Sloppy Wet Kiss...

From the first time i heard Mark McMillan's "How He Loves" I was hooked. It created deeper thought of how God cares for us and how he absolutely loves us. He loves us so much  See: John3:16

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.


This song testifies to the love and unequivocal passion that God feels for us and the breath snatching love that we feel for him.... once we realize He is here.


I personally love the imagery and the pouring out of this song, and feel it's one of the more powerful worship songs we could ever sing.


Which brings me to the question... Why do so many think that the line "so when heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss" is so distracting...

 We are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…

Some will claim that this line we completely disconnect them from worship. Others well... just read this...
HubbaRider14: "anything that makes you open your eyes during worship shouldn't be there. its about connecting with God. and if i said sloppy wet kiss in the middle of worship, i'd be like what the heck......."

First off... Do we have to close our eyes to worship? Will God not hear us or receive our offering of praise and worship? Just asking.

As Christians, I feel we allow ourselves to be distracted far to easily. If you are true connected to God during worship, prayer, or meditation there should be very little that you should allow to pull you out. Trust me, I am in the same boat.

I feel that the imagery/intent of this line cannot exemplify more of how we have engaged with the Father and the Heavens. After all we are complete wrecks... No Perfect People attend your church... no matter what they tell you...

So I wondered what Mr. Mcmillan had to say about this line and it's intent. Also what he may have to say about "sloppy wet kiss" being changed to "unforeseen kiss"... This is what he said...


“HEAVEN meets EARTH like a sloppy wet kiss”

The idea behind the lyric is that the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of earth converge in a way that is both beautiful and awkwardly messy. Think about the birth of a child, or even the death of Jesus himself. These miracles are both incredibly beautiful and incredibly sloppy ("gory" may be more realistic, but “Heaven meets earth like a gory mess” didn’t seem to have the same ring). Why does the church have such a problem with things being sloppy? Do we really think we’re fooling anyone on Sunday morning, especially God? Are we going to offend him? I mean, he’s seen us naked in the shower all week and knows our worst thoughts, and still thinks we’re awesome. What if we took all the energy we spent faking and used that energy to enjoy the Lord instead? That could be revolutionary!

Final thoughts:

I applaud David for changing the line to serve his people, and at the same time I boo the machinery that would cause him to have to do so.

WOW!!!!

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I am not trying to sway you one way or the other about the lyrics or the theology behind them...  People worship and believe differently...


But let nothing distract you from worshiping our Creator with everything you've got.