When I heard Sade’s newest entitled single/album- “Solider of Love” I instantly loved it! I purchased the album soon after its release and I read the lyrics to myself. “I’ve lost the use of my heart, but I’m still alive… I’m a solider of love… I’ve been torn up inside (hoo) I’ve been left behind (hoo) Tall I ride I have the will to survive.” These lyrics resonated with my heart and in my spirit because I know all too well that love requires resilience. Love requires the ability to be “torn up inside” yet still, “have the will to survive”. We have all experienced heart break in one form or the other. We have all experienced “love and loss and loss of love” but “Tall we ride”. Love requires a soldier, a solider gets bruised and cut and stabbed, but a solider never gives up! I could so easily relate to this song because I’ve had my heart broken. I’ve been disappointed by my father, by men and supposed “friends” and even family members but I never gave up hope. I never felt hopeless about love. Deep in my spirit I knew that love was and is the only reason we exist! Romantic love, platonic love, brotherly love, friendship love- all forms of love are necessary and all forms of love come from God. We might have been hurt, disappointed, let down and broken hearted but we have to be resilient in love. We must know that love requires the mind, a resilient spirit; a courageous heart and we must know that our ultimate purpose is to love and be loved because God is Love.
This song is a reminder to all of us to be resilient in love. Maybe you’ve had your heart broken or maybe you’ve fallen out of love with your partner; maybe you’ve “lost the use of your heart” but if you’re “still alive” give love another chance. Never give up on love. Love never fails. Be a soldier for love.
Love, Miss D.
