrics, the music and get a little extra kick in your stride at mile six when joyfully it comes on your iPod.

But if you profess a belief in Christ – it begs a little more. A challenging question. One not just for Mary or Bono. One for all believers..Do I magnify? Do I magnify the Magnificent?

And besides. This is one of the coolest videos ever…Have a magnified Monday.

“My soul magnifies (megaluno) the Lord” Luke 2:46