Ben Peeples was 16 years old when I went to a christian song-writing seminar where everyone attending brought a song we had written to be critiqued by some of the industry’s most well known song writers at the time. During one of the clinics, the guest speaker said something I’ll never forget..."like it or not, if you want to write a hit for christian radio, you simply need to write a love song about a girl, and swap her name out with Jesus or God wherever it appears in the song.” That was the formula for success that we were given. I remember feeling conflicted with that information at the time. I wasn’t sure if that was the best, or the worst advice I could have been given, but it certainly didn’t sit well with me. Because to me, as a song writer, I’m a story-teller, a performer, an entertainer, etc. But as a christian, I have always felt like my number one job was to glorify God with my writing. I felt like taking this advice would rob my songs and my listeners of any authenticity. And even worse, it felt cheap. And it felt like I was lying to God. I couldn’t accept the idea that I couldn’t write a good enough love song to God, so I needed to fake it. Fast-forward, 7 years...I’m now married to the most wonderful woman on the planet. One day we are talking, and she says, “You know, you don’t write songs about me like you did when we were dating. It’s like now that we’re married, you don’t feel like you need to.” She was really just picking on me, but it bothered me because there was some truth in it. I realized part of the problem is that it’s so much easier to write about something you are actively pursuing. When you are pursuing something, you are passionate about it. You give it all of your attention. You think about it during the day, and you dream about it at night. It is everything to you, so you are constantly inspired. As I looked back it made total sense that my best songs had all been written during times of my life where I was truly motivated and in pursuit of something or someone. And I thought back to that writing seminar when I was a teenager, and the advice I was given. It occurred to me that perhaps the reason so many christian writers struggle to write a decent song about their relationship with Jesus is because they have stopped pursuing him. It’s not new anymore. There is no excitement, no inspiration. I found myself in this interesting place where I felt convicted that I had not been myself in this interesting place where I felt convicted that I had not been pursuing Jesus with the passion that I once did... while feeling the same conviction regarding my relationship with my wife. I realized I wasn’t loving either of them appropriately. Something was missing. Then I had one of those “light-bulb” moments... I was reminded of the scripture in Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church” And it hit me, that if I get my love for Christ right, I’ll be able to love my wife the way I was truly meant to. So it was basically the opposite of the advice I was given as a teenager by the “experts” in the biz. I decided then, that I didn’t want to simply write songs about my savior based on emotions I felt while writing about a romantic relationship. I want to pursue Christ with the passion we all feel when we first meet him. I want to chase him, and think about his goodness, and be constantly overwhelmed by his mercy and his love for me. I needed to fall in love all over again. And that’s something that I can’t ever stop doing. That’s what this song is all about.